Board of Directors

Sashi Reddi is the founder and executive chairman of AppLabs, the world's largest software testing and quality management company. Since its founding in April 2001, Sashi has grown AppLabs from a 3 person outfit in a shared office space in Philadelphia to its current size of 2,000 employees in the US, UK, and India.

A serial entrepreneur, Sashi has started two other companies prior to AppLabs. His first company was EZPower Systems, a developer of products for building and maintaining large-scale web applications. EZPower was acquired by DocuCorp and then eventually by Oracle. EZPower technology continues to be a part of Oracle’s document management offerings. Following EZPower, Sashi founded iCoop, a group purchasing dotcom company that went bust. He began his career consulting on technology and strategy to Fortune 500 companies in the travel, financial services, automotive and consumer packaged goods industries.

Sashi is also the founder and chairman of FXLabs, a leading developer of high quality game products for PC's, consoles, and online.

Sashi received his BTech degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. He went on to gain an MS in Computer Science from New York University and later a PhD from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Sashi serves on the advisory board of the Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs and is a charter member of TiE Hyderabad.

Sandeep Singhal is a Managing Director with Sequoia Capital India (Sequoia Capital India was formed with WestBridge Capital Partners). Sandeep is on the board of AppLabs, Shaadi.com, Mauj Telecom, Nazara Technologies, Dr Lal Path Labs, ReaMetrix, Strand Life Sciences and marketRx.

Previously, Sandeep was with The Boston Consulting Group and whilst there, he advised several mid-market Indian companies on their product market strategies.

Prior to BCG, Sandeep worked with Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL), India's most admired company. At HLL, Sandeep managed the new product development and innovation process for two of the largest customer franchises in the country. During his tenure, he was instrumental in eleven product launches that were targeted across different customer segments. Today, these products significantly contribute to the company's top and bottom lines. Sandeep started his business career as a management trainee with HLL.

Sandeep is a Chartered Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Bangalore chapter, and is on the board of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). He received an MBA with distinction from IIM Ahmedabad. He also holds a Master of Science degree in molecular simulation from the University of Illinois (where he was awarded the prestigious Abraham Lincoln Graduate Fellowship) and a BTech in chemical engineering from IIT Delhi.

Mike Levinthal has over 26 years of venture capital investing experience and currently lives in Park City, Utah where he works as an independent venture capitalist helping to advise companies in the intermountain area. Mike spent 20 years with the Mayfield Fund. During his tenure at Mayfield, Mike worked to sponsor such successes as Citrix, Concur Technologies, Heartstream, Pure Software and WebMethods. Additionally, he founded Mayfield Software Partners, a side fund consisting of 20 leading software entrepreneurs as investors. He began his career in venture capital at New Enterprise Associates (NEA). While at NEA, Mike founded ONSET Ventures, a venture firm specializing in incubating new companies. Additionally, he sits on the board of Interplast (www.interplast.org), and the Forever Young Foundation (www.foreveryoung.com).

Mike holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He received both his MS and BS degrees in Engineering from Stanford University. He has served as an advisory board member to the Stanford Technology Venture Program and established the Mayfield Fellows program at Stanford University and University of California at Berkeley.

Mike’s current board seats include AppLabs, Alliance Health Networks, Costa Vida, High West Distillery, Infopia, Metricstream, and 3point5. He is also a Special Limited Partner of 2X Management which is a venture fund focused on growth capital opportunities in the consumer space. He was on the board of Altiris (ATRS) until its recent acquisition to Symantec for $1billion.

Makarand Teje is the President and CEO of AppLabs, the world’s largest software testing and quality management company.

Makarand has 20+ years of experience in the global IT industry covering P&L management, business development, operations, program management and strategic marketing.

Prior to joining AppLabs, Makarand worked at Wipro for 15+ years, during which he worked on multiple assignments for its’ Indian as well as international businesses. During his last assignment at Wipro, he led the global Insurance industry business.

Prior to Wipro, Makarand worked at Interface Electronics as the Regional Manager for Western India region and completed his management traineeship with Skefko India Bearing Co. in Mumbai. Makarand is an Electrical Engineer and has an MBA in Marketing from the Bombay University, India.