I love people, ideas, and technology.
As an entrepreneur, senior management partner, and investor, I’ve been privileged to help build and grow more than 20 companies—working with word-class innovators and investors.
Along the way, I’ve been a part of two successful startups. The first, an innovative investment firm where I specialized in technology and financial services, was acquired by Citigroup. The second, a pioneering mobile transactions company where I served as a founding investor, interim executive, and board member, was acquired by MasterCard in 2014.
Experience includes:
- Helping shape strategic, operational and financial priorities for companies with enterprise values ranging from $5M to $1B.
- Partnering with CEOs, CFOs, and heads of product and business development to help build and grow companies.
- Managing teams of up to 30 and budgets of up to $50M across growth, acquisition, and restructuring.
- Identifying, evaluating, structuring, and closing investments and acquisitions of several hundred million of capital with aggregate 3x+ returns.
SPECIALTIES: Strategy, Product Innovation, Business Development, Business Operations, Corporate Development, Financial Analysis.
COMPANIES: Pryte, Onavo, C-SAM, MSC Software, Shopzilla, Poplicus, Ceridian, Beecher-Carlson, Aspen Marketing, SPI Technologies, Symphony Services, Click Tactics, Zagat Survey, Phonetic Systems, and ProBusiness.
MBA, General Management @ Harvard Business School From 2002 to 2004 BS Computer Science, BS Economics @ MIT From 1992 to 1997 Salil Pitroda is skilled in: Entrepreneurship, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Technology, Internet, Software, Financial Services, Strategy, Finance, Operations Management, Business Services, Leveraged Finance, Buyouts, Investment Management, Strategic Partnerships