K. Ram Shriram

Who is K. Ram Shriram?

Ram Shriram

started Sherpalo in January, 2000, with the goal of applying his wealth

of operating and company building experience to promising early stage

ventures. As a technology industry insider for over 25 years he has

worked in companies large and small across all functional areas and

through fluctuating business cycles. He is always eager to roll up his

sleeves and work closely with founding teams on the challenging issues

that confront and sometimes confound early stage ventures.

Ram's knowledge of and advice on issues ranging from

raising venture capital, key management hiring, making the right

product choices and defining and adapting the business model to

changing market conditions can help you to secure early customer wins,

build momentum from a standing start, and generate international

growth.

A hallmark of Ram's success

is the ability to create the right DNA for a young growth company with

a focus on revenue and profitability, by establishing a virtuous cycle

of talented employees/owners and happy customers/users. Ram enjoys the

process of turning founders' dreams into successful businesses and

takes a long term view that serves as a guidepost for decision making.

Ram is thoughtful, cerebral, easy to communicate with, deeply committed

to the tasks he undertakes, and has a keen intuitive sense for what

works in the marketplace.

Ram has partnered with the venture capital industry

and its many famous and successful members all across Silicon Valley.

Because of his domain and market expertise, he brings a unique value to

the building of companies with successful outcomes that fits well with

the value offered by venture capital firms.

This year Ram was named number four on the top tech dealmakers by Forbes, and number five on top ten kingmakers in tech by Business 2.0 magazine.

Experience

Immediately prior to founding Sherpalo,

Ram served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder

CEO. Ram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired

Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of which Ram was president.

While at Amazon, Ram helped grow the customer base during its early

high growth phase in 1998/1999. Before Junglee and Amazon, Ram was a

member of the Netscape executive team, joining them in 1994, before

they shipped products or posted revenue. He drove the many partnerships

and channels that Netscape employed to get massive distribution for its

browser and server products during those now legendary early days of

the Internet.

Ram is a founding board member of Google Inc., 247customer.com and Frontline Wireless. Ram also serves on the boards of Plaxo, Zazzle.com and PodShow. Ram serves on the advisory board of Naukri.com,

a leading classfieds site in India which has leading marketplaces in

jobs, matrimony and real estate serving the Indian market.