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Sid Yenamandra
Founder & CEO
Bianca Kirby
Chief of Staff
Rishi Malik
VP Product
Chris Shaw
VP of Technology, Wealth Management
Robert Kyler
Finance Manager
Joydeep Datta
Sr. Director, Product Development
Somesh Roy
Director – DevSecOps, QA, Support and IT
Strategy • Go-To-Market • Fundraising • Operations • Brand identity • Content strategy • Market validation • Product research • UX • Prototyping • Engineering • Web design
• Strategy • Go-To-Market • Fundraising • Operations • Brand identity • Content strategy • Market validation • Product research • UX • Prototyping • Engineering • Web design
• Strategy • Go-To-Market • Fundraising • Operations • Brand identity • Content strategy • Market validation • Product research • UX • Prototyping • Engineering • Web design •
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Blake Koriath
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Sid Yenamandra is a highly accomplished and exceptionally talented entrepreneur and executive with a proven track record of success in the field of cybersecurity and technology. He has founded and successfully exited three startups, leaving a lasting impact on the industry with each venture. His most notable achievement is the founding and leadership of Entreda, a company that quickly rose to become the top provider of cybersecurity compliance software to financial services firms. Under Sid’s guidance, Entreda was acquired by K1 Capital and RegTech Unicorn Smarsh in 2020, and he served as CEO for two years post-acquisition. During this time, Sid also led the company in acquiring Privva, a leading provider of third party vendor risk management software, and took over the role of running Smarsh’s wealth management business, a $100M ARR business. He also served as the head of the customer success organization for all Smarsh products.Sid’s impressive track record also includes key leadership roles at Plato Networks, where he served as VP of Product and Marketing, and PacketFX. During his time at Plato Networks, the company was acquired by publicly-traded Netlogic Microsystems in 2010, and later by Fortune 500 company Broadcom for a staggering $4B in 2012. This sale speaks to Sid’s exceptional ability to drive growth and innovation, and his expertise in building and scaling successful businesses.In addition to his successes in the tech industry, Sid has also made significant contributions to the field of cybersecurity through his work with the NSA. He led a program with an elite team to accelerate Suite B cryptographic algorithms with integrated compression for the agency’s Information Assurance directorate in solutions approved for protecting National Security Systems (NSS).With dual B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and two software patents and numerous publications to his name, Sid is a highly respected and accomplished figure in the tech industry, known for his unparalleled expertise in cybersecurity and his ability to develop and implement innovative solutions for some of the most complex and challenging problems facing our world today
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