About Us
Robert May, Founder
Rob started his career as a digital design engineer at Harris Corporation, where he worked on graphics processing chips for the Comanche helicopter. After Harris, Rob taught in the business school at the University of Louisville, then moved on to a business development position for a wireless software startup. Rob ran the popular business blog Businesspundit.com for 5 years, before selling it in early 2008. Rob has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.B.A., both from the University of Kentucky.
Vik Chadha, Co-Founder and Investor
Vik is a director at Enterprise Corp in Louisville, KY. Previously, Vik worked as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at bCatalyst where he performed comprehensive due diligence on early-stage companies, including evaluation of technology adoption life-cycles, competitive analysis and business and financial model viability. Before bCatalyst, Vik was Founder and CTO of Passion4Art.com. Vik serves as director, member of the executive committee and chairman of the presentations committee of the Venture Club of Louisville.
Dharmesh Shah, Co-Founder and Investor
Dharmesh Shah is the co-founder and CTO of Hubspot. Prior to that he was founder and CEO of Pyramid Digital Solutions, an enterprise software company selling to large financial services companies. Prior to Pyramid Digital Solutions, Dharmesh held a number of technology management and development positions. Dharmesh also runs OnStartups.com, an online community for entrepreneurs, which is one of the top 10 most read startup blogs and receives over a thousand visitors a day. Dharmesh holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Alabama and an M.S. in the Management of Technology from MIT.
Ignat Skoryh, Chief Software Engineer
Ignat studied applied mathematics, physics, and computer science at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Worked 4 years at YesSoftware Inc. as a Java developer and then started his own business JavaParts.com and WebApp-Consulting.com. Since then works as independent contractor and software vendor. Areas of competence include Java, Ruby, PHP, system architecture, data design (XML, Relational, Object), and system administration.
Ben Thomas, VP Product Development & Security
Ben has over 10 years of experience in information systems, security, and compliance. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and served as IT Audit Manager for a $1.5B public company managing Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA compliance. He serves on the board of the Kentuckiana ISACA chapter, and is a charter member of ISSA Kentuckiana. He has a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Louisville and a MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London. In his spare time, he is the founder of Louisville Geek Dinner and enjoys travel and photography.
