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James ClarkFounder, Thai Open Source Software CenterJames Clark has been contributing to the Open Source community for nearly 20 years. In the past 15 years, his work has focused on SGML/XML, where he is a renowned pioneer of these technologies. Since its publication in February 1998, XML has achieved widespread industry acceptance as a key technology for the future development of the Web. In 2001, James was awarded the first XML Cup.

Alok MohanBoard MemberAlok is a veteran with more than 30 years in management roles in the IT industry. He comes with a strong focus on strategy formulation and financial planning, and a special interest in non-organic growth through Mergers and Acquisitions.

Sanjiva Weerawarana, Ph. DFounder, Chairman & CEODr. Sanjiva Weerawarana, chairman and CEO, founded WSO2 in 2005 in order to reinvent the way enterprise middleware is developed, sold, delivered and supported through an open source model.

Paul FremantleCo-founder & CTOBoard ObserverPaul Fremantle, CTO, co-founded WSO2 in 2005 in order to reinvent the way enterprise middleware is developed, sold, delivered and supported through an open source model. In his current role as CTO, Paul spearheads WSO2’s overall product strategy. Previously, he served as WSO2 vice president of technical sales where he led the development of the groundbreaking WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus. In 2008, Paul was recognized as by InfoWorld as a Top 25 CTO.

Victor ChangDirector, Dell VenturesBoard ObserverVictor is a Director at Dell Ventures, where he invests in innovative startups that are strategic to Dell. Victor joined Dell Ventures through Dell’s acquisition of Quest Software in 2012, where he was Sr. Director of Corporate Development and was responsible for both M&A and strategic investments. Prior to Quest, Victor was Vice President at the Hina Group, a China-based investment bank, where he advised US and Chinese technology companies in cross border investments. Before Hina, Victor invested in early and growth stage technology companies at Crosslink Capital. Victor started his career as a strategy consultant at the Monitor Group.

Pradeep TagareSr. Investment Manager, Intel CapitalBoard ObserverPradeep is a Sr. Investment Manager at Intel Capital focusing on investments in the enterprise software space. Prior to Intel Capital, Pradeep was the Founder/CEO and later VP Products at Yopa Inc, a venture-backed company that developed a mobile applications software platform. Yopa was acquired by XDrive Technologies in 2001. Pradeep served as VP Product Management at XDrive after the acquisition.

Tyler JewellBoard ObserverTyler Jewell is a venture partner at Toba Capital focusing on application development, middleware and systems management markets. His investments include ZeroTurnaround, InfoQ, WSO2, and AppHarbor. He also sits on the advisory boards of TomiTribe and SD Elements.
Tyler is also the founder and CEO of Codenvy, a cloud development environment for coding, building, and testing applications in the cloud. He’s previously held leadership positions at Oracle, Quest (acquired by Dell), and The Middleware Company (acquired by TechTarget), and BEA (acquired by Oracle). He holds degrees in Computer Science and Economics, and is the author of three books on Java.

Pankaj SrivastavaVice President Engineering, Cisco SystemsBoard ObserverPankaj Srivastava brings more than 20 years of Systems Integration, Solutions and Software Engineering, and Enterprise Architecture experience. Over the last 10 years, he has played the role of Technical / Business leader of innovative Software Engineering Groups and Solutions Technology Groups. Over the years he has also developed in-depth technical expertise in the areas of Application Infrastructure, SOA, Middleware and Enterprise Applications, Video-based applications, and Cloud Applications. At Cisco over the past 8 years, he has led several innovative solution development and delivery initiatives, creating solutions and businesses around those new solutions.