With over 25 years of experience, Sheeroy Desai is a technology industry veteran who has guided a number of innovative companies in transforming markets to deliver exponential growth. Gild is his third startup, which he co-founded with Luca Bonmassar. He is responsible for driving the company’s strategy, vision, and culture. He was a founding member of Sapient, a global services company that helps clients transform operations, marketing and technology. He served as Sapient’s COO from 2001 through 2007. He started his career in 1987 at Cambridge Technology Partners, a pioneering systems integration firm focused on client-server technology. CTP went public and was eventually acquired by Novell. he holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. Contact him at Sheeroy@gild.com.