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Key People

Management

DD Ganguly, CEO & Co-Founder

DD Ganguly (DD) (dd.ganguly@Dimdim.com) is co-founder and CEO of Dimdim, Inc. Previously, as Vice President of Product Development at CA (NYSE:CA; $ 3.5B) he built and led an organization of 1000+ members. He joined CA in 2001 upon its acquisition of Boston based AIM, Inc. where he was founder and CEO. AIM developed innovative software products for ensuring that business applications were always up and running. Born in India, DD holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a master's degree in computer science from Syracuse University, where he was a University Fellow. He is a proud father and lucky husband. He does not sing well but that has never deterred him from trying.

Prakash Khot, Executive Vice President of Product Development & CTO

Prakash Khot (prakash.khot@Dimdim.com): As Dimdim’s Executive Vice President of Product Development and Chief Technology Officer, Prakash Khot is responsible for overseeing the company's technology roadmap and leading Dimdim’s engineering team. Prakash has a successful track record of driving the development of enterprise applications and next generation web applications. Prior to co-founding Dimdim, he led CA's (NYSE:CA) RFID Group in the Office of CTO. Prakash joined CA upon its acquisition of Boston based AIM, Inc. where he was co-founder and CTO. In his abundant free time he allegedly cooks gourmet food.

Steve Chazin, Chief Marketing Officer

Steve Chazin (steve@Dimdim.com) is Chief Marketing Officer of Dimdim, Inc. Steve has spent his career applying new approaches to marketing, sales, engineering and design to startups like Bowstreet and large companies like Apple, Avid and Raytheon. At Avid, he grew the company’s user base via viral marketing, drove Avid’s most profitable product lines and built its Education vertical unit. For nearly a decade at Apple, Steve was a top sales executive and engineer, managed a partnership with Harvard Business School, and helped rebuild Apple’s marketing efforts, returning the company to profitability in the late 1990s. Prior to Apple, he was section manager and principle engineer at Raytheon responsible for the design of supersonic missile radomes. Steve has a BA in Physics from Franklin and Marshall College and a MSEE from Princeton University. Steve is a proud father of 13 year-old twins Erik & Jonah and an 8 year-old son Sammy. Steve likes making gourmet espresso drinks for his wife Denise when they manage to enjoy a few minutes together.

Board of Directors

DD Ganguly

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Prakash Khot

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Suvir Sujan

Prior to Nexus, Suvir was Co-founder and Co-CEO of Baazee.com, the leading online marketplace in India that merged with eBay in 2004 to form eBay India. Post the merger, Suvir was Country Manager, eBay India and Regional Director, Asia Pacific, PayPal. Suvir also has experience in Management Consulting at the Boston Consulting Group and in Engineering and Product Marketing at Nortel Networks.

Suvir has an MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was the Co-President of the South Asian Business Association and a BS in Electrical Engineering (High Distinction) from the University of Maryland at College Park where he was voted Outstanding Senior of the Year. He is a charter member of the Internet and Mobile Association of India and an active mentor to several entrepreneurs across the Internet, Wireless and Retail in India. He is also an angel investor and board advisor to guruji.com (Online Search) and Pangea3 (Legal Outsourcing). He also sits on the board of the Global India Venture Capital Association.

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