* Entrepreneurial, strategic and operational experience in startup and public companies with strong 20+ year track record. Former COO, Cavium (CAVM) and GM, Intel (INTC).
* Investor, board member and advisor to software-based enterprise companies in real-time/mobile and IoT messaging, mobile acceleration, cloud security and analytics, and software-defined networking.
* Broad technology industry expertise across cloud, networking, servers, mobile, security and storage
Specialties: Business & technology strategy, operational execution, business & team development, M&A, market and technical trends across - data-center, enterprise, mobile and security.
Founder & CEO @ Innovium is a venture-funded, pre-launch startup focused on defining and developing innovative hardware and software solutions for the infrastructure market. For more information: http://www.innovium.com From 2015 to Present (less than a year) Silicon ValleyCo-founder & Partner, Investor @ * Investor & Advisor ----- Soha Systems (www.soha.io); Twin Prime (www.twinprime.com); Node Prime (www.nodeprime.com); Skyward (skyward.io)
* Investor & BOD Member/Chairman ----- Kaazing (www.kaazing.com)
* Advisor ----- Cirrosecure (acquired by Palo Alto Networks/PANW, 5/15) From 2013 to Present (2 years) Palo Alto, CaliforniaManagement Board Member @ From 2011 to 2015 (4 years) Executive in Residence @ One of the world's largest VC firms that invests globally across technology and healthcare. From 2013 to 2013 (less than a year) San Francisco Bay AreaCOO & senior-level executive/GM roles @ COO from Jan 2011. Public company executive officer from 2007 - 2013.
As part of the executive team, helped take Cavium (Nasdaq: CAVM) from early startup stage, through significant revenue growth, profitability & IPO to a leading public company, with annual revenues of $250+M, peak design wins of over $500M/yr and valuation of $2.5B+. Held executive roles including VP and VP/GM leading marketing, sales, engineering and operations. Drove strategic planning, roadmaps, customer wins and operational execution. Integrated acquisitions and managed through a variety of macro-economic conditions. Cavium achieved 300 OEM customers, including all blue-chip vendors across range of networking, security, mobile, consumer applications, and was recognized multiple times as the most respected semiconductor company by the global semiconductor alliance. From 2003 to 2013 (10 years) San Francisco Bay AreaGM & Director of Marketing @ General Manager for high-end network processor business unit. Managed product marketing, technical marketing and ecosystem development for entire IXP product line. Led the business to be market-share leader. Represented Intel on BODs of companies with Intel Capital investment. Joined Intel as a result of Intel's acquisition of Netboost. From 1998 to 2003 (5 years) Manager, Strategy/Marketing @ Managed strategy, business development and Windows/CIFS marketing. Responsible for NTAP's first acquisition and strategic alliance with Microsoft (including CIFS agreement and network storage support for Exchange & SQLserver). From 1996 to 1998 (2 years) Senior Product Manager @ Held engineering management and product management roles. Experience covered Netra products, Solaris, SPARCServer products and Processor, NFS/CIFS, OS and Database technology areas. Responsible for Product Marketing, Software licensing, Solaris MP performance, Competitive performance analysis, Sales/SE/Channel Training. From 1990 to 1996 (6 years)
Director's Consortium for Public Company Corporate Governance @ Stanford Business & Law, Chicago Booth, DartmouthMBA, Strategy, Technology Innovation, Entrepreneurship @ Stanford University From 1993 to 1995 MS, Computer Science @ New York University From 1988 to 1990 BS, Computer Science & Engineering @ Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi From 1984 to 1988 Rajiv Khemani is skilled in: Business Development, Semiconductors, Engineering Management, Product Management, Product Marketing, Sales, Go-to-market Strategy, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Strategy, Start-ups, Distributed Systems, Telecommunications, SaaS, Mobile Devices, Enterprise Software, Strategic Planning, Strategic Partnerships, Executive Management, Management, Business Alliances, Network Security, Wireless, Ethernet, Entrepreneurship, System Architecture, Mergers & Acquisitions, Product Development, E-commerce, Security, Analytics, Leadership, Networking, Venture Capital