Our Team

BALAJI RENUKUMAR
FOUNDER, CEO
WORKFLOWS AND AUTOMATION EXPERT | INNOVATOR IN OPERATIONS | SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR
Balaji has a perennial drive to make industrial and enterprise processes more efficient by using automation and hi-tech. Balaji’s passion is to execute solutions that make operations and processes in enterprises and industries more efficient by advancing the digital technologies into smart automation technologies. After graduating with a Bachelor degree in Aerospace Engineering from IIT, he worked in Research & Development in elite Academic and Research Institutions, ETH Zurich, RWTH Aachen, DLR in Europe. Later he moved on to Business Development and Consulting in Germany and France before embarking on Entrepreneurship across India, Europe, and recently Silicon Valley.

Tom Treanor
Chief Marketing Officer
Tom is an executive with over 15 years of marketing experience across a variety of industries and company types, ranging from startups to agencies and enterprises. He is a two time CMO and has deep specialization in content marketing, search engine optimization and social media marketing, as well as strong experience in PR, analyst relations marketing operations and other key functions. Over his 30-year career, he has also had operations, strategy consulting, training and sales roles, allowing him to see issues and opportunities from a wide variety of viewpoints. He has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and an Economics degree from UCLA. He is a Marketing Advisor for the Sensfix team.

Jeslie Chermak
Director of Engineering
Jeslie has 30+ years of experience in all aspects of software development, from startups to large corporations, which he uses to guide various aspects of the software process at sensfix. After graduating from MIT and then UCLA he started working on compilers for both startups and large corporations, then switched to web-based applications as the next challenge. Initially building a distributed web-based CMS, he now focuses on cloud-based microservice solutions targeted to international customers.

RAGHUNANDAN GORUR
VP, ENGINEERING
FULL LIFE CYCLE PRODUCT/SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT | ENTERPRISE & HIGH-LEVEL/LOW-LEVEL ARCHITECTURE
Raghu is an Innovator, Architect, Hands-on Technical leader, Analyst, and Support specialist with over 16 years of experience in contributing to advanced company performance through skillful alignment of technical resources with enterprise objectives. Raghu has expertize in Internationalization Application Design, Object-Oriented Methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle Process Analysis, Client Interaction, Web Applications Development, User Experience Enhancement, Team Leadership, Production Support, Project Management, Open source technologies, GraphDB, Blockchain, Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

YOUNGAH KANG
Director of Operations
Youngah, an executive with over 7 years of startup operation experience, is a versatile operations management expert skilled in finance, HR, and sales. Passionate about solving operational challenges, she enhances overall management efficiency. With an undergraduate degree in trade and an MBA, Kang currently oversees all aspects of business management in South Korea for Sensfix.

NAVYA SHREE
Product Manager
Navya Shree is a tech-driven Product Management expert with a diverse background spanning semiconductors, Prop-tech, and automobile. With extensive experience in both startup and corporate environments, Navya excels in overseeing product lifecycles from inception to execution. She specializes in crafting efficient product timelines, developing strategic roadmaps, and implementing management techniques to swiftly address challenges. Navya's passion for innovation and commitment to excellence make her a formidable force in driving impactful change within the industry. Currently, Navya leads the product development at Sensfix, further showcasing her leadership capabilities and dedication to delivering cutting-edge solutions.

DR. MYUNGHO LEE
VP, Business Development
Senior Business Development Professional | Doctor of Management Information System (MIS)
An expert in the optimization of operations and maintenance (O&M) for buildings/utilities and manufacturing plants. With over 37 years of experience, he has worked in research and development, project consulting, marketing, and operations management (OM) at domestic and multinational companies. He has also served as a Vice President of business unit in energy/services. He has published two papers related to service quality and ICT in SSCI-tier journals. Currently, he is focusing on research and business development involving the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in manufacturing services.

