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Ram Shanmugam

3x CEO/Founder; 3x Exits; Delivered 30x return; Gen AI | Data

United States

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Founder and CEO

    2022

    Working on AI, data, agents, guardrails, benchmarks and evals.

  • Global Innovator

    2008

    Use technology and innovation for greater good. AI and Data risk and governance.

2017 - 2022

  • Founder and CEO (Product & Engg.) - AutonomIQ (acquired by Sauce Labs)

    2017 - 2022

    Co-founder, CEO and led product and engineering teams for AutonomIQ (www.autonomiq.io) and successfully acquired by Sauce Labs. 1. Fastest growing AI testing product, with 600k+ users and 4.8+ rating out of 5 on Google 2. NASA Innovative Technology solutions winner - Oct 2020 3. CIO Review Top 10 Technology Startups in AI for Software Engineering 2018 4. Silicon Review Top 30 Technology Startups 2019, 5. World Economic Forum Fourth Industrial Revolution partner 6. Corporate Vision Corporate Excellence Award 2019 7. CIO Review Top 20 Dev Ops Technology Startups 2019 8. TiE 50 Startup Award and Showcase Winner 9. Top 20 Technology Executives - HMG Strategy

  • Founder and CEO (Technology and Engineering) - appOrbit acquired by Cohesity

    2014 - 2017

    1. Automated Container and Kubernetes Deployment and Lifecycle Automation 2. Automation, Machine Learning, Analytics 3. Network World Top Hybrid-Cloud Startups to Watch '18 4. CRN's The 10 Hottest DevOps Startup of '18 5. CRN’s & The 10 Hottest Cloud Computing Startup of '18.

2013 - 2015

  • VP Cloud Products & Engineering (acquired by Google)

    2013 - 2015

    Launched Cloud and MSP business and products, Developed and implemented GTM and partnership strategy with Public Cloud partners and MSPs, 2014 - generated highest revenue for the company. President's Award for 2014.

  • Sr Director/GM, Cloud Products and Engineeering

    2011 - 2013

    Manage cloud services product portfolio for SunGard

2010 - 2011

  • Sr Director, Product Management & Engineering

    2010 - 2011

    Responsible for defining technical services, smart care services and service sales enablement product strategy

  • Director, Product Management

    2006 - 2010

    Drive innovation management, growth strategy, new product strategy for high-tech clients

  • Senior Director, Product and Engineering

    2002 - 2006

    Euclid is a venture-funded IT Governance and IT Service Management enterprise software leader. Their product portfolio includes service management, service monitoring and integrated IT dashboard products primarily targeting CIOs and VP-level end users. The company was acquired in 2006. Responsible for acquiring and deploying IT Service Management and IT Governance solutions, Portfolio Rationalization, IT Finance, IT Balanced Scorecard and Performance-driven IT Management, IT support and application management projects for Fortune 1000 accounts (e.g. Wells Fargo, Documentum/ EMC, Staples, Echostar, Honeywell, etc.) Develop and manage CIO advisory board that serves as the “Thought Leadership” forum for IT Governance among select industry verticals

2001 - 2002

  • Principal

    2001 - 2002

    Develop proprietary deal-flow, perform due-diligence, risk-analysis (technology, operations, financial and execution) and propose investment recommendations to the General partnership in enterprise software and telecom markets