Sateesh Andra is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive, who brings vision, strategy, and leadership to Metrikus. Sateesh co-founded Metrikus in 2005, a leading provider of IT Management Software that enables Global 2000 companies to align IT with business priorities.

Sateesh started his Silicon Valley career in the early nineties and brings over 15 years of engineering, product and general management experience in the software, semiconductor and internet technology businesses. He has hands-on start-up experience and in-depth knowledge of the dynamics of VC funding. He has effectively leveraged India to create technology products for global markets.

As co-founder and CEO of Euclid, a leading provider of IT Management Software, he was instrumental in taking it from infancy to growth phase and a hundred plus employees. Earlier, Sateesh held management positions in business development and marketing in Silicon Valley start-ups, RealChip (Comstellar Communications) a VoIP Chip Company and Tsqware Inc (Conexant), a Network Processor Company.

Other than his leading role in start-ups, he gained operational experience in public companies such as LSI Logic and Wipro. Sateesh spearheaded development and product management of the Fast/Gigabit Ethernet Chips at LSI Logic which were designed-in at major networking and telecom OEMs including Cisco, Nortel and Lucent.

As a charter member of TiE, and convener of the TiE-ISB Connect, Sateesh is actively involved in creating a common platform for successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, academicians, and potential entrepreneurs to interact and thus help build successful enterprises.

Sateesh holds a B.S in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in India.

Raj Desai brings over 30 years of experience in Finance and Business Development to Metrikus. In his role as VP of Corporate Development, Raj will leverage his business contacts with a focus on building strategic client relationships.

Early on in his career, Raj joined the audit practice of Coopers and Lybrand in London in the year 1968.  A qualified Accountant, Raj gained significant experience in a variety of audit and consulting projects, which led to his appointment at British Telecom (BT) as a member of the management team entrusted with the task of gaining a foothold in the then new and emerging value added services market.  This led to several acquisitions in the USA resulting in Raj’s relocation to California, where he continued with BT till 1994.

Since 2000, Raj has been engaged full-time as the Executive Director of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), initially managing the operations of TiE in Silicon Valley and more recently supporting TiE chapters worldwide.

Raj is a third generation Indian born in Malawi (Africa).  He migrated to England for higher studies.  Married to Sapna (Kenyan-born), the Desais have two children: son Dilan and daughter Deena.  Raj is a competitive golfer.