Avanish Sahai

Avanish Sahai was the founder of Escalon Services, Inc., founded in 2006, where the title held was Director.
Mr. Sahai is the founder of Carevault Corp., founded in 2006, holding the title Head-Investor Relations.
Current jobs include Director at BayBrazil since 2014, Director at The Commonwealth Club of California, Director at Brazil At Silicon Valley, Inc., Director at Birdie.ai since 2022, Independent Director at Plum Acquisition Corp.
IV starting 2025, Trustee at World Affairs Council of Northern California since 2014, and Advisor at Illuminate Management LLC.
Former jobs include Chief Executive Officer & Vice President-Marketing at Cogency Software, Inc. from 2004 to 2006; Independent Director at HubSpot, Inc. from 2018 to 2023; Director at Scribe Software Corp.
from 2016 to 2018; Director at Gryphons Soccer Club from 2006 to 2008; Senior Manager-Product at Oracle Corp.
from 1989 to 1993; Vice President & General Manager at Impresse Corp.
from 2000 to 2001; Vice President-Marketing at BDNA Corp.
from 2006 to 2009; Global Vice President-ISV & Channel Alliances at Salesforce, Inc. from 2009 to 2014; VP-Worldwide ISV & Technology Alliances at ServiceNow, Inc. from 2016 to 2019; Chief Product Officer & Senior Vice President at Demandbase, Inc. from 2014 to 2015; Senior Manager-Engagement at McKinsey & Co., Inc. from 1995 to 2000; Vice President-Products & Marketing at Blazent, Inc. from 2002 to 2004; Senior Vice President-Channels & Alliances at XANT Inc. from 2015 to 2016.
Education includes a graduate degree from Boston University conferred in 1989, an undergraduate degree from the University of Sao Paulo conferred in 1986, and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management conferred in 1995.