WESTON, MA—Ash Ashutosh is a visionary serial entrepreneur, and early pioneer in cloud technology, who has three successful exits to his credit. Currently, he serves as Global Director of Solution Sales at Google.
He has built and sold leading-edge companies to the world’s largest technology companies and is recognized for his remarkable achievements in the realm of business and entrepreneurship.
His advice to entrepreneurs: “You have to be highly delusional.” Why? View the full video interview to find out. To watch, please click here, or on the image below. He touches upon all entrepreneurial topics, including monetization, venture capital and the importance of family.
On Oct. 29, Mr. Ashutosh will be honored at the annual News England Choice Awards gala for his contributions to business and entrepreneurship.
Mr. Ashutosh founded Actifio in 2009, and sold it to tech giant Google in 2020. Actifio was once valued at $1.3 billion. In addition, Mr. Ashutosh serves as a Partner with Greylock Partners where he focused on making investments in enterprise IT companies. Prior to Greylock, he was Vice President and Chief Technologist for HP Storage.
He also founded and led AppIQ, which was acquired by HP in 2005. He was also the founder of Serano Systems, which was acquired by Vitesse Semiconductor in 1999. Prior to Serano, Mr. Ashutosh was Senior Vice President at StorageNetworks, the industry’s first Storage Service Provider. He previously worked as an architect and engineer at LSI and Intergraph.
He remains an avid supporter of entrepreneurship and is an advisor and board member for several commercial and non-profit organizations. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Penn State University.
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