About
Venture advisor associated with UiPath.
Experience
- SWARMChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- PeakSpan CapitalOperating Advisorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- WorkatoAdvisory Board Membercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- VOCAL CouncilFounder & CEOcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Skan.aiAdvisory Board Membercurrent2021 — present
- Plutoshift AIFounder, Chief Executive Officer2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- RobocorpAdvisory Board Member2020 — 2024
- TurboticPresident & COO2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- TurboticMember - Board of Directors2022 — 2024Stockholm, San Francisco
- AV8 VenturesOperating Advisor2020 — 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
- UiPathCustomer Experience Officer (CXO)2019 — 2020San Francisco
- Blue PrismCMO & Chief Customer Officer2017 — 2018London, Austin, San Francisco, Tokyo, Bangalore, Sydney
- Automation AnywhereChief Marketing Officer2016 — 2017
- Model NSVP & Chief Marketing Officer2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- SPIGIT (acquired by Mindjet)CMO and Chief Customer Officer2012 — 2014San Francisco, CA
- TALEO (acquired by Oracle)SVP, Chief Marketing Officer2010 — 2011
- EVault (acquired by Seagate)Senior Vice President, Data Protection Business Unit2006 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
- StorCard (acquired)Vice President - Marketing & Business Development2004 — 2005
- VerisignManaging Director2001 — 2004
- Autodesk - BuzzsawSr. Director2000 — 2001
Education
- Yale UniversityMBA1994 — 1996
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Civil / Structural Engineering1986 — 1988
- Harvard Business SchoolExecutive MBA, Business Administration and Management2007
Skills & more
Leadership62Strategy99Management17Strategic Planning10Machine Learning32Automation26Robotic Process Automation (RPA)25Industrial Automation6Finite Element Analysis (FEA)5Computer-Aided Design (CAD)5AutoCAD2SOLIDWORKS2
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Ansys ProductsCustomer AcquisitionDigital MarketingSalesStart-upsSaaSProduct ManagementProduct MarketingCloud ComputingBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentLead GenerationFrom Shail's professional profile.
Colleagues at AV8 Ventures
Alexander Statnikov
Investor at AV8 Ventures
Anna Binder
Investor at AV8 Ventures
Baris Aksoy
General Partner at AV8 Ventures
Brett Battles
Partner at AV8 Ventures
Brian Kissel
Investor at AV8 Ventures
Dr. Gloria Lau
Investor at AV8 Ventures
Dr. Marco Pavone
Investor at AV8 Ventures
Gemma Garriga
Investor at AV8 Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Shail Khiyara work?
- Shail Khiyara is at AV8 Ventures.
Founder mafias
Harvard Business School mafia312
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Mike Maples JrMBAFounded Pattern BreakersNoubar AfeyanVisiting LecturerFounded ProFound Therapeutics +12Wade MyersMBAFounded RealManage +5Harry GrunerFounded Hilos +2Spencer RascoffVisiting Executive ProfessorFounded HeyLibby +2Bharat KilaruMaster of Business Administration (MBA)Founded Verano Health +2
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Yale University mafia181
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Michael SeibelBAFounded SocialCamJustin KanPhysics and PhilosophyFounded Rye +4Kevin RyanBAFounded Business Insider +2Harry GrunerFounded Hilos +2Emmett ShearBSFounded Softmax +2Jake SchwartzBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Brave Health +1
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VeriSign mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Lars AlbrightVP, Account Management & Business Development (Acquired by VeriSign in 2006)Founded Session MJennifer LumDirector, Digital Content ServicesFounded BiospringJessvin ThomasConsultantFounded AuguriaRob DeMilloVice President - EngineeringFounded SophiaAkash RajuSoftware Engineer InternFounded GlimpseMark ThomasSoftware EngineerFounded Sequin
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UiPath mafia6
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
New Jersey Institute of Technology mafia5
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Yale University618
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Karthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Also attended New Jersey Institute of Technology19
Santo PolitiInvestor at Spark CapitalJon ChuExperts | Venture Partner at 212Ryan GrossPrincipal at TCP CapitalRaj RaoInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsOliver KaulPartner at STS Ventures GmbHGeorge BurkeCo-founder and Biz Dev at Portal
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Also attended Harvard Business School1,969
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital; architect of Invest America; BG2 co-hostAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Shared employers
Also worked at SWARM2
Also worked at Plutoshift AI1
Also worked at AV8 Ventures11
Shawn KungInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalGeorge UgrasGeneral Partner at AV8 VenturesRuchita SinhaGeneral Partner at AV8 VenturesSerpil KuyucakPartner at AV8 VenturesBrett BattlesPartner at AV8 VenturesAnna BinderInvestor at AV8 Ventures
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Also worked at UiPath39
Luciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalSangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ted KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applicationsKulpreet SinghOperating Advisor at OpenOceanRadu BozgaPrincipal at Notion CapitalAlex LimInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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