Dharmesh joined ATV in 2007 as a member of the firm's Cleantech and IT Infrastructure practice areas. He observes on the boards of AltaRock Energy, Calisolar, Nuventix, Qumu, and Sub-one Technology. He is a founding member and Co-President of the Wharton Cleantech and Energy Network and also serves on the Cleantech Advisory Board at TiE.
Dharmesh brings ten years of business development, product strategy and sales experience at start-ups and public companies to assist ATV’s portfolio companies. Previously, he was the Director of Corporate Business Development at Keynote Systems (NASDAQ: KEYN) where he supported acquisitions in the wireless and video infrastructure sectors and established alliances with H-P, Computer Associates and European VARs. He supported strategic sales efforts at key accounts and helped grow recurring annual revenues for emerging products from $0 to $20mm in two years. Previously, he was a member of the founding team at InterNetwork (acquired by FinePoint Technologies) and a Product Manager at Peakstone (acquired by Entrust, Inc.). He was part of the early strategy consulting team at Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ: MANH), and served briefly in the Investment Banking team at Thomas Weisel Partners, raising capital for US and Israeli companies.
Dharmesh received his M.B.A. from The Wharton School and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin where he received the Dean’s award for graduating in the top 1% of his class.
Email: dthakker@atvcapital.com
