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AGNITY is founded by a team of experts from telecom and enterprises domain who bring years of experience with Tier-1 companies such as Motorola, BEA, Microsoft, Lucent, SWIFT, etc. They are familiar with the operators’ environments and challenges, inside and out. The strength of our leadership team includes deep understanding of multiple domains, core skills in telecommunications including VoIP, IMS, and multimedia technologies; expertise in enterprise domains including healthcare, financial and energy sectors; leading and contributing to standards bodies; first-hand experience of delivering and deploying products in carriers worldwide; extensive experience of product development across global development centers with strong process orientation, and 24 x 7 support to carriers worldwide.
Sanjeev Chawla, President and CEO
Sanjeev Chawla comes with 25 years of experience in senior management in telecommunication, networking, and the mobile computing industry. Chawla serves on the Board of Directors of IMS Forum and is an Advisory Board member of multiple startups. Prior to founding AGNITY, Sanjeev was CTO of GENBAND, a provider of IMS compliant Media Gateway and Applications, and Founder, CTO and EVP Engineering operations of BayPackets, a provider of IMS compliant Service Delivery Platforms and Applications. Sanjeev also architected and managed development of S.W.I.F.T - the world's biggest financial messaging network. Sanjeev holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from George Washington University and a Bachelors degree from Indian Institute of Technology, India.
Ken Epps, Chief Strategy Officer
Ken Epps is the Chief Strategy Officer and a board member of AGNITY Inc. He is responsible for AGNITY's growth strategy, which includes mergers and acquisitions, and new market development. Ken was instrumental in expanding AGNITY Inc. into the Health IT industry, leveraging AGNITY's Communications and Collaboration capabilities. As the past CEO of BayPackets and U4EA Technologies, Chief Marketing Officer of Williams Communications at the Williams Company (NYSE;WMB), and General Manager at AT&T. Ken is an accomplished leader in the Communications and Multimedia industry. Over his career, Ken was responsible for the financing and market launch of two successful startups and the market introduction of a series of next generation and market leading services and applications in the Broadband, Multimedia, Wireless, and the Internet arena. Ken has extensive experience in financing companies both privately and publicly. Ken serves on several advisory boards and is active in professional and community organizations. His academic accomplishments include an MBA from Stanford, an M.S. from University of Tennessee, and a B.S. from South Carolina State University.
Uday Choudhury, VP Product Management
As Vice President of Product Management, Uday Choudhury is responsible for the product strategy, direction setting, and channel partner development for AGNITY's Communications and Multimedia Solutions. He also focuses on the expansion of Services business in the Communications segment. In addition, Uday is in charge of AGNITY Corporate Marketing. He brings in 20 years of experience in building large scale telecom software infrastructure in legacy, next-gen and IMS multimedia applications domain. Uday joined AGNITY from GENBAND, where he was responsible for the product line management of SDP and Applications portfolio, and managed product deployments at tier-1 accounts in Domestic and CALA regions. Prior to that, Uday served as AVP of Product Management for BayPackets, a leading supplier of a carrier-grade communications platform and converged applications for IP, Wireline, and Wireless carriers. Uday also had a long career with Lucent Technologies. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana.
KC John, Managing Director, India
As Managing Director, John heads the AGNITY India office. He has 25 years of cross-functional, strategic management and P&L experience spanning International Finance, Telecommunications, and Software Industries. Prior to this, John served as Country General Manager & Chief Operating Officer at GENBAND's India location. He also held strategic management positions at BayPackets, Qualcomm, the World Bank and the Ford Foundation. John has successfully scaled start-up technology companies and carved path-to-profitability. John holds a Ph.D. in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Nasir Khan, Chief Technology Officer
Nasir Khan brings wide-ranging industry experience spanning more than 14 years in telecommunications, networking, and engineering to his role, leading product development, professional services and R&D efforts at AGNITY. Before joining AGNITY, Nasir led the development of BEA Weblogic SIP Server as the Architect at BEA Systems. He also led the standardization effort for SIP Servlet 1.1 technology as Specification Lead for JSR 289 while in BEA. Currently he serves as Expert group member of JSR 289. In his role as Specification lead, Nasir won several awards; notable amongst them are the Most Outstanding Spec Lead award for 2007 and Star Spec Lead award for 2007. Prior to BEA, Nasir performed Engineering management for SIP Servlets based application server, NSP (an IP SCP) and several next generation applications. Nasir also worked at Indian Oil Corporation developing scientific and financial applications. Nasir holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Roorkee and a Masters degree in Management and Systems from Indian Institute of Technology, India.
