BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$7.5M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Software & Solutions for VOD applications in the Cable, Telco and Enterprise markets

President and CEO
Vivek Pendharkar
Number of Employees 34
Contact Information

1196 Borregas Ave Ste 100

Sunnyvale, California 94089-1302

www.kasenna.com

1 650 943 8600

NAICS Code Software Reproducing: 334611

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Vivek Pendharkar President and CEO
Pablo Luther Coo and Chief Financial Officer
Dennis Wilkinson Executive Vice President, Strategic Services
Sanjay Mehta Executive Vice President, Engineering
Doug Hilmes Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Greg Carter Vice President, Worldwide Marketing & Business
Satish Menon Co-Founder

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Steven M. Krausz Chairman of the Board
Brody Stout Board Observer
Howard Bubb Board Member
John F. Shoch Board Member
Saurabh Srivastava Board of Directors
Ted Mocarski Board Member

Organization Position Status
Kasenna, Inc. President and CEO Current
National Semiconductor Corporation Design Engineer Former
U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) Entrepreneur-In-Residence Former
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Former

Organization Position Status
Kasenna, Inc. Coo and Chief Financial Officer Current
Meru Networks, Inc. Cfo Former
Sierra Monolithics Inc Cfo Former
Bombay University BS Former

Denny Wilkinson brings to Kasenna over 25 years of experience with start up and high growth organizations in technology and media. Denny has held senior management positions in advertising, programming, distribution and media technology over his extensive career. Most recently, Denny was CEO of BlackArrow Inc., a VC backed start up conducting pioneering work in the on-demand video advertising space. Prior to BlackArrow, Denny held the CEO position with Lenfest Media, a leading linear ad management company and Princeton Video Image, the creator of the virtual first down line now universally used in NFL broadcasts. Prior to PVI, Denny was Senior Vice President of Programming and Marketing for PrimeStar Satellite TV, the first digital satellite TV provider in the US. In his PrimeStar role, Denny led the teams that acquired all the content for the 150 channel service as well as leading all their marketing efforts. Denny came to PrimeStar from HBO, where he held the position of SVP Consumer Marketing. Prior to HBO, Denny had an extensive career in management roles at leading US advertising agencies. Denny has a BA from Princeton University and has studied at the Harvard Business Schools Program for Management Development.

Organization Position Status
Kasenna, Inc. Executive Vice President, Strategic Services Current

As Executive Vice President of Engineering and Customer Care Services, Sanjay drives the company's engineering and support efforts and is responsible for managing all of Kasenna's engineering and support activities and resources in the Sunnyvale, California headquarters and the company's R&D center in Bangalore, India. Sanjay acquired his more than 20 years of broad industry experience in engineering, operations, and product management at start-up companies as well as large enterprises. Most recently, he served as senior director of global systems development at Quantum Corporation and prior to that was senior vice president of engineering and operations at Five9, a hosted call center technology and services company. In addition, Sanjay held the position of senior vice president of engineering at DirecTV Broadband and led the team that built robust, scalable and automated operational support systems for services provisioning and infrastructure management. He came to DirecTV Broadband via the acquisition of Telocity, a start-up, focused on providing nationwide broadband residential services. Prior to that Sanjay was at Fujitsu Business Communication Systems, DSC/Alcatel and Nortel. Sanjay holds an MS in Computer Science from University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Planning and Management.

Organization Position Status
Kasenna, Inc. Executive Vice President, Engineering Current
FIVE9, Inc. Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations Former
Nortel Former
The University of Western Ontario MS In Computer Science Former

Mr. Hilmes brings over seventeen years experience in the VoIP, CDMA, GSB based Mobile Network Operators globally, telecommunications and the communications industry. Mr. Hilmes most recently worked at Syniverse Technologies where he fulfilled multiple roles including developing strategies for new and existing products in the areas of VoIP Peering, Database services, Network services, mobile Roaming services, and Instant messaging. He also managed Syniverses major accounts, and most recently served as Director Business Development & Product Marketing. Prior to Syniverse, Mr. Hilmes held senior management, marketing and sales positions at Pronto Networks, Copper Mountain Networks, Premisys Communications, AT&T Paradyne, Ascom Timeplex, and Sun Microsystems. Mr. Hilmes holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Organization Position Status
Kasenna, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Sales Current
Pronto Networks, Inc. Vice President of Business Development Former
Syniverse Holdings, Inc. Director of Business Development and Strategy Former
University of Illinois Bachelor of Science In Computer Science and Mathematics Former

Organization Position Status
Kasenna, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Marketing & Business Current
Kasenna, Inc. Member Former
University of California, Santa Barbara Master's Degree In Business Economics Former

Organization Position Status
SGI Inc. lead engineer Former
Kasenna, Inc. Board Member Current
SGI Inc. Director Former
New Jersey Institute of Technology doctorate in computer science Former

