Ram is a seasoned veteran of enterprise electronic commerce and supply-chain management with over 25 years of executive management experience in technology consulting and large systems development. Prior to starting FusionOps, Ram was ecommerce consulting partner with KPMG Consulting with clients such as Hewlett-Packard and GE Capital. Earlier, Ram was at AMDAHL Corporation where he held senior management and technical positions, responsible for the development of AMDAHL’s firmware, EDA software and the automation of worldwide manufacturing operations. Ram holds patents in the area of computer feature protection. Ram’s entrepreneurial spirit and drive has led him to co-found FusionOps Corporation and drive the company’s initial business plan, financing, management team and product strategy. Ram has an MS in Computer Science from Mississippi State and a BS in Aeronautical Engineering from IIT/Kanpur, India.
Prabhu Goel is an active private venture investor and is on the board-of-directors of several startup companies in the Bay area. Some of his first round investments include, Rightworks (acquired by i2), Exodus, Versata, Synplicity, and Everest Design. Dr. Goel was Division President and Director of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., the world's largest EDA software company. Nine years before joining Cadence, Dr. Goel was the Founder/CEO/Chairman of Gateway Design Automation Corporation, which was acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 1989. Dr. Goel was recognized as an Entrepreneur of the Year from New England in 1990. Prior to Gateway, Dr. Goel held management and technical positions at IBM and Wang Labs. At IBM, he received several Invention Achievements Awards and the IBM Corporate Award for Outstanding Innovation. Dr. Goel graduated from IIT Kanpur and received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1974. Dr. Goel is Founder of Foundation for Excellence Charity and Founding Charter Member of TIE.
Jaswa is the Managing Director of Jaswa & Company. He currently serves as an outside director of Selectica Inc and AppStream Inc. Mr. Jaswa is co-founder and Director of Selectica Inc (Nasdaq:SLTC), an enterprise software company which had one of the ten most successful IPOs of 2000. He served as CEO and President of Selectica from its inception in 1996 through July 2002. Through January 1996, Mr. Jaswa served as President of OPTi Inc (Nasdaq: OPTI), which he co-founded in 1988, leading the sales, marketing, and strategy/ business development efforts. Earlier in his career, Mr. Jaswa worked for Chips & Technologies, Intel, and GE. Mr. Jaswa has a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, an M.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and an M.B.A. from Stetson University, Deland, Florida.
Hasan Kamil is General Partner of Hitek Venture Partners and one of the original investors in FusionOps. As a General Partner of Hitek Venture Partners, he has been actively investing in start-up companies in the internet, e-commerce, telecommunications, and enterprise software areas, and currently holds a portfolio of 30 such companies. He is on the Board of Directors of several emerging technology startups. Dr. Kamil received a M.S. degree from M.I.T. and a Ph.D. degree from UC Berkeley. He has also taught at I.I.T Delhi and Stanford University. Dr. Kamil is actively involved with non-profit and charitable organizations, including Hasan Family Foundation.