Keval Desai

Current

• Product Management Director at Google

Past

• Principle at ONSET Ventures
• Co-founder at Achex, Inc
• VC Associate - MBA Internship at Morgan Stanley Venture Partners

• Product Manager at Global Village Communication
• Software Engineer, Project Manager at Tandem Computers Inc.

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Education

• University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business
• University of California, Santa Barbara
• University of Mumbai

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Keval Desai’s Summary

Keval Desai’s Specialties:

new product development, cross-functional product management, mentoring talented individuals, formulating business models, P&L, entrepreneurship, hi-tech start-ups, venture capital

Keval Desai’s Experience

• Product Management Director

  Google

  (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

  June 2003 — Present (6 years 6 months)

  Led development of product/businesses in Google's advertising business - AdWords, Syndication & TV Ads

• Principle

  ONSET Ventures

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  January 2001 — June 2003 (2 years 6 months)

• Co-founder

  Achex, Inc

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  August 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 4 months)

• VC Associate - MBA Internship

  Morgan Stanley Venture Partners

  (Internet industry)

  1998 — 1998 (less than a year)

• Product Manager

  Global Village Communication

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; GVIL; Computer Networking industry)

  January 1996 — July 1997 (1 year 7 months)

• Software Engineer, Project Manager

  Tandem Computers Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TDM; Computer Hardware industry)

  July 1991 — December 1996 (5 years 6 months)

Keval Desai’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business

  MBA , 1997 — 1999

  Attended b-school on a full 2-year fellowship including tuition & living expenses. Awarded to only 1 student from entering class of 240

  Activities and Societies:

  - President Entrepreneurs Association
  - Founder of UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition
  - Venture Capital Fellowship

• University of California, Santa Barbara

  MS , Computer Science , 1989 — 1991

  Activities and Societies:

  - Teaching Assistant for undegraduate courses in C, FORTRAN

• University of Mumbai

  BE , Electrical Engineering , 1985 — 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  - President Electrical Engineering Students' Association

Additional Information

Keval Desai’s Groups:

•    Haas Entrepreneurs Association
•    Haas IBD Alumni