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Shyam Pillalamarri

Investor

Managing Partner at Snow Hill Partners

Los Altos, California, United States

About

Shyam Pillalamarri is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, technology executive, and angel investor with about 30 years of experience, including involvement in three startups as a founder or early executive. He previously served as SVP of Technology and CTO at Samsung SDS, co-founded Azul Systems where he was VP of Engineering, and held engineering leadership roles at Nortel Networks, Shasta Networks, ZeitNet, and Hewlett Packard. He holds an MSCS from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree from IIT Madras, and has been granted 14 patents in high performance computing and communications.

Invests in

AI & Machine Learning

Experience

  1. Snow Hill PartnersManaging Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Immersive CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2016 — present
  3. TavantSeed Investor, Founder Advisorcurrent2000 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
  4. Samsung SDSSVP of Technology, CTO2012 — 2016San Jose, CA
  5. InsurifySeed Investor2016Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  6. Azul SystemsVP of Engineering, Co-founder2002 — 2012Sunnyvale, California, United States
  7. StratifySeed Investor, Founder Advisor1999 — 2007Mountain View, California, United States
  8. Speedera NetworksSeed Investor, Founder Advisor1999 — 2005Santa Clara County, California, United States
  9. Nortel NetworksVP of Software Engineering1999 — 2001Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  10. Shasta NetworksDirector of Software Engineering1998 — 1999Santa Clara, California, United States
  11. Cabletron SystemsDirector of Software Engineering1996 — 1998Rochester, New Hampshire, United States
  12. ZeitNetDirector of Software Engineering1994 — 1996Santa Clara, California, United States
  13. Hewlett-PackardVarious1986 — 1994Palo Alto, California, United States

Skills & more

Distributed Systems41SaaS23Cloud Computing25Enterprise Software31Scalability29Networking9Software Engineering56Software Development22Java Enterprise Edition4System Architecture18Big Data10Mobile Devices13
+10 moreAgile MethodologiesSOAUnixLinuxEnterprise ArchitectureXMLAgile Project ManagementJavaMobile ApplicationsPerl

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Colleagues at Snow Hill Partners

Bob Salk
Investor at Snow Hill Partners
Miguel Forbes
Investor at Snow Hill Partners
Saurabh Srivastava
Investor at Snow Hill Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Shyam Pillalamarri?
Shyam Pillalamarri is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, technology executive, and angel investor with about 30 years of experience, including involvement in three startups as a founder or early executive. He previously served as SVP of Technology and CTO at Samsung SDS, co-founded Azul Systems where he was VP of Engineering, and held engineering leadership roles at Nortel Networks, Shasta Networks, ZeitNet, and Hewlett Packard. He holds an MSCS from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree from IIT Madras, and has been granted 14 patents in high performance computing and communications.
Where does Shyam Pillalamarri work?
Shyam Pillalamarri is Managing Partner at Snow Hill Partners.
What does Shyam Pillalamarri invest in?
Shyam Pillalamarri invests in AI & Machine Learning.
Where did Shyam Pillalamarri go to school?
Shyam Pillalamarri studied at Stanford University (MS, Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (B. Tech, Mechanical Engineering).

Founder mafias

Stanford University mafia903

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Peter ThielJ.D.Founded PayPal +1Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded LinkedIn +2Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +3Mike Maples JrBSFounded Pattern BreakersSteve JurvetsonMSEEFounded Mojo VisionBalaji SrinivasanGraduate StudentFounded Counsyl +1

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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras mafia41

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Aravind SrinivasDual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech)Founded PerplexityKamesh RaghavendraBachelor of TechnologyFounded Geminus +1Venkat ViswanathanBachelor of Technology and Master of TechnologyFounded AIONICS +1Akash AnandBachelor of Technology (BTech)Founded Desklamp +1Neel BalarDual Degree(B.Tech + M.Tech)Founded Desklamp +1Prajwal PrakashBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded Desklamp +1

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Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras118

Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AISundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCIlanInvestor at Eudemian Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Tavant6

Ashish GuptaChairman and Partner at MFV PartnersSubrata MitraPartner at AccelRahul MathurAssociate Vice President at DeVCSunil VermaPartner at Unanimous CapitalAmitav ChakravarttyFounder/CTO at VaycayHeroRohit ChoudharyExecutive Officer, Director at Altana

Also worked at Samsung SDS4

Ohsang KwonPartner at SazzeArchi KongManaging Partner at Asia2G CapitalIn Hyok ChaGeneral Partner at Asia2G CapitalBryan ChungFounder at Insurf

Also worked at Speedera Networks4

Anshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at ConvergeTom ColeGeneral Partner, Investments & Portfolio at CatchLight Capital PartnersChris SaccaManaging Partner at LowercarbonChris SaccaInvestor at Lowercase Capital

Also worked at Nortel Networks45

Joanne ChenInvestor at Foundation CapitalRichard GrecoVenture Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsJiong MaInvestor at Phoenix Venture PartnersScott AronsonOperating Partner at StripesLori EllAdvisor at Tall Grass VenturesAndrew RadinInvestor at Inception Studio Capital

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