Vishwanath Alluri – Chairman, CEO and Founder

Vish founded IMImobile in 1999 with a vision of harnessing the intellectual resources of India to develop an IPR centric technology company. While recognising the potential of the rapidly evolving mobile data space Vish was acutely aware that such fast growth does come with limitations; namely in the ability to quickly develop and manage the ever-changing technology. Vish therefore set out to build a technology company which would liberate mobile operators and media companies of technology complexities and so enable them to realise the huge revenue potential.A pioneer of the ‘managed service model’, IMImobile delivers turnkey technology solutions thus allowing customers to focus on their core business development.Today IMImobile has become one of the leading global players in the mobile Value-Added Services market and the managed service approach is more popular than ever.

Vish has extensive experience in the technology sector and was previously involved in setting up an India hi-tech consumer services company in the healthcare field. Vish is also a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary.

Shyam Bhat – CTO and Founder

Bhat has more than two decades of experience in Engineering and new product developments. He is responsible for the creation of all the engineering and mobile products and platforms. Bhat is an Engineering graduate from the highly prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Jayesh Patel – Director

Jay is Executive Director of SPARK Ventures and was part of its founding team in 1999. Jay is currently responsible for the investments in IMImobile, Skinkers, Unanimis, Complinet, MarketClusters and gamblingcompliance. Previously he was involved in Kobalt, Firebox, elata and mblox. He led the creation of a serviced office at Glasshouse Street and the sale of a substantial stake in Spuetz as well as many minor exits. He was previously a Director of NewMedia Investors and held executive positions at UBS Warburg and BSkyB.

Jay qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and holds degrees from INSEAD and the London School of Economics. He was appointed to the Board of SPARK Ventures on 30 January 2004.

Amish Jani – Director

Amish, a Founder and Managing Director of FirstMark Capital focuses on software and systems investments in the enterprise, communications and digital media sectors, and serves on FirstMark Capital’s Investment Committee. Amish also leads FirstMark’s investment strategies for the Indian marketplace. Prior to founding FirstMark Capital, Amish served as a Partner with Pequot Ventures. Previously, Amish specialized in mergers and acquisitions in the information sector with J.P.Morgan and Credit Suisse First Boston.

Amish holds an M.B.A. and a B.S. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.