PRINCIPAL
VIKRAM MEHTA
Vikram Mehta was recently Vice President of IBM’s System Networking Division, created through the acquisition of BLADE Network Technologies, Inc. (BLADE) in 2010.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32525.wss
Vikram was Founder, President and CEO of BLADE, the second largest Data Center Ethernet vendor in the world (according to Gartner Group).
BLADE’s principal investors realized an 11x return in their investment in BLADE.
Vikram brings over 25 years of technology industry experience. Prior to founding BLADE, he spent almost two decades at Hewlett-Packard and Nortel in various executive positions.
In 2009, Vikram won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award in the “Emerging” category for Northern California and was inducted into the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnNuJzNRrU0
Vikram is an Australian citizen residing in California. He has lived and worked in India, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, and the U.S.A.