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Alok Kulkarni

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CEO, Cyara at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition · Venture Partner at Black Nova VC · Founder at Cyara

Greater Melbourne Area

FoundedCyara

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About

Alok Kulkarni is Chairman and Co-Founder of Cyara, a contact centre software company. He has held roles across research engineering, consulting, professional services, pre-sales, sales, and executive leadership. His experience spans innovation, commercialization, new venture creation, and software engineering across the telecommunications, software, and IT sectors.

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Cyara's investors · 4

Greenspring AssociatesPortlandK1 Investment ManagementManhattan Beach · since 2022PeakspanNew York · since 2022PeakSpan Capital PartnersNew York · $3M – $50M checks

Experience

  1. CyaraChairman, Co-Founder at Cyaracurrent2024 — present
  2. CyaraCEO2007 — 2024
  3. Monash Innovation LabsChairman, Advisory Boardcurrent2022 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
  4. Creative Destruction LabMentorcurrent2023 — presentAustralia
  5. TiE MelbourneBoard Membercurrent2016 — presentMelbourne
  6. ForbesTechnology Council Membercurrent2019 — present
  7. GenesysSE Director - APAC2005 — 2007
  8. GenesysSE Director1999 — 2007
  9. GenesysSales Engineering Manager - AustNZ2001 — 2005
  10. GenesysSales Engineer1999 — 2001
  11. National Australia BankSenior Analyst/Programmer1999
  12. NECSoftware Development Engineer1996 — 1999
  13. Lincolne ScottConsulting Engineer1994 — 1996

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship86Pre-salesIVRContact CentersEnterprise SoftwareTelecommunications87Call Center62SaaS57Unified Communications57CTI47Cloud Computing67Call Centers45
+8 moreGenesysSpeech RecognitionVoIPStrategySIPCisco TechnologiesTelephonyGo-to-market Strategy

From Alok's professional profile.

Colleagues at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition

Adesh Goel
Partner, Dilanchian Legal at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Amarandhar Kotha
Managing Director, Datacipher at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Ashutosh Raina
Business Owner, Director, Knowledge Partner Professionals at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Bipin Manuel
Managing Director, Brisbane Strategy Ventures at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Chandan Miskin
Director & CEO, AlphaLeo at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Dr. Namita Gupta
Cofounder, Restocq at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Elena Moran
Executive Director, TiE Melbourne at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Gurpal Singh
Principal Director, Saundh, Singh & Smith Lawyers at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition

Frequently asked questions

Who is Alok Kulkarni?
Alok Kulkarni is Chairman and Co-Founder of Cyara, a contact centre software company. He has held roles across research engineering, consulting, professional services, pre-sales, sales, and executive leadership. His experience spans innovation, commercialization, new venture creation, and software engineering across the telecommunications, software, and IT sectors.
Where does Alok Kulkarni work?
Alok Kulkarni is Founder of Cyara and CEO, Cyara at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition.
What companies did Alok Kulkarni found?
Alok Kulkarni founded Cyara.
Where did Alok Kulkarni go to school?
Alok Kulkarni studied at Australian Institute of Company Directors (Company Directors Course, Governance); Melbourne Business School (MBA, Technology & Entrepreneurship); Monash University (B.Eng., Electrical & Computer Systems).

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