Avniel Dravid

Current

Principal at Dravid Consulting

Past

Senior Associate at Ojas Venture Partners
Program Manager at Alliance of Angels
Senior Developer at Penn Mutual Life Insurance

Senior Consultant at C-bridge Internet Solutions
Sales Engineer at Wizzard Software
Management Intern at KPIT-Cummins
Web Developer at The Venture Information Network for Entrepreneurs

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Education

University of Washington
Carnegie Mellon University

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

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Avniel Dravid’s Summary

Avniel Dravid’s Specialties:

technology, venture capital, angel capital, consulting, strategy, early stage, internet, enterprise, financial services, open source, tech startups

Avniel Dravid’s Experience

Principal

Dravid Consulting

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)

Strategy for early stage organizations
Senior Associate

Ojas Venture Partners

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

October 2007 — September 2008 (1 year)

An early stage technology focused venture fund
Program Manager

Alliance of Angels

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

September 2006 — August 2007 (1 year)

Nurtures Pacific Northwest startups by building relationships between entrepreneurs and seasoned investors
Senior Developer

Penn Mutual Life Insurance

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Insurance industry)

July 2003 — June 2005 (2 years)

Provides life insurance and annuity products through a national network of producers and advisors.
Senior Consultant

C-bridge Internet Solutions

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; CBIS; Computer Software industry)

August 2000 — July 2003 (3 years)

End-to-end business solutions for enterprises; M.I.T. spin-off.
Sales Engineer

Wizzard Software

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 1999 — May 2000 (1 year)

Speech recognition software solutions
Management Intern

KPIT-Cummins

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NSE Code: KPIT; Computer Software industry)

May 1999 — August 1999 (4 months)

Global IT outsourcing for the semiconductor and automotive industry
Web Developer

The Venture Information Network for Entrepreneurs

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

July 1995 — December 1997 (2 years 6 months)

Building communities around entrepreneurs, funding, and service providers.

Avniel Dravid’s Education

University of Washington

MBA , Foster (Entrepreneurship/Finance) , 2005 — 2007

Gates Entrepreneurship Fellow -- funded by Washington Research Foundation Capital in honor of William H. Gates Sr.

Activities and Societies:

Leadership Fellow, Entrepreneurship President, Business Plan Competition Chair, India Study Tour Leader
Carnegie Mellon University

B.S. , Tepper (Management Information Science) , 1996 — 2000

National Science Foundation Scholar

Activities and Societies:

WRCT Radio DJ