MANAGEMENT TEAM
Mr. Raj Janakarajan, Founder & CEO
Raj Janakarajan began working on the idea of StickySURF in March, 2006 after recognizing a significant lack of technology and related tools to enable on-line users to easily pinpoint relevant information, attach comments, and share those items with others. Though the internet provides access to an astronomical amount of information – identifying and extracting useful nuggets of that information has all too long required hours of researching/reviewing, copy-and-pasting to a text-editor, and has proven a momentous chore to effectively manage and efficiently share with others. It is this recognition that led Raj to begin developing the idea that is now StickySURF.
As the founding CEO of StickySURF, Raj will be responsible for overall organization management with a special emphasis on Product Management, Business Strategy and Business Development. Raj will also be responsible for the overall company performance and executing the organization’s business plan. Raj currently lives in Jersey City, NJ with his wife Vimala.
Mr. Randy L. Ireland, VP of Operations
Randy Ireland brings an innovative and enthusiastic approach to the founding of StickySURF. Randy founded IT Business Solutions, LLC – a recognized leader of Enterprise Voice and Data Network SPA (Service and Provisioning Administration) solutions based in Hartford, CT. Since its founding, and under the leadership of Mr. Ireland, ITBS successfully reached key milestones, to include: Product Realization, Beta-Testing with Customers, Product Expansion Realization, Attracting Fortune 500 and Global 2000 Customers, and successfully solidifying Seed-Stage funding.
Randy will be working very closely with Raj Janakarajan to spearhead establishing the operational structure of the organization, participating in securing funding requirements necessary to implement the organization’s strategies, establishing relationships with recognized industry leaders, and managing the customer care and support aspects of the company. Mr. Ireland currently resides in Cromwell, CT with his wife Jennifer.
Mr. Naveen Gunti, VP of Technology
With a strong academic background, Mr. Gunti has always been interested and working on developing artificial intelligence tools for software engineering, expert systems and neural networks, distributed computing and messaging systems. He has written several white papers and has been an active speaker in technology conferences and symposiums. He has provided services to Fortune 500 companies in the financial, pharmaceutical, and telecommunication industries in Asia, Europe and North America.
Mr. Gunti is responsible for the overall delivery and closely working with Raj to define the product roadmap in line with Business Model, Product and Service Portfolio, and ultimate Growth Strategy of StickySURF, Inc. His efforts also will include in establishing technology partnerships, manage development partners’ efforts as a trusted technical adviser and provide commanding leadership to ensure that end-results meet the business requirements with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, and on-time delivery. Mr. Gunti currently lives in Princeton, NJ with his wife Radha and two daughters Keertana and Prarthana.
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ADVISORS
Beth Temple
Ms. Temple has 23 years of experience in strategic business planning, product development, and brand marketing for multi-channel businesses in the retail, financial services, and media industries. Throughout her career she has been involved in many start-up ventures and new division creation for larger businesses.
Ms. Temple most recently served as Executive Vice President, Account Services, for Talkingpoint Inc., a Minneapolis-based start-up, where she served as the #2 executive and was responsible for overseeing and providing the strategic direction for acquiring and servicing client accounts, including client branding and creative execution, survey design and development, and e-marketing performance. She was involved with Talkingpoint from its inception through its sale in Q1 2006.
Ms. Temple holds a Bachelor’s degree in Advertising from Michigan State University and a Master’s degree in Mass Communications/Journalism from California State University, Fullerton, where she graduated with Kappa Tau Alpha honors.
Scott Russo
Scott Russo is an established business leader with a diverse background and a proven track record of business development, strategic planning, and effective change management and process improvement in both small and large companies. He currently serves as Vice President, Business Development for a VC backed company in the call center industry. Previously, Scott served as President & CEO of a broadband wireless start-up launched out of Lucent Technologies, leading the venture from concept through a $3M fundraising effort. Prior to that, Scott worked in Lucent's New Ventures Group, developing business plans and raising capital investment for prospective venture opportunities based on Bell Labs technology. Scott has also served in a various operational and strategic roles at a major telecommunications equipment company, including strategic planning, business operations, and finance. Scott holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a Bachelors of Arts degree in Philosophy from Bucknell University. |