Executive Officer, Director at Rockfish Data

Where does Vyas Sekar work?

Vyas Sekar is Founder of Rockfish Data.

What companies did Vyas Sekar found?

Vyas Sekar founded Rockfish Data.

Where did Vyas Sekar go to school?

Vyas Sekar studied at The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration); Boston University (M.S. & Ph.D., Manufacturing Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering).

Vyas Sekar

Founder

Founder at Rockfish Data

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedRockfish Data

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Rockfish Data's investors · 7

EMERGENT VENTURESSilicon Valley · since 2024 Foster VenturesFoster City · $100K – $500K checks Milliways VenturesSilicon Valley NewBuild.VCPalo Alto NGP CapitalBerlin · $8M – $12M checks · since 2025 Ten13Fortitude Valley · $300K – $2M checks U.S. Armysince 2023

Co-founders at Rockfish Data

Dr. MuckAI GirishCo-founder & CEO

Dr. Vyas SekarCo-founder & Chief Technologist

Dr. Giulia FantiCo-founder & Chief Scientist

Nathan HaugoCo-founder & VP Platform Eng

Experience

Rockfish DataCo-founder & CEOcurrent2022 — presentSan Ramon, CA
VariousLP, Angel Investor, Advisorcurrent2019 — present
Various Non Profit organizationsNon-profit leadershipcurrent2002 — present
HEAL Software Inc.Chief Sales & Marketing Officer2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
Passage AI (acquired by ServiceNow)Vice President Business Development & Strategy2017 — 2019
Juniper NetworksSr. Director, Corporate Business Development, Corporate Development & Strategy2013 — 2017Sunnyvale, CA
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.Vice President, Strategy and Business Development2012 — 2013San Ramon, CA
Entropic CommunicationsVP Business Development & Strategic Marketing2009 — 2012
WestellVice President, Business Development and Marketing2007 — 2009
ARRISSr. Director, Business Development, Marketing & Product Management2003 — 2007
Atoga Systems (acquired by Arris)Sr. Director, Product Management2000 — 2003
SBC Technology resources, Inc.Sr. Member of Technical Staff1997 — 2000
Cascade Communications Corp.Network Consultant1996 — 1997
Boston UniversityLecturer1994 — 1995

Skills & more

Product Management99Business Development85Market Development1Marketing8Partnerships3Strategic Sales1Business Strategy41Mergers3B2B Marketing1Strategic Partnerships40Go-to-market Strategy18Product Marketing24

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Who is Vyas Sekar?: Executive Officer, Director at Rockfish Data
Where does Vyas Sekar work?: Vyas Sekar is Founder of Rockfish Data.
What companies did Vyas Sekar found?: Vyas Sekar founded Rockfish Data.
Where did Vyas Sekar go to school?: Vyas Sekar studied at The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration); Boston University (M.S. & Ph.D., Manufacturing Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering).

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