Company Info for playphone.com | IcebreakerMembers
Bhaskar brings more than 20 years of experience in building innovative products and taking them to market. He is an entrepreneur and a proven leader with startup experience (like PlaceWare, Qik), an advisor to startups as well as leading groups within large organizations, like Oracle, Microsoft and HP.
Businesses are adopting software like never before. Today, we have hundreds of apps for every type of business function and every business, including SMBs, use a large number of apps. As good as these apps are, they do not work well together. Workato's vision is to bring an enterprise-class integration platform to businesses of all sizes.
Prior to Workato, Bhaskar was the CPO of Playphone, which was acquired by Gung Ho. And prior to that, he was the Founder and SVP of Products at Qik. Qik was acquired by Skype in January of 2011 by Microsoft. At Skype, Bhaskar was Head of Qik Products where he led the charter to bring asynchronous communications and new mobile experiences in Skype. 
Strong Leader and Hard-Core Technical contributor with deep knowledge of Enterprise, Client and Middle-ware technologies. Experienced Project manager and Technical Leader.
Business and Customer focus, result driven, highly motivated and
startup mentality. Handle aggressive deadlines and multiple initiatives simultaneously. Excel under pressure. Expertise in multiple technologies.
Advised multiple startups and teams. Altia Systems (Now Jabra) in smart tele-presence. Grotabyte, Xiq.ai in machine learning/AI, platform and process. Quizsence in predictive quizzes. Digication and Howcast in EdTech. LiveSports.ai in SportsTech. Multiple stealths in FinTech, HealthTech, EdTech, Ubar-isk, SaaS, PaaS, Security, Machine Learning, SportTech. 
Chris is a General Partner at Mouro Capital, he is based in San Francisco. Chris brings more than 16 years of experience as an investor, entrepreneur, operational executive and investment banker within the technology space.
Prior to Mouro, Chris was a Principal at Blumberg Capital for nearly seven years. Before Blumberg, Chris was an investor with Menlo Ventures where he pursued investment opportunities in mobile, Internet, gaming, software, and e-commerce. He has held board or board observer positions at technology startups including Bento, Blender, Earnup, Easyknock, Fundguard, Jassby, Lendio, Parsely, Sharegain, Simply Credit, Yotpo and Katapult.
Before joining Menlo Ventures, Chris served as the director of corporate development & analytics at PlayPhone. In this role he was responsible for M&A sourcing and execution, strategic partnerships, and improving operational metrics. Chris also worked as an investment banking analyst in the TMT group at Cowen and Company where he completed a number of M&A and equity transactions in the digital media and communications equipment sectors. Chris began his career at Intel as an operations financial analyst within the Flash Products Division. In addition, Chris has consulted for several technology startups including Gilt Groupe and ngmoco.
Chris holds a B.A. with a double major in economics and political science from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona. Chris was selected as a Kauffman Finalist in 2012. 
