Sandeep Johri
Venture Advisor
Sandeep Johri is a Venture Advisor and former Mayfield EIR, who is the COO of Appcelerator, a Mayfield portfolio company which has become the leading mobile development platform. Johri is a repeat member of the Mayfield extended network, having served as EIR from 2001-2003, when he was instrumental in the formation of two security startups, Determina (VMware) and Bluelane (VMware).
As Vice President of Cloud Strategy at Hewlett Packard, Sandeep spearheaded the development and launch of Cloud Solutions for Hybrid Delivery, helping to establish the company as a leader in cloud solutions for enterprise businesses. Sandeep played a leadership role in several of the company’s strategic moves into software, security, mobility, and cloud computing. As Vice President of Enterprise Strategy and Industry Solutions, he was responsible for the overall strategy for Hewlett-Packard’s $57 billion enterprise business and also for driving industry solutions. He also led the acquisition and successful integration of 12 software companies valued at more than $7 billion, including Mercury Interactive ($4.5 billion) and Opsware ($1.4 billion). During his five-year tenure at HP software, the business grew from $600 million to $3.5 billion in annual revenue.
Prior to HP, Sandeep was the CEO and Founder of Oblix (acquired by Oracle), a leading provider of enterprise identity management solutions. Earlier in his career, Sandeep held management roles at Silicon Graphics and Gemini Consulting.
Sandeep is currently involved either as a board member of or an investor in several other startups, including Netezza (acquired by IBM); Persistent Systems (BSE & NSE: PERSISTENT); eBoodle (Shopzilla.com), one of the first e-commerce comparison shopping services; and Dhingana, a leading Bollywood music service.
Johri has an MBA from Stanford University, a Masters in Industrial Engineering from Wayne State University, Detroit, and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University, India.
