# The Asato team

> The people behind Asato: its two founders, its leadership team, its board of directors, its board of advisors and its backers. Asato Corporation was started on May 4, 2023 by Sundari Mitra (Founder and CEO) and Anush Mohandass (Founder and COO). This page gives each person's name and title, and a LinkedIn profile where one is published.

Canonical page: https://www.asato.ai/team

Headline on the page: The people behind Asato.

Line under the headline: Founders, leadership team, board of directors, board of advisors and backers.

## When to use this page

- To check who started Asato, who leads it, who sits on its board of directors, who advises it and who has invested in it.
- To find a person's title at Asato and that person's LinkedIn profile.

## Not on this page

- Why Asato was started, its mission and the rules it holds to. See the About page.
- Open roles. They are posted on LinkedIn. See the Careers page.
- Press releases and announcements. See the Newsroom.

## How the page shows people

The page shows each person with a photograph, a name and a title. Where a LinkedIn profile is published, a small LinkedIn mark under the person links to it; the addresses are given in the tables here.

## Founders

Heading on the page: Our founders.

| Name | Title | LinkedIn |
|---|---|---|
| Sundari Mitra | Founder and CEO | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundari-mitra/ |
| Anush Mohandass | Founder and COO | https://www.linkedin.com/in/anushmohandass/ |

- **Sundari Mitra.** Sundari Mitra has spent close to four decades in Silicon Valley. She founded NetSpeed Systems, which Intel acquired in 2018, and went on to lead an Intel organization of about 8,000 people. Asato is the third company she has started.
- **Anush Mohandass.** Anush Mohandass is an engineer by training: a decade of chip design at Intel, then an MBA from the University of Chicago. He joined NetSpeed Systems early and became its COO, and later led a team of about 1,000 people at Intel.

## Leadership team

| Name | Title | LinkedIn |
|---|---|---|
| Vinay Saxena | CTO | https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinaysaxena/ |
| Nanda Vijaydev | CPO | https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanda-vijaydev-3638693/ |
| Vinod Harith | CMO | https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinodharith/ |
| Swami Viswanathan | Chief Engineer | https://www.linkedin.com/in/swami-viswanathan-931b133/ |
| Krishna Sagiraju | Senior Director of Engineering | https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishna-s-6473971/ |
| Rishi Sharma | Site Lead, India Design Center | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishi-sharma-98b41614/ |

Background. The page shows names, titles and links only. The backgrounds are given here.

- **Vinay Saxena, CTO.** Before Asato, Vinay Saxena spent close to three decades at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where he was CTO, Chief Architect and an HPE Fellow at HPE GreenLake Cloud Services. His roles there were in product development, engineering and leadership, working on cloud computing, NFV and edge technologies. He joined Asato as Chief Architect.
- **Nanda Vijaydev, CPO.** Before Asato, Nanda Vijaydev spent 20 years in data startups and at large enterprises including HPE and AWS. Her background covers enterprise data management, security and compliance, the machine learning lifecycle, Kubernetes infrastructure and big data. She joined Asato as VP, Products.
- **Rishi Sharma, Site Lead, India Design Center.** Rishi Sharma came to Asato with more than 10 years as a full stack engineer in startups and more than eight years leading engineering teams. He was Associate Director of Engineering at Pristyn Care and Tech Lead at PasarPolis.

No background is given for Vinod Harith, Swami Viswanathan or Krishna Sagiraju.

Source for the three backgrounds: the Asato blog post of May 9, 2024, https://www.asato.ai/blog-asato-assembles-a-team-to-grow-business-observability-solution-for-cios. The titles above are the current ones.

## Board of directors

| Name | Title | LinkedIn |
|---|---|---|
| Liz Connelly | Chief Commercial Officer, CDW | https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-h-connelly |
| Sundari Mitra | Founder and CEO, Asato | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundari-mitra/ |
| Anush Mohandass | Founder and COO, Asato | https://www.linkedin.com/in/anushmohandass/ |
| Kumar Sreekanti | Venture Partner, Canaan | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksreekanti |
| Andrew Tan | Managing Director, Salience Capital | https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewktan |

## Board of advisors

| Name | Title | LinkedIn |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Balaji | Board director and former Global CEO, Deloitte Consulting | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-balaji |
| Diane Bryant | Chairman, CEO and independent director | https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-bryant |
| Jorge del Calvo | Independent director, advisor and angel investor | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgedelcalvo |
| George Kadifa | Co-founder and Managing Director, Sumeru Equity Partners | https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgekadifa |
| Chandar Pattabhiram | Chief Go-To-Market Officer, Workato | https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandarp |
| MR Rangaswami | Founder, Indiaspora and Sand Hill Group | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mr-rangaswami-b5a08762 |
| Imran Salim | Chief Commercial Officer, Artisight | https://www.linkedin.com/in/imran-salim-86b1972 |
| Dipti Vachani | CEO, Adeia | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dipti-vachani-0ab0398 |
| Raj Yavatkar | Co-founder and Chief AI Officer, Ludwig Computing | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajyavatkar1982 |
| Saf Yeboah-Amankwah | Investor, strategist and Chairman of the Board, Mobileye | https://www.linkedin.com/in/saf-y-39524b |

Both boards are listed by family name, A to Z. Each title is the person's own role outside Asato, as shown on that person's public profile or employer's page.

