Techne Team & Advisors

The Techne team brings in-depth expertise in hospitality, technology and investments. The team consists of AI Experts, Engineers, Innovators, Venture Capitalists & Entrepreneurs, and have co-founded and run several technology startups and large companies. Our principals own a premium portfolio of hospitality assets in Silicon Valley, and also own & operate a leading hospitality management company. They have experience in structuring & executing small to large complex deals both in technology and hospitality.

We have built a Global Ecosystem of Investment, Technology and Domain Experts. Our team has worked with and have deep relationships with:

Top hospitality brands, owners and management companies
Large tech, startups, accelerators & the entire tech ecosystem
Large capital partners in both hospitality & technology – VCs, PE, pension funds, hedge funds, angel networks, and ownership groups

JESSICA KRAMER

Operating Partner

SevenRooms, ALICE, TravelClick

Venture Partner

Board Member IITStartups, HPE, Cisco

MARC FRIEND

Venture Partner

CEO Sift, Rapid, GP USVP, Summit Partners

Venture Partner

GP Impact Venture, SVP & Treasurer Oracle

SUDHIR KADAM

COO Techne Scaler, FYDA GrowthPartners, Guest Faculty Berkeley

KARIMULLA SHAIKH

CTO Techne Studio, CTO Volta Insite, Faculty CMU

MARK ZAWACKI

Advisor, Global Venture Builder

SIVA KANTAMNENI

Advisor, Hospitality & Travel Tech, Deloitte, IBM

JONATHAN POLANSKY

Advisor, Due Diligence

Moody's Structured Finance

ANIL ADVANI

General Counsel

Founder & Managing Partner, Inventus Law

Advisor, Travel,

Expedia, Google Travel, Yum! Brands

JARAD GALLAGHER

Advisor, F&B

Michelin Chef, Restaurant Owner

DOROTHY DOWLING

Advisor, Hospitality & Travel, HSAMI, GBTA, Best Western Hotels

Advisor, Hospitality & Travel, Radisson, Wyndham, Travelport

Advisor, Hospitality,

Adara, Journera, Kayak, Blackstone

MARINA MACDONALD

Advisor, Hospitality,

Red Roof Inn, Remington Hotels

Advisor, Hospitality

Hyatt Hotels, Extended America, PwC

BRIAN BATTS

Advisor, Hospitality, Revinate, Koddi, HookLogic, Travelport

SHILPI NARANG

Advisor, Travel, CX,

Spotnana, Bolt, Meta, SugarCRM, Gartner

AJAY KHOSLA

Advisor, Travel,

Google, Accenture, Ernst & Young

JAMES LEMON

Advisor, Europe Travel & Hospitality, Stripe, IHG, Travelport

JUSTIN CALL

Advisor, Legal & Partnerships, Actabl, ALICE, Travelclick

GUNTER REISS

Advisor, Growth & Marketing, Skorpios, DZS, A10 Networks, Ericsson

VIGGY MOKKARALA

Advisor, Product & Growth, Envestnet Asset Mgmt, Applied Materials

PARIJAT SHARMA

Advisor, Sales, Delivery & GTM, Odaseva, SalesForce, Seagate Tech, KPMG

SUBBU SRINIVASAN

Advisor, Technology

Co-Architect ZPA Zscaler, PayPal, Cisco

NEHA BANSAL

Advisor, Product & Technology, Meta, Google, Essex Consulting, Antler

SUBHASH CHOWDARY

Mentor, Silicon Valley

4X Founder, Chief Architect Apple