Team Members
- Ramesh Chandra
- Monica Lam
- Constantine Sapuntzakis
- John Whaley
- Jimmy Nicholas
- Purnima Padmanabhan
- Dale Fuller
Ramesh Chandra
Founder
Ramesh Chandra received his bachelor's in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras, India and his master's in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently on leave from Stanford University, where he is a doctorate candidate in computer science. Ramesh has been a key contributor to the Stanford Collective system, a prototype of MokaFive's initial product, since its inception.
Monica Lam, Ph.D.
Founder and Chief Scientist
Monica Lam is a professor of computer science at Stanford University, joining the faculty in 1988. Her research passion is in making computing and programming easier. She co-authored the latest edition of the Dragon book, and is one of the top-50 most cited computer science researchers in the world. She helped found Tensilica, a leading configurable processor core company, on her last sabbatical in 1998. She holds a doctorate in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor's in computer science from the University of British Columbia. She is a Fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).
Constantine Sapuntzakis, Ph.D.
Founder
Constantine Sapuntzakis holds a doctorate in computer science from Stanford University. His doctorate dissertation introduced the concept of virtual appliances, or LivePCs, and demonstrated their effectiveness for managing computers. While working at Cisco Systems, Costa created the initial iSCSI specification in collaboration with a team from IBM. He also holds bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from MIT.
John Whaley, Ph.D.
Founder and CTO
John Whaley is responsible for the technical vision of MokaFive. He holds a doctorate in computer science from Stanford University, where he made key contributions to the fields of program analysis, compilers, and virtual machines. He is the winner of numerous awards including the Arthur L. Samuel Thesis Award for Best Thesis at Stanford, and has worked at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center and Tokyo Research Lab. John was named one of the top 15 programmers in the USA Computing Olympiad. He also holds bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from MIT and speaks fluent Japanese.
Jimmy Nicholas
Vice President of Business Development
James Nicholas brings more than 14 years of experience as a venture capital investor and entrepreneur and is responsible for all aspects of MokaFive’s business development with software and hardware technology partners. Most recently, James served as Director at TriplePoint Capital and member of the firm’s Equity Investment and Sponsor Coverage Groups where he originated venture transactions and managed the firm’s relationships with select venture partners. Prior to TriplePoint Capital, James founded Transparence, Inc., a leading provider of response management and decision-support software for First Responders and Homeland Security personnel, and presently serves as Chairman. Prior to Transparence, James served as a Director at Princeton Capital, an early stage venture capital firm. While at Princeton, James served as the CEO of Oxford Media Corporation, a digital video technology and services company (acquired by eSynch Corporation). James received his Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Brown University and received a General Course Graduate Studies Diploma from the London School of Economics.
Purnima Padmanabhan
Vice President of Products
Purnima brings extensive experience in building teams that can define and deliver products based on a keen understanding of market dynamics & customer needs. As the VP of Products at MokaFive, Purnima is responsible for marketing, product management and user experience functions. Most recently, Purnima served as the Director of Product Management for BMC's Service Automation business where she drove business strategy, M&A, and product definition. Prior to BMC, Purnima held various marketing roles at Marimba, a software distribution vendor & Loudcloud, a managed services provider. Purnima has a Masters in Business Administration from Graduate School of Business, Stanford and Masters in Computer Engineering from University of Southern California.
Dale Fuller
President & CEO
Dale Fuller is a leading technology executive with extensive experience in starting up and growing both technology and consumer businesses. He is responsible for leading MokaFives's overall strategy and guiding day-to-day operations. He also serves on the boards of Krugle, Phoenix Technologies, AVG, and Quest Aircraft Company. Most recently, he served as interim CEO of McAfee and CEO of Borland, both of which experienced huge shareholder value and revenue gains during his tenure. Dale has a track record of successfully starting companies. He has led companies through crisis situations and directed turnarounds that resulted in substantial improvements in operational performance and increased shareholder value. In an earlier part of his career, he founded one of the leading community sites on the Internet, WhoWhere, later acquired by Lycos. As a start-up company CEO, Dale led the expansion of numerous domain sites, including Angelfire.com and Mailcity. He is a an active personal investor in approximately 60 different staged start-ups based in Silicon Valley, China, and India. He holds an honorary doctorate from St. Petersburg State University.
M5 Means Innovation
MokaFive has assembled an elite force of professionals—the best in the business. This team brings a fresh approach to solving the complex problems that matter the most to business executives, IT professionals and end-users. MokaFive is revolutionizing the virtual computing game, with bigger ideas from a group of brighter minds.
MokaFive at a Glance
Headquarters: Redwood City, CA
Patents Pending: 20+
Targeted Customers:
- CFO / CIO / CTO
- IT Operations
- Desktop Support
Market Traction:
- Finance
- Energy
- Legal
- Education
- Government
- Healthcare
- Technology