Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Steering business direction

Aurigo's Board of Directors comprises its primary investor and management representatives who work collectively to steer the company's business roadmap.

Ravi Gulati, Director & Chairman of the Board

Ravi Gulati joined the board of Aurigo Software Technologies as Director in December 2005, as part of Aurigo's Series A2 round of funding. He is a technology industry veteran with extensive senior management experience in successful companies like Honeywell International, Nortel Networks, Lucent and Siemens to name a few. Ravi founded StonyBrook Software and nurtured it into a successful company that was acquired by Ascend Communications, in 1996 and took over as General Manager of Network Software Operations business at Ascend. Ascend was subsequently acquired by Lucent in 1999. Ravi served as President of Lucent's Network Software operations, and helped set up Lucent's operations in India. Ravi brings to the table his exemplary experience in all facets of running a business, combined with tremendous strengths in marketing, finance, operations and corporate strategy.


Sridhar Manthani, Director & Chairman, Compensation Committee

Sridhar Manthani joined the board of Aurigo Software Technologies as Director in March 2004, as part of Aurigo's Series A round of funding. Sridhar brings with him over 18 years of experience in designing and marketing software solutions based on Mobile Graphics, CPUs and Multiprocessing technology, and holds a US Patent. Sridhar co-founded Thinkit Technologies Inc; an entity that was acquired by Intel Corporation in 2000. Prior to this, he held senior executive positions and had worked in the capacity of Software Marketing Head at Intel, Vice President Engineering at S3 and Manager, Mobile Graphics for Western Digital. Sridhar received his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from IT BHU, Varanasi (India) and his Masters from the University of Iowa.


Balaji Sreenivasan, Director & CEO

Balaji Sreenivasan is the Founder and CEO of Aurigo. Balaji co-founded Aurigo in the year 2003 and has played a key role in developing and growing Aurigo's business and global market share. Having successfully closed Aurigo's Series A round of funding, Balaji invests valuable time in building strategic relationships with customers, partners and resellers across the world to continually increase the product's market share and enter new geographies and markets. Balaji completed his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from NIT Trichy (India) and Masters at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Balaji is a member of the TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) - Bangalore chapter.


Sheila Gulati, Director, Corporate Strategy

Sheila Gulati is the Founder and Managing Partner of Tola Capital, a private-equity firm dedicated exclusively to pursuing the acquisition of Enterprise Information Technology-focused software companies. Sheila is a second-generation software entrepreneur who grew up inside her family's software company in New York. She was most recently a General Manager at Microsoft Corporation within the Server and Tools division. She oversaw the business strategy and marketing for databases and developer tools, as well as the company's Enterprise IT strategy and offerings, responsible for almost $5 billion of Microsoft revenue. Sheila began her Microsoft career in 1999 in the Corporate Development and Strategy team, where she was a part of the group that managed the company's strategic equity portfolio - driving acquisitions, investments and joint ventures. Prior to Microsoft, Sheila was an investment banker for Robertson Stephens, where she closely partnered with her clients to drive financing and growth strategies.