About Us

Board Of Directors

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Sastry Taruvai

Co-Founder, Director & Chairman

Sastry is responsible for the Solutions division at Bluenog. Sastry brings a wealth of senior management, consulting experience and achievements to Bluenog. Sastry is a seasoned IT Professional with over 20 years of experience providing top notch technical leadership. Before founding Bluenog, Sastry was a Technical Architect with BEA Systems helping BEA Professional Services reach newer heights in terms of quality consulting and providing customer value. Prior to BEA, Sastry was Technical Director at BroadVision helping run the Consulting Practice. Sastry holds dual Master degrees in Computer Science and Chemical Engineering from Cleveland State University.

Suresh Kuppusamy

Co-Founder & Director

Suresh is a recognized leader in the enterprise software industry and has decades of experience implementing large scale enterprise projects. Suresh has over 17 years of enterprise software development and sales experience. Suresh also heads up the Products division of Bluenog.

Before founding Bluenog, Suresh was Solutions Architect for the Eastern Region at BEA Systems. Prior to that he was the Technical Director of Solutions at BroadVision. Suresh played a pivotal role in the sales and product organizations at these companies. Suresh holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Scott Barnett

Co-Founder & Director

Scott is responsible for all Sales and Marketing functions at Bluenog. Scott is an industry veteran with 20 years experience in the software industry, at both established companies and startups. Scott has held Senior Sales, Product Management and Senior Management roles at companies such as BEA Systems, Atomica, eB2B Commerce, Novera Software, IBM and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Scott holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.

Mike DiPiano

Director

Mr. DiPiano is a General Partner of NewSpring Ventures and the Managing Partner of NewSpring Capital. Prior to joining NewSpring Capital, Mr. DiPiano was a serial entrepreneur and investor. He led or co-led the investment into six companies in the business services, healthcare and information technology industries. During that time, he was affiliated with Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE:SFG) and their related Funds. Prior to 1996, he spent six years as a division CEO and director of Chemical Leaman Corporation. Mr. DiPiano started his career in 1980 with Baxter Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: BAX) where he held numerous positions culminating as Vice President responsible for Operations and Sales of the Industrial Scientific Products Division. He currently serves on the boards of Ecount; Femme Pharma; the Mid-Atlantic Capital Alliance, formerly known as the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group, which is a trade association representing over 80 Mid-Atlantic based private equity funds with approximately $12 billion under management, where he served as the 2005 program year Chairman; NutriSystem (NASDAQ: NTRI); Prescient Applied Intelligences (OTC BB: PPID); and the University City Science Center, where he sits on the investment committee.

Michael Poisel

Director

Mr. Poisel is a Principal of NewSpring Ventures with more than 10 years of investing experience. Prior to joining NewSpring, he made private equity investments in enterprise software and business services for both Apax Partners and GE Capital. He also has entrepreneurial experience, having started an Internet strategy consulting firm and having worked for S1 Corporation (NASDAQ: SONE) while attending business school. He began his career in manufacturing operations for Lockheed Martin and participated in the successful completion of several commercial and government satellite programs. He serves as the Chairman of the Board for Ripple Technologies and serves as a board member of NCT and Bluenog. He graduated with honors in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and holds a M.S. in Systems Engineering from The Moore School of Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in finance and entrepreneurial management from The Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania.