With great customer and employee experience as our north star, Ushur’s mission is to transform every customer journey through cutting-edge technology that brings companies closer to their customers.
Simha Sadasiva, Co-Founder & CEO
Our Vision
At Ushur, we envision a world of frictionless experiences, where every engagement is the inception of a delightful journey. We aim to democratize access to such an experience devoid of the inequities of the digital haves and have-nots.
Our Values
People First
Our people are our biggest asset. Prioritizing their well being, celebrating their diversity, enabling them to bring their whole self to work and empowering them to do the extraordinary is foundational to everything we strive to do at Ushur.
Pursuit of Excellence
We relentlessly pursue excellence in everything we do. We accept failures as part of the process as we maintain an unwavering commitment to staying the course and never giving up. Our customers, our partners and above all our colleagues deserve nothing less.
Growth Mindset
We enable and inspire our people to pursue lifelong learning. Encouraging such a growth mindset empowers them to solve complex problems and become better versions of themselves, independent of their educational, social and economic backgrounds.
Meet Our Leadership
Simha SadasivaCo-Founder & CEOView Bio
Simha Sadasiva’s passion centers on creating elegant products that support completely
frictionless communication for higher value relationships and building global teams and
massively scalable infrastructure. Prior to Ushur, Simha was the head of the Session
Delivery Network Solutions Business Unit at Dialogic (formerly Veraz), and was part of the
team that led the company through a successful IPO in 2007. Simha has held leadership roles
at a number of technology companies including 3COM and Lucent Technologies.
Sreevathsa DuglapuraSVP & GM IndiaView Bio
With two and half decades of product engineering and management experience covering areas
such enterprise wireless networks, 3D graphics & gaming engines, audio tools, embedded,
middleware & application software - Vathsa is responsible for the overall operations of
Ushur R&D innovation centre in India. Prior to Ushur, Vathsa was the director of engineering
at embedUR Systems and was responsible for managing teams that built solutions for some of
the largest networking & telecommunications enterprises. His earlier career has spanned
companies such as Analog Devices, Intel, Netlogic Microsystems and Mphasis, with
contributions in management as well as various engineering roles.
Ron GuptaChief Revenue OfficerView Bio
Ron brings 15+ years sales experience to lead Ushur’s revenue generation with its ethos of
valuing every customer as a partner.
Ron joins from contract lifecycle management platform Conga. He led one of Conga’s largest
revenue engines while simultaneously launching two additional global markets, contributing
to a period of growth where Conga more than doubled its annual revenue to over $400M. At
billion-dollar enterprise software company TIBCO, Ron led all functions of its government
subsidiary and was instrumental in the acquisition of several of TIBCO’s largest customers.
Other leadership roles include Senior Vice President and Head of Global Sales at Zephyr
(acquired by SmartBear) and Sales Director at BPM company Pegasystems.
Henry PeterCo-Founder & CTOView Bio
Henry Peter brings his expertise in cloud-based complex communications technology and
massively scalable architectures to creating exacting yet beautiful solutions to
frictionless interactions. His detailed analysis of intricate software systems ensures his
team builds solutions in the right way for users. Henry was previously the software
architect for session management and border security solutions for VoIP at Dialogic, and
prior to that, Systems Architect at Veraz, which followed on from six years at Lucent
Technologies as part of a team of pioneers in software-based call processing and routing.
Michael FisherSVP of Product & OperationsView Bio
Michael is responsible for ensuring the Ushur Platform helps our enterprise clients achieve
their customer automation goals in delightful, secure and operationally-efficient ways.
Michael has over 20 years of experience building teams and strategies in operations, contact
center and product-development roles at companies like AT&T, Comcast, Dish Network and
Slingbox.
Rajiv BhagatVice President of FinanceView Bio
As Ushur’s head of global finance, Rajiv brings over 30 years of progressive experience in
financial management and in the development of infrastructure, systems and processes to
facilitate growth.
Rajiv joins from rfXcel, a SaaS company providing enterprise-level supply chain traceability
solutions, where he led finance, human resources and administration and played an
instrumental role in the company’s fund-raising efforts and its acquisition by Antares
Vision SpA of Italy in 2021.
Rajiv has previously served in senior finance roles at a wide variety of companies,
including Structural Integrity Associates, Veraz Networks, which he helped take public in
2007, and Velosel Corporation.
Vandana RaoSVP of Customer GrowthView Bio
Vandana is responsible for helping customers transform their business processes, maximizing
customer experience and engagement with the Ushur platform. Vandana has 20+ years of
experience building teams, solutions and products in roles across Engineering and Services
at Nutanix, VCE and HP.
Kashif MahbubChief Marketing OfficerView Bio
Kashif is driven by his two passions: creating category-defining global brands and platforms
and building high-performance teams of quietly amazing people who make it all happen. In a
career spanning 20+ years, Kashif has built and led marketing, product and growth functions
in fast-scaling startups in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), intelligent automation,
customer engagement and experience management and intelligent document management. At Ushur,
Kashif leads the company’s marketing function, spanning brand, communications, community,
and all aspects of its growth.
Sarah StevensVP of HR & People OpsView Bio
Sarah Stevens
VP of HR and People Ops
Henry PeterCo-Founder & CTOView Bio
Henry Peter brings his expertise in cloud-based complex communications technology and massively scalable architectures to creating exacting yet beautiful solutions to frictionless interactions. His detailed analysis of intricate software systems ensures his team builds solutions in the right way for users. Henry was previously the software architect for session management and border security solutions for VoIP at Dialogic, and prior to that, Systems Architect at Veraz, which followed on from six years at Lucent Technologies as part of a team of pioneers in software-based call processing and routing.
Vandana RaoVP of Customer GrowthView Bio
Vandana is responsible for helping customers transform their business processes, maximizing customer experience and engagement with the Ushur platform. Vandana has 20+ years of experience building teams, solutions and products in roles across Engineering and Services at Nutanix, VCE and HP.
Sreevathsa DuglapuraVP & GM IndiaView Bio
With two and half decades of product engineering and management experience covering areas such enterprise wireless networks, 3D graphics & gaming engines, audio tools, embedded, middleware & application software - Vathsa is responsible for the overall operations of Ushur R&D innovation centre in India. Prior to Ushur, Vathsa was the director of engineering at embedUR Systems and was responsible for managing teams that built solutions for some of the largest networking & telecommunications enterprises. His earlier career has spanned companies such as Analog Devices, Intel, Netlogic Microsystems and Mphasis, with contributions in management as well as various engineering roles.
Michael FisherVP of Product and OperationsView Bio
Michael is responsible for ensuring the Ushur Platform helps our enterprise clients achieve their customer automation goals in delightful, secure and operationally-efficient ways. Michael has over 20 years of experience building teams and strategies in operations, contact center and product-development roles at companies like AT&T, Comcast, Dish Network and Slingbox.
Kashif MahbubSenior Vice President of MarketingView Bio
Kashif is driven by his two passions: creating category-defining global brands and platforms and building high-performance teams of quietly amazing people who make it all happen. In a career spanning 20+ years, Kashif has built and led marketing, product and growth functions in fast-scaling startups in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), intelligent automation, customer engagement and experience management and intelligent document management. At Ushur, Kashif leads the company’s marketing function, spanning brand, communications, community, and all aspects of its growth
Ron GuptaSenior Vice President of SalesView Bio
Ron brings 15+ years sales experience to lead Ushur’s revenue generation with its ethos of valuing every customer as a partner.
Ron joins from contract lifecycle management platform Conga. He led one of Conga’s largest revenue engines while simultaneously launching two additional global markets, contributing to a period of growth where Conga more than doubled its annual revenue to over $400M. At billion-dollar enterprise software company TIBCO, Ron led all functions of its government subsidiary and was instrumental in the acquisition of several of TIBCO’s largest customers. Other leadership roles include Senior Vice President and Head of Global Sales at Zephyr (acquired by SmartBear) and Sales Director at BPM company Pegasystems.
Rajiv BhagatVice President of FinanceView Bio
As Ushur’s head of global finance, Rajiv brings over 30 years of progressive experience in financial management and in the development of infrastructure, systems and processes to facilitate growth.
Rajiv joins from rfXcel, a SaaS company providing enterprise-level supply chain traceability solutions, where he led finance, human resources and administration and played an instrumental role in the company’s fund-raising efforts and its acquisition by Antares Vision SpA of Italy in 2021.
Rajiv has previously served in senior finance roles at a wide variety of companies, including Structural Integrity Associates, Veraz Networks, which he helped take public in 2007, and Velosel Corporation.
Sarah StevensVP of HR and People OpsView Bio
Sarah Stevens VP of HR and People Ops
Advisor Spotlights
Advisor Spotlights
Advisor Spotlights
Board of Directors
Simha SadasivaCo-Founder & CEOView Bio
Simha Sadasiva’s passion centers on creating elegant products that support completely
frictionless communication for higher value relationships and building global teams and
massively scalable infrastructure. Prior to Ushur, Simha was the head of the Session
Delivery Network Solutions Business Unit at Dialogic (formerly Veraz), and was part of the
team that led the company through a successful IPO in 2007. Simha has held leadership roles
at a number of technology companies including 3COM and Lucent Technologies.
Henry PeterCo-Founder & CTOView Bio
Henry Peter brings his expertise in cloud-based complex communications technology and
massively scalable architectures to creating exacting yet beautiful solutions to
frictionless interactions. His detailed analysis of intricate software systems ensures his
team builds solutions in the right way for users. Henry was previously the software
architect for session management and border security solutions for VoIP at Dialogic, and
prior to that, Systems Architect at Veraz, which followed on from six years at Lucent
Technologies as part of a team of pioneers in software-based call processing and routing.
Pankaj PatelEntrepreneur, Investor, & Board MemberView Bio
Pankaj Patel was Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer at Cisco Systems,Inc. where he reported into the CEO as the Engineering head of the company’s $38 billion product and solution portfolio. He drove the business and technology strategy across Cisco’s Routing, Switching, Wireless, Security, Mobility, Video, Collaboration, Data Center and Cloud offerings delivered by a global team of over 26,000 engineers. Mr. Patel is a proven results-oriented and seasoned technology leader with 25+ years of experience developing highly scalable products and services by building and leading large, high-performance global engineering organizations, setting clear vision, directing strategy and delivering against goals.
Rob SchwartzManaging Partner, Third Point VenturesView Bio
Since June 2000, Mr. Schwartz has been Managing Partner of Third Point Ventures, the Menlo Park, California based venture capital arm of Third Point LLC. Mr. Schwartz is presently a director of NextSilicon, Sysdig, Kentik, Kumu Networks, Aryaka, Verbit, Precision Hawk, R2 Semiconductor, YellowBrick Data, Ushur, Ahana, and Trullion.
Bhaskar GhoshPartner & CTO, 8VCView Bio
Bhaskar Ghosh (“BG”) is the CTO at 8VC, having initially joined the company as an Advisor in December 2015. Since receiving his PhD in Computer Science from Yale, BG has had a distinguished career in Silicon Valley, working for 20+ years in technology leadership in diverse domains including enterprise data and web infrastructure, digital advertising, social networks, and consumer fintech. Previously, he ran technology at Nerdwallet as VP of Engineering, helped build the teams and back-ends that helped fuel LinkedIn’s meteoric growth as its Head of Data Engineering, and led engineering for the pioneering Yahoo! Right Media Display Advertising Exchange. BG built his deep technology and data chops developing RDMBS kernels at top enterprise data-platform companies like Oracle and Informix. At 8VC, BG is excited to work with the entrepreneurs and leaders in our portfolio as a virtual CTO, and in finding the next big investment idea across technology domains.
Tim WentworthRetired CEO, EvernorthView Bio
Investors
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