Fred van den Bosch is Chief Executive Officer of Evergrid and a member of the board of directors. He brings to the company a wealth of experience in the enterprise software industry. During his 14 year career at VERITAS Software (later acquired by Symantec Corporation), Fred played a key role in the company's success, from a small start-up to a multibillion dollar company, as Executive Vice President of Engineering, Chief Technology Officer and a board member. After leaving VERITAS, he served as Chief Executive Officer of PANTA Systems, a manufacturer of data warehouse appliances. Fred started his career at Stanford Research Institute and also held various engineering and management positions, including Director of Technology, at the Data Systems Division of Philips.
Fred received a Master's degree in Applied Mathematics from the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands.
Ameet Dhillon serves as Vice President of Marketing, responsible for leading overall product management and marketing direction at Evergrid. Prior to Evergrid, Ameet was Director of Product Management at F5 Networks responsible for the WAN Optimization and SSL VPN product lines. He joined F5 via the acquisition of Swan Labs, a startup in the WAN optimization market, where he was Director of Marketing. Ameet has also held various engineering and marketing positions at Extreme Networks, Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu and Sumitomo Electric over his 17 year career.
Ameet graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Japanese from North Carolina State University. He earned his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
As Chief Financial Officer, Lee McGrath is responsible for Evergrid's financial and administrative operations. He draws on over 20 years in high technology finance. Prior to Evergrid, Lee was Chief Financial Officer at PANTA Systems, a manufacturer of data warehouse appliances. He also held the Chief Financial Officer position at Versant Corporation, a publicly traded database software company, overseeing the Finance, Investor Relations, IT, Legal and HR functions. Previously Lee was Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, Flat Display Systems at Philips Electronics where he was a key contributor in finalizing a $4 billion joint venture with LG Electronics, the largest such transaction by Philips. Prior to Philips, Lee was Controller for Digital Link Corporation. He is also a 15-year veteran of Measurex Corporation (acquired by Honeywell in 1997) in various capacities spanning the globe.
Lee is a Chartered Certified Accountant and holds an MBA from Pepperdine University, California.
Dr. Radha Shelat is Vice President and General Manager of Evergrid India, responsible for leading Evergrid's product development center in Pune, India. She brings over 20 years of experience in enterprise software engineering to Evergrid and has done extensive work with high volume and distributed storage technologies. Prior to joining Evergrid, she was Chief Technology Officer for Symantec India. During her 13 year tenure at VERITAS Software and later Symantec India, Radha played a vital role in its growth from a team of four engineers to over 1,000.
Radha holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, and has taught and consulted at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan co-founded Evergrid and has served as Chief Technology Officer, responsible for overseeing the company's technology roadmap. Srinidhi is also Director of the Center for High-End Computing Systems at Virginia Tech and an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science. He is the architect of System X, the 2200 processor System X supercomputer located at Virginia Tech.
Srinidhi has received numerous awards including the ComputerWorld Honors Award in the Science Category 2004, the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation, the New Century Technology Council Technology Innovation Award and a Faculty Fellow award from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. In 2004, he was honored by MIT Technology Review as one of the top 100 (TR100) young innovators transforming technology.
Srinidhi received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the State University of New York, Stony Brook.