"Not only did Serus understand our challenges, but their application will scale as we grow over the next few years. Even if our business increases by 10x, Serus' product suite will keep up with us."
Kurt Noyes, Director of Finance and Controller, Entropic
Management Team
Indu Navar
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Indu is a seasoned technologist and entrepreneur who has contributed to the success of a number of outstanding Silicon Valley companies. As co-founder and president of RightOn, she led the team responsible for the creation of a Web- and wireless-based scheduling solution for the service industry. She was also a member of the original engineering team at Healtheon, creators of WebMD, where she oversaw the design and architecture of the healthcare infrastructure applications and was instrumental in using emerging technologies to achieve application scalability, reliability and performance. At Silicon Graphics, Indu was responsible for developing intranet productivity applications to streamline call handling and training of customer support engineers. She also founded and served as president of Aquasoft Consulting; developed a software media distribution solution for Cisco System's supply chain; and worked with NASA to develop a flight data recorder extraction and simulation application. In India, she led the development of wireless telephony systems for the Indian Telephone Company, providing remote villages with phone communication for the first time. She holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Bangalore University, India, and an M.S. in computer science from California State University, Chico.
Robert Gunn
Sr. Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Robert Gunn has more than 22 years of senior management experience in high technology companies and a proven track record in technology startups. Prior to joining Serus in 2004, Robert was president and CEO of PhysicianAccess.com, an e-health company that developed the first Internet-based application to address the clinical, business and patient needs of private practice physicians. Prior to PhysicianAccess, Robert was an original member of the board of directors at Cobalt Networks, Inc., a leading Internet and intranet server company. As an advisor to the CEO during the company’s formation and as Vice President of Sales, he was responsible for the creation of worldwide marketing and sales strategies. Cobalt was purchased by Sun Microsystems in November 2000 for $2 billion. In addition, Robert has held executive-level sales and marketing positions at Micronics Computers, a leading supplier of advanced system boards and multimedia peripherals, and TriQuint Semiconductor, a leading manufacturer of integrated circuits for cellular phones and wireless networks. Robert received his B.S. in business administration with a concentration in marketing and finance from San Jose State University.
Geoff Annesley
CTO and GM, Enterprise Solutions
Geoff has extensive knowledge and experience creating world-class enterprise manufacturing software in the robotics, high-technology and semi-conductor manufacturing arenas. He has built and deployed industrial real-time automation software systems, robotics motion planning systems, operations planning and execution, and advanced planning and scheduling systems. He successfully led the development and deployment of supply chain planning, operations planning, and shop-floor scheduling products for companies such as United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), AMD, Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (GSMC), LSI Logic, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, and Corning. Geoff has played key strategic and execution roles at successful startups including Motion Factory (sold to Microsoft) and Interval Logic (acquired by PRI Automation and later merged into Brooks Automation, Inc.). Prior to joining Serus, Geoff served as director of engineering at Interval Logic Corporation. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Production Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada.
Neil Mitchell
GM and VP, Manufacturing Solutions
Neil has over 20 years of enterprise software sales, marketing, business development and professional services experience. Prior to joining Serus, Neil was EVP, Sales, Marketing and Business Development at Starview Technology, providing Real-Time Process Intelligence solutions for global semiconductor manufacturers such as AMD, ST Microelectronics and Toshiba. Previously Neil was President, Europe & SVP, Marketing & Business Development, for Centric Software, a leading PLM software company, where he secured business in a wide range of industries with global companies including; BMW, Daimler, Siemens, Volvo, and Whirlpool. Neil has also held various executive positions at Landmark Graphics, Computervision and Applicon. Neil holds a BS, MS and PhD in Engineering from University of Salford, UK.
Anand Iyer
Sr. Vice President
Prior to joining Serus, Anand spent the last 13 years at i2 Technologies where he was responsible for the Global Process Consulting practice. In this role Anand led a group of 23 consultants responsible for domestic and international customers across a wide variety of industries including Semiconductor, High-Tech, Metals, Pharmaceutical, Chemicals and Downstream Oil. He was also responsible for incubating i2's Managed Services business and managing the company's global patent portfolio. Over his career in Supply Chain Management, Anand has held positions in R & D, Product Management, and Product Marketing. He has published papers in peer-reviewed journals like IIE Transactions and The European Journal of Operations Research as well as articles in practitioner-oriented magazines like APICS and Supply & Demand Chain Executive. He is the author of several US and international patents. Anand earned a M. S in Industrial Engineering and a Ph.D in Systems & Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona.
