Operations and Corporate Development

Kapil Sabharwal is a financial advisor who has been managing portfolios for the last 10 years. He has a Masters degree in Civil Engineering and is an active community organizer. He is married, has a young son and has been living in Austin, TX since 1993. Kapil serves in a financial planning, analysis and corporate development role. He is very active in the community.

Scott Willis is a global sales and marketing executive with demonstrated leadership skills, having led numerous cross-functional and cross-cultural teams. He has an International MBA and over seven years of international work experience. He has led the development of new products and market offerings such as the ecommerce and travel and leisure practices at Sykes Enterprises (a global BPO services company) and the introduction of the first pre-paid card for cellular service at Altel in Kazakhstan. He is married, has two young sons and lives in Austin, Texas.

Margaret Suozzo is an environmental policy and programs analyst with more than 15 years of experience at the national and local levels. Her passion lies in creating a healthier environment for future generations. Her work has emphasized energy efficiency and climate protection strategies. She holds an MPA in Public Affairs and an MSES in Environmental Science. She lives with her husband, Tom Dillon, and three children in Northern California. (Hence, she knows a thing or two about single--occupant vehicle ridership.) 

Product Development and Technology

Piyush Raj Mehta is a seasoned technocrat and product manager who brings over 20 years of work experience in technical development and marketing roles across a variety of industries. With a Masters degree in Environmental Engineering and a MBA in Entrepreneurship, he combines his training, experience and passion for protecting the environment in the product marketing and management role.  He is married, has a young daughter and has been living in Austin, Texas since 1998.

Muralidhar Rao brings over 20 years of software product engineering experience in a wide variety of domains such as parallel and distributed computing, program development tools, computer graphics and Web applications. With a BE in Electronics Engineering, he combines his techno-managerial experience and passion for architecting software solutions to mentor teams and to build and deliver high quality software products. He is married, has two teenaged sons and has been living in Bangalore, India for over 15 years.

Niladri De brings over 12 years of full life-cycle software engineering experience, ranging from project management, software architecture and design, to product development. With a BTech in Instrumentation Engineering, Niladri is a Sun-certified J2EE architect and is very passionate about technology and its recent advancements. Having been associated with PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM since 1999, Niladri is well-versed with best practices for professional software development.

Sales, Marketing and Creative

Marianne Linde brings sales, marketing and leadership experience to the organization. In 1991 she co-founded systems integrator Complete Data Solutions, Inc. and served as its CEO for ten years. In 2001, Marianne co-founded the Web-content management company 13 Colonies Software, acquired by Interwoven (NASDAQ: IWOV) in 2004. She has worked closely with leading technology companies and non-profit organizations nationwide. Marianne co-founded the Austin chapter of EO, an international organization of entrepreneurs. She received her MBA from UT Austin, where she lives with her two daughters.

Russ Smith is a multi-talented poet, musician, computer scientist, medical researcher, graphic designer, sound engineer and record and multimedia producer. Since 1993, Russ has been executive producer of Chocolate Media, which has been involved in many high profile projects, including Lance Armstrong's EPK (Blue Plate Design). He is also founder and director of ASLYoga, which provides Yoga classes to the deaf and hard of hearing communities. Russ is widely traveled and lives in Austin, TX, where he writes poetry, studies Yoga, bakes chocolate delicacies and works on many fascinating projects.

Karen Kreps is a creative project manager with two decades experience in on-line and print media. She enables other people’s success by helping them communicate clearly. She clarifies, organizes and presents their ideas in ways that eloquently express their messages. She finds ways to use the Web that compel others to work with them. She's written, edited and produced interactive info products for IBM, Cox Enterprises, Prodigy, Times Mirror, Dell Computers, the U.S. Navy, Texas Audubon, Triand, Philips Electronics, Schlumberger, Bank of America, Aegis Mortgage and various small and medium enterprises. She is the author of a book on relationships (see www.TrueIntimacies.com) and an independent Web content developer (see www.NetIngenuity.com).

Chitra French brings over 15 years experience in sales, marketing and product management. She has worked at Analog Devices and Digital Semiconductors in various positions from engineer to product manager to international sales and marketing. Her work consisted of product definition, product management, sales training, branding and revenue growth. Chitra received her engineering degree from Boston University. She also teaches yoga, enjoys exercising, cooking vegetarian food and traveling. She is married, has two children and lives in Austin, Texas.

Lin Russinoff has BFA degree in Commercial Art from Texas State University, where she has also taught courses in design and computer graphics for over ten years. She has extensive industrial experience, having held positions in graphic design with 3M and Chevron Oil, and she served as Director of Media and Communications of Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation. In 1996, she founded her own company, LAR Designs, and continues to serve a wide variety of clients, including religious organizations, realty companies and restaurants. Among her favorite projects have been the illustration of two children's books. Mrs. Russinoff has a wonderful mathematical husband, three beautiful almost-grown sons, a long-haired dachshund and a passion for skiing.