The team
The team comprises an international mix of investors and management with extensive experience in
the technology (telecom and software) sectors:
Board
Barry Davies - Chairman
Founding Chairman British Telecom France, Marketing Director BT International, Managing Director Cable
& Wireless Marine Messaging, International Strategy & Marketing Director Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux
Aruna Schwarz - CEO & founder
Indian/French, 15 year career in leading high tech companies in UK and France with BT,
Cable & Wireless, 9Telecom, AXS Telecom/Tiscali (European Marketing Director, and Rosebud
Technologies (Marketing & Business Development Director)
Nachman Chefner
Part of the management team of Magic Software, as Managing Director Europe, that took Magic to
a Nasdaq IPO in 2000. Currently CEO of Ayala, France
Philippe Sayegh
Essec graduate (one of the top three French business schools), formerly Consultant Roland Berger,
Sales Manager Rosebud Technologies, Pivotal Corporation. Currently Sales Manager, Macrovision.
Gerard Honteyberie
Former Managing Director of the French Agency for Innovation OSEO/ANVAR and currently Venture
Partner at Alto Invest
Ranjit Shastri
Managing director of investment
advisory firm PSi, Inc. (India)
and director of KPO firms SmartAnalyst and
DesignPresentation. Prior to moving to India he
spent several years as a consultant with McKinsey &
Co. in New York and Bain & Company in Boston.
Management
The team includes:
Pierre Fraisse - CTO
Graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and doctorates from Orsay and
former CTO of Datox/Wedia (specialist in editorial platforms for the
publishing sector), with extensive experience in designing and building
Content/Document Management solutions.
Frank Bevis - VP Sales, Europe
Founder of Konnect Soft, a company specializing in content management and
content delivery solutions for information publishers, has held positions
in marketing, product management and sales with Agfa/Bayer AG, CA Computer
Associates, and TFPL as director of the Publishing Division.
Farhat Shiraz - VP Sales, India
Over 13 years sales experience in the software space in India,
Middle East and Africa. Past positions include sales and business
development roles with Softcell Technologies, Mumbai; Plutus, Dubai;
Successcraft Solutions, Ahmedabad.