Nik Kalyani

Current

• Co-founder at DotNetNuke Corporation
• Core Team/Board Member at DotNetNuke Open Source Project

Past

• Founder/CEO at Speerio, Inc.
• Founder/CEO at iWidgets, Inc.
• Co-founder/V.P. of Technology at Definiti, Inc.

• Manager, I.T. Research and Development at James River Corporation

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Education

• Western Michigan University
• Wilson College
• AIMS

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• My Company
• My Blog

Nik Kalyani’s Summary

I am your average geek who is irrationally exuberant about technology, especially if it has anything to do with the Internet. I am also an entrepreneur currently working on my fourth startup -- DotNetNuke Corp. -- a company I co-founded and which got venture funding in Nov. 2008.

I am an experienced web developer and also find the business strategy and marketing aspects of a software company to be as exciting as writing code. When I do work on software, my primary expertise is in creating products with compelling user experiences. I am most proficient with Microsoft technologies, but have no religious fanaticism about them. I am a proponent of Open Source, fan of Media Center, student of social media and lover of minimalist design.

I was born and raised in Bombay, India, a city that is dear to my heart. I came to the U.S. for a bachelor's degree and stayed on to become a citizen. Someday, I hope to run for Congress, but that has to wait. First, I have to work on getting this entrepreneur thing right.

Nik Kalyani’s Specialties:

Visionary leadership, UI and UX development, brand development, marketing, social networking applications, raising venture capital, public speaking, graphic design, ASP.Net development, and oh yes, DotNetNuke.

Nik Kalyani’s Experience

• Co-founder

  DotNetNuke Corporation

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  DotNetNuke Corp. manages "DotNetNuke," the largest web Open Source project on the Microsoft technology stack with over 7 million downloads to-date.

• Core Team/Board Member

  DotNetNuke Open Source Project

  (Computer Software industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

• Founder/CEO

  Speerio, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  May 2001 — May 2007 (6 years 1 month)

• Founder/CEO

  iWidgets, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1999 — April 2001 (2 years 4 months)

• Co-founder/V.P. of Technology

  Definiti, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 1995 — December 1998 (3 years 6 months)

• Manager, I.T. Research and Development

  James River Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Paper & Forest Products industry)

  September 1993 — March 1995 (1 year 7 months)

Nik Kalyani’s Education

• Western Michigan University

  Bachelor's , Computer Science , September 1987 — May 1992

  Activities and Societies:

  Editor-in-Chief, Western Herald (university newspaper)

• Wilson College

  1983 — 1987

• AIMS

Additional Information

Nik Kalyani’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Company
• My Blog

Nik Kalyani’s Groups:

DotNetNuke Core Team/Board of Directors
Capital DotNetNuke Users Group (Founder)
Silicon Valley DotNetNuke Users Group (Founder), DotNetNuke community

•    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
•    DotNetNuke Community
•    DotNetNuke OpenForce
•    Western Michigan University Alumni.

Nik Kalyani’s Honors:

Microsoft MVP 2005
Microsoft MVP 2006
Microsoft MVP 2007
Microsoft MVP 2008
ComponentArt MVP

Nik Kalyani’s Contact Settings

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