Corporate Relationships
Talent Acquisition • On‐site recruiting department to help startups hire key personnel at all levels • Executives in Residence (EIR) program to match industry veterans, domain experts with startups as potential co‐founders, advisors, team members <strong>and</strong> investors Philip Smith Philip@plug<strong>and</strong>playtechcenter.com Senior executive with 10 years CFO experience in pre-IPO software (including subscription <strong>and</strong> SAAS models), biometrics, services <strong>and</strong> fabless semiconductor companies. Prior public company experience includes hardware, services <strong>and</strong> telecommunications. Have raised over $80m in venture funding rounds for multiple companies from significant financial <strong>and</strong> strategic investors <strong>and</strong> led IPO processes for two companies including banker selection, S-1 filing <strong>and</strong> road show preparation. Significant international operational experience in U.S., Asia, Europe <strong>and</strong> Latin America, <strong>and</strong> have held senior-level positions in Corporate Strategy <strong>and</strong> in Business Development. H<strong>and</strong>s-on experience including implementation of comprehensive financial systems, controls, business models, planning tools <strong>and</strong> management of finance, accounting, HR, IT, legal, tax <strong>and</strong> facilities functions. CPA (U.S.) <strong>and</strong> Chartered Accountant (U.K.); B.Sc. in Physics from Imperial College, London Jitendra Kavathekar Jitendra@plug<strong>and</strong>playtechcenter.com Jitendra, Kavathekar, a technology executive with an entrepreneurial track record, brings over 20 years of experience to the leadership team. Jitendra has a unique conbination of domain <strong>and</strong> technology expertise, strategic ability, <strong>and</strong> track record of building <strong>and</strong> leading organizations that execute. Jitendra most recently served as Vice President with Yahoo!, responsible for general management of the global organization contributing to business, technology strategy <strong>and</strong> execution for Yahoo! Web Analytics, the company’s new web analytic product <strong>and</strong> a key foundational element to monetizing advertiser, publisher, <strong>and</strong> user revenue streams. Prior to Yahoo!, Jitendra has held executive roles leading business units <strong>and</strong> engineering teams Motorola, Palm, HP, as well as venture backed startups, Pixo <strong>and</strong> Devicescape. He has been responsible for award winning <strong>and</strong> br<strong>and</strong> name products <strong>and</strong> services in the mobile internet, embedded systems, consumer electronics, wireless systems, <strong>and</strong> web based data intelligence domains. 9