Leadership

Vishal Sharma, Founder and CEO
Vishal is a serial entrepreneur and an internet evangelist who is responsible for product and technology innovation in addition to business modeling, strategy and finance. He has a decade of management experience in advertising, branding, marketing, and publishing in both interactive and traditional media. He has been a senior member of several leadership teams including 30Seven Design and Mantra Solutions, where he has experience in virtually all facets of building and managing an interactive media business, including the development of strategic alliances with global agencies. In his most recent role as the President of 30Seven Design Vishal led the business, managed multiple development teams and the delivery of over 5,000 interactive and online media programs. Vishal was also responsible for creating and driving product and service marketing and branding. Prior to 30Seven Design Vishal built several web design and interactive media companies from the ground up, which were acquired. In addition he has a decade of experience consulting to medium and large scale manufacturing & IT companies in the areas of scaling and cross border business practices, networking, and systems integration. Vishal holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics from the University of Pune. Vishal has also been quoted in numerous publications including OMMA, Media Post, Times of India, TechWhack, Alootechie, Indian Web Start Ups, PluggdIn, Tech Pluto, Killer Startups, Social Median, Afaqs and Smart Techie. He has been recently awarded the “Start Entrepreneur of The Year” for successful innovation.

Anup Badhe, CTO
Anup has over a decade of experience in software and product development and is responsible for product architecture and delivery. He is responsible for identifying new enabling technologies and applications on the Internet and other platforms for the company. In addition to his vast technical expertise, Anup has considerable experience creating pioneering solutions to tailor products to clients' specific requirements. Prior to his current role, Anup worked for Synechron Technologies as a Senior Delivery Manager and managed various teams specializing in grid computing and application virtualization environments, delivering products to a number of clients including Wachovia Bank. Previous to that he was a Technical Manager at Avaya, where he led large scale telecom projects and provided technical leadership and guidance to several development teams. Anup has also served as a Senior Systems Analyst for IBM, working on product architecture and design for a number of IBM clients in the financial services sector. Anup holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Pune. Anup has also been quoted in numerous publications including Smart Techie.

Devaraj Southworth, Founder and Board Director
Devaraj has been actively working at the intersection of business, online media and mobile technology for more than fifteen years. He is currently Vice President of Online & Mobile Product Strategy at American Express. Devaraj joined American Express from iThink Labs and Yureekah where he was Founder and President of an online media services, and advertising technology agency. Devaraj also founded 30Seven Design, an interactive design agency which was successfully sold in 2008. Prior to his digital agency life, Devaraj spent his career in management consulting, strategic planning, marketing and operations. He has held positions at Accenture and Deloitte Consulting, where he consulted for such companies as Avaya, AXA Financial, Bristol Myers Squibb, GE, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, PepsiCo, Pfizer, and Altria. Devaraj holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Organizational Psychology and Journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University, and studied Business, Entrepreneurship and Japanese at Kansai International University in Osaka, Japan. He currently serves as a Limited Partner and Advisor to ENIAC, a mobile venture fund, and as Vice Chair and Executive Director to The Second Chance Foundation, a not-for-profit formed to alleviate poverty and promote food security in South India. Devaraj has been quoted in numerous publications including the Washington Post, OMMA, Media Post, The Economic Times, and Times of India.