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

SUDHIR KADAM

COO Techne Scaler

FYDA GrowthPartners, Guest Faculty Berkeley

PANKAJ SRIVASTAVA

COO Techne Studio

CEO RPC, COO ZEO Alliance, CMO WhiteSky

KARIMULLA SHAIKH

CTO Techne Studio

CTO Volta Insite, Faculty CMU

MARC FRIEND

Venture Partner

CEO Sift, CEO Rapid, GP USVP, Summit Partners

Venture Partner

GP Impact Venture, SVP & Treasurer Oracle

CHITRA NAYAK

Venture Partner

Board Director Infosys, Exec Advisor BCG, COO Salesforce

Venture Partner

Board Member IITStartups, HPE, Prysm, Cisco

SUBBU SRINIVASAN

Venture Partner

Co-Architect ZPA Zscaler, PayPal, Cisco

MARK ZAWACKI

Advisor, Global Venture Builder

JONATHAN POLANSKY

Advisor, Due Diligence

MD Moody's Structured Finance

SIVA KANTAMNENI

Advisor, Hospitality & Travel Tech, Partner Deloitte, IBM

JAMES LEMON

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

JUSTIN CALL

Advisor, Legal & Partnerships, Chief Legal Office & SVP Partnership Actabl, ALICE, Travelclick

GUNTER REISS

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

VIGGY MOKKARALA

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

PARIJAT SHARMA

Advisor, Delivery & GTM, VP Global Services Odaseva, Regional VP SalesForce, Seagate, KPMG

TOOLIKA KAPUR

Advisor, Technology

VP Scaled Solutions, LinkedIn, Global VP, Success Factors SAP

NEHA BANSAL

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

SUBHASH CHOWDARY

Mentor, Silicon Valley

4X Founder, Chief Architect Apple