The Team

Nikhil Roy

Nikhil’s first entrepreneurial experience was back in 2001, when he co-founded eSoftware Solutions. He was the chief architect of the company’s flagship CRM product, which was successfully deployed at Home Depot Stores. In 2003 after experiencing substantial growth, eSoftware Solutions was acquired by a Home Depot subsidiary. Between 2002 and 2004, Nikhil directed the product strategy at bigvault.com, a company that pioneered the open internet based file system (online storage). Since then, he has been involved with early stage startups in the Enterprise Software Arena, where he engineered several products from concept to market.

Nikunj Somaiya

Nikunj has over 5 years of experience assisting clients in the Retail Banking, Monitoring Software & Energy industries. During his tenure with Deloitte, Nikunj managed several IT Risk Analysis & Process Optimization projects, where he specialized in improving the effectiveness of processes and controls through re-design and automation. Nikunj has also led the fundraising and marketing for AID Houston, a non-profit organization, and has been a frequent host on Pacifica Foundation’s independent radio station 90.1 KPFT.

Anil Ali

Anil has over 5 years of experience in designing and deploying applications that range from modeling and visualization to enterprise software. At Stone Bond Technologies, he helped develop the company’s flagship Enterprise Enabler platform and was the usability design expert for their Laboratory Information Management Systems product line. Prior to Stone Bond, Anil helped design and implement a Modeling Application Development Framework at Michigan State’s Computational Ecology and Visualization Laboratory. He was instrumental in designing and developing the application’s animation module and also optimized the efficiency of the framework’s database.

Investors

Rudder is backed by Meakem Becker Venture Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in a wide range of information technology and life sciences companies. Based out of Sewickley, Pennsylvania their experienced team of entrepreneurs and investors provide valuable guidance and advice.