Organization Position Status
U.S. Venture Partners General Partner Current
Occam Networks Inc. Chairman of the Board and Lead Director Current
Kasenna, Inc. Chairman of the Board Current
Trusteer, Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Vontu, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Synfora, Inc Board of Directors Current
Performanceretail, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Notiva Corporation Board of Directors Current
Force10 Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Imperva, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Agility Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Xponent Photonics, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Object Reservoir Board of Directors Current
Woodside Priory School Board of Directors Current
Pathfire, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Xirrus, Inc Board of Directors Current
Sierra Monolithics Inc Board of Directors Current
Asempra Board of Directors Current
Montavista.Com Board of Directors Current
Xponent Board of Directors Current
Montavista Software, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Netifice Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) General Partner Former
Daisy Systems Advisor Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business Arjay Miller Scholar Former
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Former
Accelerated Networks Chairman Former
The Board, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Photon Dynamics, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Micro Linear Corporation Investor Former
Xylan Corporation Investor Former
Verity, Inc. Investor Former
Accelerated Networks Investor Former
Stratacom Inc. Investor Former
Applied Digital Access Investor Former
Occam Networks Inc. Investor Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business M.B.A. Former
Stanford University B.S. Degree In Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Key Venture Partners Associate Current
Incentive Systems, Inc. Board Observer Current
Triactive, Inc. Board Observer Current
Kasenna, Inc. Board Observer Current
Opsource, Inc. Board Observer Current
Winmill Software Company IT strategist Former
Cornell University B.S. in Industrial Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Ambric CEO Current
Ambric Chairman Current
Kasenna, Inc. Board Member Current
Dialogic Corporation CEO Former
Dialogic Corporation President Former

John F. Shoch, Ph.D., joined Craig Taylor as a venture capitalist in 1985. Prior to this, he was President of the Xerox Office Systems Division. John received a BA (1971) in Political Science, an MS (1977), and a Ph.D. (1979) in Computer Science, all from Stanford. He joined Xerox in 1971 and worked at its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) where he helped develop the Ethernet, a local area network system. In 1980, he became the assistant to the CEO of Xerox. In 1982, John became President of the Office Systems Division, developing networked office systems derived from Xerox PARC research. He was a director of and founding investor in Conductus and Remedy. He is also a director of several private companies, including Ensenda, Kasenna, Knowledge Networks, and MontaVista Software.

Organization Position Status
Alloy Ventures, Inc. Partner Current
Netzentry, Inc. Current
Knowledge Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Montavista Software, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Kasenna, Inc. Board Member Current
Nitronex Corporation Board of Directors Current
Ravenflow Board of Directors Current
Lightpole, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Xerox PARC Former
Stanford University Ph.D. Former
Stanford University M.S. Former
Stanford Company MS Former
Stanford Company BA in Political Science Former
Stanford University B.A. Former
Stanford Company Ph in Computer Science Former

Saurabh Srivastava focuses on early-stage technology investments in systems and software. As a Partner of Artiman Ventures, he is currently on the boards of airwide Solutions, SiOptical, Kasenna, OpSource and Ortiva Wireless. Prior to joining Artiman in 2000, Saurabh was a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for Cisco Systems' Corporate Business Development group, where he led the technology strategy for VoIP and wireless mobility teams, focusing on Cisco's technology and acquisition strategies in the voice-over IP, wireless/mobility and VPN areas. At Cisco he led 18 acquisitions and 10+ investments. Before joining Cisco, Saurabh worked part time for Philips while completing Stanford's MBA program. At Philips, he worked with a group that created the venture funding arm of Philips in the US. Prior to that, for almost eight years, Saurabh held various operating roles from engineering to engineering management, marketing and pre-sales at Silicon Graphics, Inc., Kaleida Labs and Digital Equipment Corp. He also holds two patents for networking protocol technologies.

Organization Position Status
Artiman Ventures Partner Current
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First Hop Ltd Board of Directors Current
Sioptical Inc. Board of Directors Current
Airwide Solutions, Inc Board of Directors Current
Opsource, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Airwide Solutions Board Member Current
Ortiva Wireless, Inc. Director Current
Kasenna, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Netdevices, Inc. Board of Directors Current
VoIP, Inc. Director of Mergers and Acquisitions Former
Silicon Graphics, Inc. Marketing Former
Digital Equipment Corporation Marketing Former
Philip's &Co Former
Cisco Systems, Inc. Director Former
Pingtel Corp Investor Former
Nuance Communications, Inc. Investor Former
Airwide Solutions Investor Former
Opsource, Inc. Investor Former
State University of New York at Stony Brook M.S.C.S Former
Stanford University MBA Former

Organization Position Status
Impress Software Inc Managing Director Current
Key Venture Partners Managing Director Current
Optasite Board of Directors Current
Airwide Solutions Board Member Current
Opsource, Inc. Board Member Current
First Hop Ltd Board Member Current
Xyenterprise Board Member Current
Airwide Solutions, Inc Board of Directors Current
Kasenna, Inc. Board Member Current
Airband Board Member Current
Impress Software Inc Board of Directors Current
Fleet Equity Partners Managing Director Former
Nautic Partners LLC Managing Director Former
Edwards & Angell Llp Attorney Former
Fleet Equity Partners Director Former
Nautic Partners LLC Director Former
FairPoint Communications Inc. Investor Former
Exodus Communications Investor Former
Verio Inc. Investor Former
Dobson Communications Corporation Investor Former
American University J.D. Former
Colby College B.A. Former