Deepak Bhagat
ADVISER, INVESTOR RELATIONS
Deepak Bhagat has over 40 years of senior leadership experience in technology and products within Silicon Valley, having held roles at SAP, Sun, HP, and as CEO of a Kleiner Perkins-backed startup. He co-founded and manages SiVa-ACCESS, specializing in cloud computing, AI, and computing infrastructure. His leadership has driven billions in revenue and set industry standards. A TiE Silicon Valley charter member for over 24 years and former board member, Bhagat has co-founded programs like TiE Mentor Connect and TiE Angels, investing in and advising numerous startups. He holds an MS in EE/CE from Case Western Reserve University and a B.TECH in EE from IIT Kanpur, where he received a Distinguished Alumnus Award. He also contributes to Case Western's Silicon Valley Think-Tank.

FARHAT ALI
ADVISER, STRATEGY
LEADERSHIP CAPABILITY | TECHNOLOGY ACUMEN | STRATEGY
Farhat Ali is the former President & CEO of Fujitsu America where he led Information Technology operations consisting of over 10,000 employees in US, Canada, Central America, India and Philippines. He built an effective executive team, turning around the PC Business, expanding sales channels, and successfully merging Fujitsu operations in North America. Prior to Fujitsu, he spent over 20 years at Amdahl Corporation, where he held senior management positions, including vice president of customer service, vice president of operations, and chief financial officer of Amdahl Global Services. He brings in broad experience in all facets of business and operations. He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and holds a MBA from Harvard Business School.

MICHAEL YORKER
ADVISER, FACILITY MANAGEMENT
Michael is a seasoned Facilities Manager with 26+ years of experience in Facilities and Project Management, contract and lease negotiations, client development, relationship building and customer service. He has overseen the management, scaling, and renovation of facilities up to 2,000,000 square feet. In both domestic and international company relocations, he has played crucial roles in space planning, corporate buying, property procurement, needs assessment, system furniture planning, inventory, tenant improvement management, construction project management, managing building security and improvements, and customer support. His experience also includes restaurant/bar management, retail, and the hospitality industries in the US, UK, Mexico, and South America.

PRAKASH NARAYAN
ADVISER, TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCT VISION & STRATEGY | SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT | DELIVERY | PARTNER ALLIANCES
Prakash is a proven leader in product and engineering. He brings in over 25 years of experience in all phases of software development life cycle from concept to delivery with recent experience in designing, and driving the implementation of Mobile applications with client-server architecture encompassing aggregation and delivery of high value data. He passionately advises sensfix in all aspects of product and engineering reflecting on his experience in managing complex projects and driving them on schedule to completion, his excellent grasp on Software Development Tools, OS programming, application tuning & analysis. He also builds partner alliances, nurtures mutually beneficial relationships and interacts with VCs / Analysts.

ANIL ADVANI
ADVISER, LEGAL
Anil is a well-known lawyer, advisor, angel investor and mentor to early-stage startup founders in Silicon Valley. He is the managing partner of the law firm Inventus Law based in Palo Alto at the heart of the Silicon Valley. He has advised early-stage startups from their bare beginnings of 2-3 "guys in the garage" to being global multinational corporations throughout the life-cycle of the venture, negotiating angel and venture financings, customer and licensing transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. Over the last 19 years working at powerhouse law firms like Cooley Godward and Orrick Herrington, and now Inventus Law, he has represented over 3,000 startups, angel investors, founders and has been involved in nearly 500 financing and M&A transactions valued at over $3 billion in aggregate.

SANJIT SINGH DANG
ADVISER, PARTNERSHIPS
Dr. Sanjit Singh Dang has been a successful Venture Capitalist, Corporate Executive, Board Member, Speaker, and Writer in Silicon Valley for almost two decades. He is currently the Co-Founder and Chairman of U First Capital which provides Venture Capital as a Service to Corporations. Prior to that, he was at Intel Capital where he had an excellent track record of driving 1 Exit every year: DocuSign (IPO 2018), Body Labs (2017), VokeVR ( 2016), Maginatics (2015) and Basis Science (2014). He has been an Investor and Board Member of several companies, including True Fit, Reflektion, Helpshift, and Enlighted. Sanjit has experience in investing in Consumer and Enterprise sectors across several areas: Transportation, AI, Security, Big Data, IoT, Virtual Reality, eCommerce, etc.