Ashfaq Munshi

Who is Ashfaq Munshi?

Ashfaq

Munshi is the CEO and Chairman of the Board at Radiance Technologies.

Ash brings a unique mix of 20 years of entrepreneurship, engineering,

marketing, and management experience to Radiance. In addition to

Radiance, Ash has founded three other Silicon Valley companies: Vivecon

(where he currently serves on the Board), SpecialtyMD (acquired by

Ventro), and Commerce Engine (became Ariba).

Earlier in his career, Ash served as a corporate vice president at

Applied Materials, where he was responsible for the software arm of the

company. Prior to Applied Materials, Ash was Vice President and General

Manager of the Enterprise Business Unit at SGI. Ash began his executive

career at Oracle Corporation where he was director of development and

marketing.

Ash

is on the Dean's Leadership Council for the Division of Applied

Sciences at Harvard University, where he frequently lectures about

entrepreneurship and start-ups. He also has a very strong background in

Compilation Technologies.

Ash

holds an A.B. in Mathematics from Harvard. He has completed graduate

work in computer science at Brown and UCSC and is an alumnus of the

Stanford Graduate School of Business.