Salil Pradhan

Director + Project Lead

2020 - Current

Venture Partner

2011 - 2021

Advisor

2010 - 2015

Executive in Residence

2008 - 2011

VP Engineering & Ops (Consultant)

2008 - 2008

Venture funded, consumer infrastructure startup in the social discovery space. Technology focus: PHP / Python / erlang, memcached, MySQL, Java, Hadoop, Linux, Amazon Web services (EC2, S3, EBS). • Recruited and built 10 developer/QA, dual-shore engineering team (US/Romania). • Lead development from concept to TechCrunch50 launch. • Instituted Scrum based agile processes to effectively manage project timelines, and manage expectations. • Architected “shared nothing”, SaaS architecture for soft real-time analytics. Currently in alpha with a number of partners. • Managed technical relationships with 6 key partners and vendors.

Co-Founder, CEO

2007 - 2008

Angel funded, startup in the mobile, Location Based Services space. Technology focus: Ruby on Rails, memcached, MySQL, Ngnix, Linux, Facebook Applications. • Raised initial angel funding. • Recruited co-founder, hired US based GUI developers and built India based engineering team.

Chief Technology Officer, RFID Program

2003 - 2007

Co-founded cross company effort using HP’s Global operations as the first customer, and in 4 years turned this into a profitable internal venture making $100m in worldwide revenue. • Analyzed sub-vertical market opportunities, incubated prototype products – supply chain visibility and IT asset/workflow monitoring (SOX compliance). • Developed product roadmaps by forecasting customer requirements and technology & industry trends. • Due diligence on startups for partnerships/investment/acquisitions. • Built, recruited, and managed 40+ person core development and QA team, in a dual-shore setting across US and India. Extended team of 100+. • Effectively used offshore teams to scale operations and reduce development and support costs by 30%. • Evangelist - frequent speaker at conferences, numerous press interviews, and analyst presentations to position HP as a key player in the Enterprise RFID space. • Accelerated sales cycles by engaging and convincing decision makers.

Department Manager

2001 - 2003

New department created to address opportunities at the intersection of mobility, RFID, sensor networks, embedded systems, and wireless domains. • Managed $4M budget, personnel hiring, and career development of team – managers, and developers. • Spearheaded taskforce on use of RFID in HP’s supply chain (9th largest non-military supply chain). Recommendations of the taskforce were adopted and a Global HP RFID Program was formed. • Developed and launched mobile LBS service trials in formal collaboration with NTT DoCoMo Inc. • Collaborated with the Swatch Group Ltd. to developed embedded-Linux based “Web Watch”,

Senior Scientist/Manager

1999 - 2001

The Cooltown mobile computing program at HP Labs applied Web technology to develop systems that support the users of wireless, handheld devices interacting with their physical environment, anywhere they may be. Led team of 3 scientists to develop innovative telecom/mobile services. http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/2001/jul-sept/websign.html

Java Compiler Architect

1997 - 1999

Developed a deep understanding of enterprise Java technologies, including workloads on desktop clients and application servers. • Led team of four engineers to develop complex runtime optimization technology. Component technologies from this work have been release as part of HP’s Java runtime offerings. Led a team of three engineers in developing Just-In-Time linking technology/optimizations. • Played a key role in several customer-focused task forces to understand performance bottlenecks and led teams to alleviate these problems.

Co-Founder

1996 - 1997

Tendril Software, Inc. was in the business of developing tools for structured Java programming. The first product, StructureBuilder, helped software companies lower the cost of software maintenance.