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The concept of session metrics is well known in ecommerce. For example Amazon.com does the analysis of the click-stream behavior of its customers so it knows what pages on the site you visited, what products you looked at even if you did not buy, and how long you spent on their site. It then customizes the site for each individual based on the click-stream analysis or session metrics of other.
Novitaz's management team and advisory board consist of seasoned executives with deep domain knowledge in enterprise software development combined with retail and financial services company experience.
Our global team, headquartered in Westport, Connecticut, integrates both startup and Fortune 500 expertise. Veteran U.S. software industry experts head our talented engineering team based in Mumbai, India.
Suni Munshani brings to Novitaz a unique blend of venture capital and operations experience. Previously, he was a general partner at Persephone Investments, a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology investments. At Persephone, he set investment strategy and generated deal flow in technology services and software companies, as well as enterprise software and services providers. Suni also served as chief executive officer of Synetics, a services company in which Persephone was the largest shareholder. Synetics was acquired by ACS Inc. in 2002; Lockheed Martin subsequently acquired the division of ACS that included Synetics.
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Jayant Ramchandani gained significant early stage start-up experience as vice president of engineering and chief technology officer at Shop911, as VP of engineering at Commerce Events, and as an early member of the Rasna Corporation team. Shop911 was acquired by SaleMinder, and Rasna was acquired by Parametric Technology Corporation (now PTC) (Nasdaq: PMTC). A graduate of Stanford University and the Indian Institutes of Technology, Jayant has more than 20 years of product development, software engineering, and management experience.
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Navin Advani brings to Novitaz more than 20 years of product development and management experience, including executive positions in large Indian companies. He is a former systems engineer at IBM, where he designed software for the company’s multilayer ceramic chip production line. He also cofounded and served as chief technology officer of EPS Consultants, an Indian IT consultancy for workflow automation. He now serves on the board of Elektromag Devices, Mumbai. Navin holds a bachelor of science from Polytechnic University in New York.
Rajat Gupta has been a senior partner at McKinsey & Company since 2003. He was McKinsey’s worldwide managing director from 1994 to 2003 and prior to that held a variety of positions after joining the firm in 1973. Rajat currently serves as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on UN management reform. He has been a director of Goldman Sachs since November 2006 and also serves on the boards of Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Genpact Limited (NYSE: G).
Skip Sack started in the restaurant industry in 1951 while a freshman in high school. He received a bachelor of science from the School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration at Cornell University in 1961 and the same year joined the Howard Johnson Company as an advertising assistant. Skip spent 16 years in a direct operations role during his Howard Johnson tenure. He developed the Ground Round restaurant chain, taking it from one restaurant to 65 units in seven years. For four years, he served as vice president of Specialty Restaurants, which included the Ground Round restaurants and Red Coach Grills.
Joseph Gagnon brings over 25 years’ experience in business and technology strategy and systems implementation to his role as chief executive officer of Exit41. Before joining Exit41, he served as vice president and global leader of IBM’s Retail Industry business. In that role he was responsible for overall retail strategy, direction, and business operations globally. He joined IBM in 2001 when it acquired Mainspring, a strategy consulting firm. At Mainspring, Joseph was a corporate officer and senior vice president responsible for the consulting business operations. Previously, he was a consulting partner at Ernst & Young LLP, where he spent 10 years serving clients in retail and other consumer-focused industries implementing new and emerging technologies.
Paul Dunay has spent more than 20 years in marketing, creating buzz for leading technology companies such as Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Avaya, and Cisco. He also has delivered work for American Express, Motorola, Genzyme, Novartis, Citigroup, Cendant, and Ernst & Young. Paul currently is a global director of Integrated Marketing for BearingPoint. His unique approach to integrated marketing has been recognized as a 2007 and 2006 finalist and 2005 winner of the Driving New Demand award of the Information Technology Services Marketing Association (ITSMA). He also received BearingPoint's Best Overall Marketing Campaign award in 2004.