## Backers

Heading on the page: Our backers.

The page shows the logos of the four firms, then the nine individual investors, each with a photograph, a name and a title. Under them it carries one investor in his own words.

Charlie Giancarlo, CEO and Chairman, Pure Storage, on why he invested: "I invested in Asato because it's solving a major enterprise challenge: Executives need a unified view across fragmented systems to drive strategic decisions and outcomes."

Four firms have invested in Asato:

- **CDW.** CDW is an investor in Asato, as well as a customer and reseller. Asato and CDW announced the partnership on July 10, 2025.
- **Intel Capital.** Intel Capital co-led the seed round, announced on December 5, 2023.
- **Shah Capital Partners.** Shah Capital Partners took part in the seed round.
- **Global Asset Capital (GAC).** Global Asset Capital is an investor in Asato.

Nine individuals have invested in Asato. Each invested personally. Each title is the person's own role and does not mean that person's company has invested.

| Investor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lip-Bu Tan | CEO, Intel |
| Sanjay Mehrotra | CEO, Micron Technology |
| Charlie Giancarlo | CEO and Chairman, Pure Storage |
| Ash Bhardwaj | Investor and entrepreneur |
| Amarjit Gill | Partner, Nepenthe Capital |
| Jorge del Calvo | Independent director, advisor and angel investor |
| Sowri Krishnan | Chairman and CTO, LateralCare |
| Imran Salim | Chief Commercial Officer, Artisight |
| Saf Yeboah-Amankwah | Investor, strategist and Chairman of the Board, Mobileye |

Jorge del Calvo, Saf Yeboah-Amankwah and Imran Salim are also on the board of advisors.

Intel Capital and Lip-Bu Tan co-led Asato's seed round, which Asato announced on December 5, 2023. Shah Capital Partners, Amarjit Gill, Ash Bhardwaj, Charlie Giancarlo and Sanjay Mehrotra took part in it.

Intel is a customer. Intel Capital is an investor.

## Questions

### Who leads product and engineering at Asato?

Vinay Saxena is CTO and Nanda Vijaydev is CPO. The leadership team also lists Swami Viswanathan (Chief Engineer), Krishna Sagiraju (Senior Director of Engineering) and Rishi Sharma (Site Lead, India Design Center).

### Who leads marketing at Asato?

Vinod Harith is CMO.

### Who is on Asato's board of directors?

Liz Connelly, Sundari Mitra, Anush Mohandass, Kumar Sreekanti and Andrew Tan.

### Who advises Asato?

Asato's board of advisors includes Sam Balaji, Diane Bryant, Jorge del Calvo, George Kadifa, Chandar Pattabhiram, MR Rangaswami, Imran Salim, Dipti Vachani, Raj Yavatkar and Saf Yeboah-Amankwah, and others who are not listed.

### Who has invested in Asato?

Four firms: CDW, Intel Capital, Shah Capital Partners and Global Asset Capital (GAC). Nine individuals: Lip-Bu Tan, Sanjay Mehrotra, Charlie Giancarlo, Ash Bhardwaj, Amarjit Gill, Jorge del Calvo, Sowri Krishnan, Imran Salim and Saf Yeboah-Amankwah.

### Is CDW a customer or an investor?

Both, and a reseller. CDW uses Asato, resells it and has invested in it.

### Is Intel an investor in Asato?

Intel Capital is an investor in Asato. Lip-Bu Tan, whom Asato lists as CEO, Intel, is an individual investor. Intel is a customer. Intel acquired NetSpeed Systems, where Sundari Mitra and Anush Mohandass were before Asato, in 2018.

## Next step

Closing line on the page: Work with us.

- To join the team, see the Careers page.
- The page's button, "Get your Asset Clarity Report", opens the form at https://www.asato.ai/talk-to-sales. The same form takes a request for a demo.

## Related pages

- [About us](https://www.asato.ai/about.md)
- [Careers](https://www.asato.ai/careers.md)
- [Contact](https://www.asato.ai/contact.md)
- [Newsroom](https://www.asato.ai/newsroom.md)
- [Asato home](https://www.asato.ai/index.md)
- [Site index for agents](https://www.asato.ai/llms.txt)

Last updated: 2026-10-08