Systems: Composable Infrastructure for AI – The Convergence of Storage, Interconnect, and Compute | Kisaco Research
Session Topics: 
Storage
Systems Optimization
Speaker(s): 
Moderator

Author:

Rashmi Gopinath

Co-founder & Managing Partner
BAM Corner Point

Rashmi Gopinath is a General Partner at B Capital Group where she leads the fund’s enterprise software practice in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, devops, and AI/ML sectors. She brings over two decades of experience investing and operating in cutting-edge enterprise technologies. She led B Capital’s investments in over 24 companies such as DataRobot, FalconX, Clari, Phenom People, Synack, Innovaccer, Labelbox, Fabric, 6Sense, Highspot, Pendo, Starburst, OwnBackup, Figment, Perimeter81, Zesty, among others.

Rashmi was previously a Managing Director at M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, where she led investments globally in enterprise software and sat on several boards including Synack, Innovaccer, Contrast Security, Frame, UnravelData, Incorta, among others.

Prior to M12, Rashmi was an Investment Director with Intel Capital where she was involved in the firm’s investments in startups including MongoDB (Nasdaq: MDB), ForeScout (Nasdaq: FSCT), Maginatics (acq. by EMC), BlueData (acq. by HPE), among others. Rashmi held operating roles at high-growth startups such as BlueData (acq. by HPE) and Couchbase (Nasdaq: BASE) where she led global business development, product and marketing roles. She began her career in engineering and product roles at Oracle and GE Healthcare. She earned an M.B.A. from Northwestern University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Mumbai in India.

Rashmi Gopinath

Co-founder & Managing Partner
BAM Corner Point

Rashmi Gopinath is a General Partner at B Capital Group where she leads the fund’s enterprise software practice in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, devops, and AI/ML sectors. She brings over two decades of experience investing and operating in cutting-edge enterprise technologies. She led B Capital’s investments in over 24 companies such as DataRobot, FalconX, Clari, Phenom People, Synack, Innovaccer, Labelbox, Fabric, 6Sense, Highspot, Pendo, Starburst, OwnBackup, Figment, Perimeter81, Zesty, among others.

Rashmi was previously a Managing Director at M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, where she led investments globally in enterprise software and sat on several boards including Synack, Innovaccer, Contrast Security, Frame, UnravelData, Incorta, among others.

Prior to M12, Rashmi was an Investment Director with Intel Capital where she was involved in the firm’s investments in startups including MongoDB (Nasdaq: MDB), ForeScout (Nasdaq: FSCT), Maginatics (acq. by EMC), BlueData (acq. by HPE), among others. Rashmi held operating roles at high-growth startups such as BlueData (acq. by HPE) and Couchbase (Nasdaq: BASE) where she led global business development, product and marketing roles. She began her career in engineering and product roles at Oracle and GE Healthcare. She earned an M.B.A. from Northwestern University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Mumbai in India.

Author:

Sebastien Jean

CTO
Phison

Sebastien Jean

CTO
Phison

Author:

Prem Jonnalagadda

VP of Sales, US
iPRONICS

Prem Jonnalagadda

VP of Sales, US
iPRONICS

Author:

Puneet Kumar

CEO
Rivos

Puneet Kumar, CEO and co-founder of Rivos Inc., which he established in May 2021. His impressive career includes leading the ChromeOS Platform Engineering team at Google as a Senior Director, where he oversaw the program's growth to over 100 million users. Puneet's entrepreneurial journey includes co-founding Agnilux (acquired by Google), where he served as VP of Engineering, and PASemi Inc. (acquired by Apple), where he was an Engineering Director in the Platform Architecture team. He also held senior leadership positions at SiByte Inc. (acquired by Broadcom) and was a Systems Researcher at Digital Equipment Corporation's Systems Research Center. Puneet holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Puneet Kumar

CEO
Rivos

Puneet Kumar, CEO and co-founder of Rivos Inc., which he established in May 2021. His impressive career includes leading the ChromeOS Platform Engineering team at Google as a Senior Director, where he oversaw the program's growth to over 100 million users. Puneet's entrepreneurial journey includes co-founding Agnilux (acquired by Google), where he served as VP of Engineering, and PASemi Inc. (acquired by Apple), where he was an Engineering Director in the Platform Architecture team. He also held senior leadership positions at SiByte Inc. (acquired by Broadcom) and was a Systems Researcher at Digital Equipment Corporation's Systems Research Center. Puneet holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Time: 
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM
Agenda Track No.: 
Track 1
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Track
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