Jim Meyer, VP Communications & Multimedia Sales
As Vice President of Communications & Multimedia Sales, Jim Meyer is responsible for driving sales and revenue growth for AGNITY’s Communications & Multimedia business. He has an extensive background in the Communications industry selling turnkey solutions consisting of hardware, software and professional services. Prior to joining AGNITY, Jim held leadership positions at top telecom organizations like Ericsson, Telcordia, Vallent and Ventraq, and has over 25 years of experience in sales, business development, management, marketing, program management and engineering. He has numerous successes working with clients to close complex multi-million dollar solutions. Jim has a Bachelor’s in Engineering from Marquette and an MBA from the University of Dallas.
Joseph Powers, Chief Financial Officer
Joe Powers has over 20 years experience in senior level financial positions with high-technology/high growth companies where he led financing efforts and designed, implemented and managed financial and operational control systems focused on supporting overall growth and profitability. Prior to joining AGNITY, he served as CFO for Virident , WorkRite Ergonomics, and BayPackets, a telecommunications software company where he led efforts for a successful merger with Genband in August 2006. Prior to BayPackets, Joe was CFO for Pacific Microsonics, a developer of the HDCD consumer audio technology, where he was instrumental in obtaining venture financing and negotiating the acquisition of the company by Microsoft in August 2000. Joe's previous experience also includes CFO for ViTel International, a leading supplier of international value added telecommunications services which was acquired by Premier Technology in 1996. Joe is a CPA and holds additional professional certifications in Management Accounting (CMA) and Financial Management (CFM) from the Institute of Management Accountants. He received his undergraduate degrees in Finance and Accounting from the University of Colorado.
Milind Sakalkale, VP Services Sales
Milind serves as Vice President of Services Sales, focusing on communications and multimedia, enterprise and healthcare verticals. Milind brings 25 years of global senior management experience in telecommunications with industry leaders including Vodafone, Nokia, IBM, and Fujitsu. In his long career, Milind has developed new domestic and international markets, managed operations and accounts worldwide in telecom equipment manufacturing, service provider and prime enterprise account segments.
Atul Varshneya, VP Enterprise Solutions and Product Engineering
Atul Varshneya runs the Enterprise Solutions business unit and Healthcare Product Engineering at AGNITY. Prior to this, Atul was the Chief Architect, Multimedia Applications, at GENBAND, Inc., and Assoc. VP/Chief Architect at BayPackets. In these roles Atul envisioned and architected NGN Service Delivery Platforms and applications for the Tier-1 and Tier-2 carriers as well as enterprises based on industry standards. Prior to this, as a Principal Architect at Motorola he had developed Reference Architecture for Motorola's PCS products. Atul is a member of expert groups in standards bodies and industry forums, and a frequent speaker at various trade shows. He has a Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, India.
Subhash Verma, Chief Operating Officer and VP-Engineering, India
Subhash Verma has wide industry experience spanning over 23 years in Telecommunication Networks, Data Communications, Value Added Services, and Software Technologies. He is heading the Engineering and Technology at AGNITY India and is responsible for product development, testing, professional services and R&D. Subhash joined AGNITY from GENBAND where he was VP of Engineering & Technology and was heading R&D at GENBAND's International Development Center (IDC) at Noida, India, driving Product Development, Testing and new products innovation. Before GENBAND, Subhash was working as Assoc. VP of Technology at BayPackets Inc, USA, where he played a critical leadership role in setting the strategic technology direction for the company. Prior to joining BayPackets, Subhash worked as Director in Department of Telecommunications, India’s national telecom policy development, licensing and monitoring body, for 13 years. He had been a speaker at various international conferences. Subhash received both a Bachelor of Engineering and Masters in Computer Science and Technology from Indian Institute of Technology, India.
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