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Jim Kiles
Founder & CEO
Chairman BoD
25+ years experience in venture capital and software startups as an investor, executive, and advisor.
Successfully led 8 startups to exits and founded multi-billion dollar 'spin out' as Managing Director at Intel Capital. Founding CEO at two successful SaaS/Cloud companies.
Ashish Badjatia
Founder, CFO & Board of Directors
20+ years experience in international trade and global investment banking.
4 years' experience as COO of Ystrategies Corp.
Holds Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University
August Kiles
Founder & Head of Product
BSE: Princeton University, 2018
Operations Research & Financial Engineering
Senior Thesis: Deep Coaching through Deep Learning
Gelu Vrabie
Software Engineer/
Data Scientist
BS, Com Sci, Oxford
Tom Cassidy
VP/General Counsel
Tom joins VAYU after practicing law at some of the leading law firms in the country where he specialized in designing and crafting solutions for clients in the government space with an emphasis on creative financings. Tom has worked on infrastructure and energy issues starting with his tenure at a division of MWH a leading international engineering firm. Tom's recent client portfolio has included state and local municipalities along with renewable energy and water companies.
Neil Cohen
CRO
Respected marketing guru, startup expert & Associate Prof at SF State. Neil drives Vayu marketing and customer strategies.
Daryn Sagel
Computational & Data Scientist
MS, Computational Science
BS, Physical Science (Concentration: Physics)
Applied & Computational Mathematics
Florida State University
Research: Computer vision, fluid dynamics, fire dynamics
Jon Chan
Product Strategist
Analyst, Bridgewater
Primceton University
AB Mathematics, 2019
Katherine Dykes
Advisor
Head of Section
Systems Engineering and Optimization
DTU Wind Energy
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Jon Sigerman
Contributor/Advisor
Co-Founder
Jon helps with business strategy & intellectual property development.
Former CEO Summation (Legal data SaaS acquired Wolters Kluwer 2004) and practicing attorney in intellectual property litigation.
David_Kirkpatrick
Advisor
Marathon Capital
Director/Co-Head Western Region
Greg Hitchan
Advisor
Managing Partner, Tri-Valley Ventures
Doug Gilbert Smith
Contributor/Advisor
Co-Head of ERCOT Trading at Citi, Doug is Former VP Corp Strategy for Vayu (2018-2020), Doug is a visionary and wind finance expert.
Zach Lebovitz
Contributor/Advisor
Zach joined Vayu as a business and research analyst in 2018 left for London School of Business in 2019.
Zach supports Vayu with business strategy and European perspective
Patrick Connolly
Advisor
Senior Director, Technology Marketing, Sales Enablement
Talend
Andrea Kates
Contributor/Advisor
Managing Director Futureproofing Next
Andrea supports Vayu's targeted marketing efforts and Thought Leadership Strategies
Dan Keiser
Advisor
Manager Commercial Development at Oxy Low Carbon Ventures;
GP, Rice Energy Owls
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