Our Team

Tom is SmartZip’s president and CEO. He is an accomplished executive and entrepreneur with over twenty years of experience building successful software and Internet companies. He is passionate about the company’s strong commitment to great people, innovation and customer success.

Prior to SmartZip, Tom founded Xign Corporation in 2000 and served as CEO. Xign became the world’s leading settlement network for business and was acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2007. Prior to Xign, Tom was EVP and General Manager at PeopleSoft where he helped lead the transition to Internet-based applications. Before that, Tom helped pioneer Internet banking building a software business enabling over 300 U.S. banks to offer retail banking online. Tom also served as Vice President of Marketing for two successful ventures from startup through IPO, and spent seven years at Hewlett Packard Company, where he led product strategy for enterprise software.

Tom holds an MBA from Harvard University, a Masters in Engineering from Tufts University, and B.A. in Political Science, summa cum laude, also from Tufts University.

Avi leads SmartZip’s Marketing and Operations with responsibility for product strategy, marketing and customer success. As a member of SmartZip’s founding team, Avi brings more than 16 years of experience driving the development and adoption of innovative technology products.

Prior to SmartZip, Avi served as global marketing director at Mentor Graphics, where he helped expand their design automation business to leading chip manufacturers worldwide. Earlier he served as Vice President of Business Development at arcadiaOne and grew scalable consulting businesses at Cadence Design. Before Cadence, Avi led the development of automation tools for microprocessor design at Intel Corporation.

Avi holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, a Master’s degree from U.C. Berkeley, and a Bachelor’s degree from I.I.T. India where he was awarded the President of India Gold Medal.

Ashutosh heads SmartZip’s analytics research with day-to-day responsibility for data acquisition, analytics and predictive modeling. He is an acknowledged entrepreneur and expert in data mining, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, and pattern recognition. His innovations have led to the founding of three companies, and he has led global development teams in Germany, Japan, Ireland, India, Ukraine and Egypt.

Prior to SmartZip, Ashutosh was founder and Chief Technology Officer at Novaguru where he led the development of a collaborative learning social network. At Detigo, he invented patented computer vision software which helped clients avoid industrial accidents. And as founder and chief scientist at Yatra, he developed travel cost optimization software. Before Yatra, Ashutosh worked as a scientist for 8 years at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.

Ashutosh holds a Masters and PhD from the Technical University of Berlin, and a Bachelors from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He has authored 2 technical books, 4 patents and 25 research papers. He is fluent in English, German, and Hindi.

Rajeev is responsible for SmartZip’s product development, site operations and client services. He brings over 12 years of product development experience in enterprise software and consumer focused Internet applications. Most recently, Rajeev led engineering at The Real Estate eXchange (trexglobal.com), where he developed their flagship property management and rent payment solutions. As a senior engineer at Avaya Communications, he oversaw the architecture, design and development of Avaya’s multi-media contact center products.

Rajeev has an M.B.A from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Ind. Electronics, 1st rank holder) from the University of Pune. He has authored 5 patents.

Peter leads SmartZip’s national sales organization for predictive marketing. Most recently, Peter served as Vice-President of Sales at Advanced Data Exchange where he led the growth of the company in both enterprise and call center sales. Prior to that, Peter held senior sales roles at Commerce One helping sell eCommerce platforms to Fortune 500 companies in both geographic and industry focused territories.

Peter holds a BA in Economics degree from the University of Calgary, in Calgary Alberta, Canada.

John has spent the last 20 years managing, building and investing in technology and life science companies. John focuses on the intersection of information technology and life sciences markets, including bioinformatics, molecular diagnostics, genomics, proteomics, software and instrumentation for med-tech industries. John serves on the board of directors of Arcxis, Tibion, Fluxion, Gene Security Network & Wired Benefits. He is an Industry Fellow at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at the College of Engineering, as well as a member of the Advisory Council to the Lester Center’s Berkeley Entrepreneurs’ Forum at UC Berkeley. Early in his career, he joined Alafi Capital, an Emeryville-based venture firm specializing in early-stage biomedical companies, where he served as an officer of the General Partner. At Alafi, John lead investments in more than a dozen successful start-ups, and served as the senior executive and board member of firms such as Tanox, Software Ventures, Lipomatrix, and Megan Health.

John helped start Cybergold, an Internet marketing and payments company, serving as COO and CFO through its IPO, merger with MyPoints, and sale to United Airlines. John continued with the MyPoints unit of United serving as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships.

A pioneer of Internet commerce, Jed has spent his 20-year career developing, advising and investing in early stage technology ventures. Prior to joining Javelin Venture Partners, Jed was a Managing Director of DFJ Gotham Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York, where he was selected in the “Silicon Alley 100″, an annual list of the most influential people in New York digital business, by the website Silicon Alley Insider. Prior to DFJ Gotham, Jed was the COO of Yamcon and Founder of Rent Net, the Internet’s first rental and relocation guide. Jed later used RentNet’s infrastructure as the starting point for the formation of Move.com, one of the Internet’s largest real estate sites.

Jed holds a B.A. in Business Economics from UCLA and an M.B.A. from The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was awarded the Price Fellowship from the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, of which he is currently on the advisory board.

Jed’s other board memberships include Netpulse, Omnitrol, Marketfish, Yap.tv and Scout Labs prior to its acquisition by Lithium.