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Sumit Agarwal

Founder of Ario

Palo Alto, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • CEO & Co-founder

    2022 - Current

    We're building an assistant for busy people, starting with parents. Ario takes the boring stuff off your plate, including family calendaring, return management, and itinerary planning. Because if cost weren't an issue, *everyone* would want a personal assistant.

  • Partner

    2022 - 2023

    Mission matters. Assisting the next generation of great entrepreneurs in tackling massive challenges.

  • Vice-President, Analytic Products

    2020 - 2022

  • Co-Founder, COO

    2011 - 2020

    We founded Shape in Nov 2011, raised nearly $200M over eight years, and joined forces with F5 in Jan 2020. Along the way we invented "credential stuffing" and created a new category within security.

  • Network Warfare Officer

    1998 - 2015

    Various roles, United States Air Force, retired as Major.

  • Senior Advisor for Cyber Innovation

    2010 - 2011

    Responsible for helping DoD develop new ways of engaging with small, innovative private sector companies in cyber security. One of the youngest members of Senior Executive Service in Department of Defense.

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

    2010 - 2010

    Joined Obama administration, assigned to Dept of Defense. Responsible for helping DoD set strategy and policy for how to use Web 2.0 technology. My work helped set policy for how 2M+ men and women in uniform use web-based capabilities in their business lives (including overseas in war zones). While serving in this office I was one of the highest ranking Indian-Americans in the Dept of Defense.

  • Head of Mobile Product Management, North America

    2008 - 2009

    Led team of seven product managers who in turn worked with over 35 engineers to launch 20+ features in various Google mobile products

  • Senior Product Manager

    2005 - 2008

    Designed and launched carrier-specific versions of Google search products (note: this was a bad idea - users hated the carrier-degraded versions of our products) Designed partner-specific versions of products, negotiated deals to distribute products with major carriers like AT&T, Vodafone, etc.

  • Product Manager

    2003 - 2005

    Product Manager on AdWords. Designed, executed, and launched over a dozen major features generating over $100M in revenue. Filed and received over a dozen patents. Received Executive Management Group award.

  • Associate

    2001 - 2002

    Did diligence and assisted in making investments at early-stage venture capital firm. Board observer for portfolio companies.

  • Co-Founder

    1999 - 2000

    Co-founded geo-location start-up and ran product management. Acquired by Neustar.

  • Pre-sales Engineer

    1998 - 1999

    Part of TU '98

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