Is it the economy or has the role of marketing changed? As a marketer, you need to create growth, open newer markets, however, the budgets are smaller.
To get the unique perspectives from an investor as well as the practioner, please join our latest webcast. The presenters include a prominent Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist, Anurag Chandra and Regalix's CEO, Vikas Sharan.
Anurag Chandra
Anurag has worked as the Managing Director at Galleon Crossover Fund. Prior to that, he was with Lighthouse Capital Partners from 2001 to 2007. He joined Lighthouse Capital in 2007 from Intraspect Software, which was acquired by Vignette (NASDAQ: VIGN), where he served as Vice President of Corporate and Business Development. Prior to Intraspect, he was the Vice President of Finance and Operations at netDialog, where he played an instrumental role in its acquisition by Kana Communications (NASDAQ: KANA).
Anurag was also a Vice President at Imperial Bank in its Emerging Growth and Venture Divisions. His other professional experiences include obtaining financing for technology and infrastructure projects internationally, managing investments at a large multinational institutional money manager, and practicing corporate law for Bryan Cave, LLP.
Anurag's area of investment focus is in enterprise computing, encompassing software and enterprise networking. While at Lighthouse, Anurag has sponsored the firm's investments in Airespace, Azul, Ironport, Cortina, LinkedIn, Six Apart, Modulus Video, Stoke, and Transparency Software.
Anurag holds a B.A. from Stanford University in economics and political science, and a J.D. from Loyola Law School.
Vikas Sharan - CEO Regalix
Vikas is a serial entrepreneur and has spent 15+ years in digital marketing and human factors. Vikas has worked with several Fortune 500 and venture backed companies such as Philip Morris, JP Morgan, and i2. Vikas has created online customer acquisition strategies for wingspanbank.com, the first online bank (now Chase). Vikas has defined customer acquisition and experience strategies for multi-continent systems for Deutsche Telecom, Verizon and ATT. Vikas is an author and frequent presenter at conferences. Vikas has a Masters Degree in Industrial Design from IIT Mumbai.