Akash Agarwal

Current

Founder/CEO at GreenNote (acquired by Cology)

Past

Director at HP (via Mercury Interactive Acquisition)
Business Development/Strategic Alliances at SeeBeyond Tech (acquired by Sun)
Founder/CEO at iTheo.com

Director at Valicert (acquired by Tumbleweed Communications)
Prod Manager at Oracle

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Education

Harvard Business School
The University of Kent

Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

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Akash Agarwal’s Summary

Akash Agarwal is a veteran business executive in high technology with over 18 years experience spanning general management, marketing, product development, strategy, and sales. Akash's experience is in the consumer Internet and software markets at both small and large companies. Akash has been an entrepreneur, founding and running several venture-backed Internet startups, and in management at HP (via Mercury acquisition) and Oracle Corporation. He holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Computer Science (with honors) from the University of Kent at Canterbury, England.

Summary Experience
07-09 Founder/CEO - GreenNote, Inc.
04-07 Alliances/Sales - Hewlett Packard
01-03 BD/Alliances - SeeBeyond (SBYN) acq by Sun
99-01 Founder, CEO- iTheo.com acq by Artisan Networks
98-99 BD/Marketing - ValiCert (IPO) now Tumbleweed
90-96 Product Marketing/Mgmt - Oracle

Other Projects
Advisor - PlusMo (mobile widgets)
Advisor - Picsquare (online photo sharing)

Education
MBA, Harvard Business School, General Management (1998)
Bsc. Hons. Comp Science, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK (1990)

Akash Agarwal’s Specialties:

Consumer, Internet, financial services, Microfinance, Enterprise software, and On Demand software, SaaS, Cloud Computing.

Akash Agarwal’s Experience

Founder/CEO

GreenNote (acquired by Cology)

(Internet industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

GreenNote is a new and exciting venture at the crossroads of microfinance, social networking, and student loans. The company's mission is to help students secure low cost loans from their social networks. The company is backed by Menlo Ventures & Glenbrook Partners. Responsibilities include overall management and strategic direction for the company.
Director

HP (via Mercury Interactive Acquisition)

(Public Company; HPQ; Computer Software industry)

January 2004 — January 2007 (3 years 1 month)

Drove and led strategic alliances with key ISV's (including OnDemand vendors), OEM's, resellers, MSP's and SI's. Generated over $100MM annualized revenue for the company via these partnerships.
Business Development/Strategic Alliances

SeeBeyond Tech (acquired by Sun)

(Computer Software industry)

January 2001 — December 2003 (3 years)

Lead a team that was responsible for inbound and outbound business development for the company. Additionally, led strategic alliances and overlay sales force to drive indirect sales via OEM's, resellers, MSP's and SI's. Generated $60MM of annual revenue.
Founder/CEO

iTheo.com

(Computer Software industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years)

Founded online ecommerce site for artists. Raised venture capital and successfully sold the company to Artisan Network.
Director

Valicert (acquired by Tumbleweed Communications)

(Computer Software industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year)

Responsible for business development and market strategy for leading PKI based security solution. Company went public before being acquired by Tumbleweed Communications.
Prod Manager

Oracle

(Public Company; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

1990 — 1996 (6 years)

Responsible for managing a complete product line of Oracle database and application products on Unix. Drove product strategy and marketing strategy for entire product line.