Our Leadership Team
Our Leadership Team
Gaurav Kapoor
CEO and Co-Founder, MetricStream
Gaurav Kapoor has also served as Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for the overall strategy, marketing, sales, partners, customer success, services, and support. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer of MetricStream until 2010. He has nearly a decade of international operating experience with Citi and other organizations. He has been serving as an advisor and on the board of other Silicon Valley tech companies.
Gaurav is a thought leader in Integrated Risk Management with deep domain expertise and has built a legacy of innovation from the onset of Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance solutions. He has also served as a speaker and contributed writer for GARP, RMA, and the SIFMA investment community. He currently serves on the Forbes Technology Council.
Previously, Gaurav held executive positions at OpenGrowth and ArcadiaOne. Prior, he spent several years in business, marketing, and operations roles at Citibank in Asia and in the U.S.
He also serves on the board of Regalix, a digital innovation and marketing company. Gaurav has a bachelor's degree in Technology (with Honors) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), a degree in Business from FMS, Delhi, and an MBA from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar.
Mike Strambi
Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer, Mike Strambi is responsible for worldwide finance operations at MetricStream. Mike joins MetricStream with over 25 years of financial leadership experience in senior roles at both public and private companies. Most recently, Mike held the role of Chief Financial Officer at Telenav, a publicly traded company in Santa Clara. Previous senior finance roles at companies include Silver Spring Networks, Metacafe, MobiTV, Macromedia and Blue Martini Software. Mike started his career in public accounting at Ernst & Young.
Mike has an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and a B.S. in Accounting from California State University, Sacramento.
Rahul Maheshwari
Senior Vice President,
Customer Success & Support
Rahul Maheshwari is the Senior Vice President, for Customer Success and Services at MetricStream. Rahul is an experienced executive with over 25 years of industry experience and a proven track record in driving retention, delivery, sales, and growth. He holds extensive experience in both the Europe and APAC regions, with business and technology expertise gained through delivering client value across multiple industries and customers of all sizes.
At MetricStream, Rahul is in charge of leading the entire European market throughout its lifecycle – which includes adoption, expansion, renewal, and advocacy. In this role, he has demonstrated success in selling to C-level executives, generating profitable revenue, building high-performance teams, managing clients during critical situations, delivering technical and managed services globally, creating global business strategies, launching new offerings, and executing global marketing campaigns.
For a previous two-year stint at MetricStream, Rahul served as the Vice President of GRC Solutions. In this capacity, he was responsible for leading sales, alliance, and delivery organizations for Australia, Asia Pacific, India, Middle East, and Africa. Additionally, Rahul established marquee customers and partners in those regions to establish and grow MetricStream’s footprint. He frequently provided his leadership to an international team of senior practitioners to achieve outstanding growth and brand presence in his assigned regions. One of the highlights of his time in this position was signing one of the largest deals in the history of the business.
In his earlier years at MetricStream, Rahul took on multiple roles, starting as Product Manager and quickly moving onto the Senior Director of Customer Innovation and Solution. This latter position was held by Rahul for over 10 years, where he carved out a lead role in sales, alliance, and delivery for organizations in the APAC and MEA regions. These years were crucial for MetricStream, as it saw them expand their customers, partners, and overall footprint across the globe.
Before joining MetricStream, Rahul worked as a Senior Product Manager at BrainBang. The first several years of Rahul’s professional career saw him work as a software engineer, for companies including Tata Consultancy Services, ISAWS- Sacramento, and the Virginia Department of Social.
Rahul earned his bachelor’s degree in Electric Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering. He also is a Certified GRC Professional, earning it through the Open Compliance & Ethics Group.
Joy Bhowmick
Head of Platform &
Product Development
Joy Bhowmick is Senior Vice President, Product Development at MetricStream, and has 20+ years of experience in leading institutional, retail, and commercial banking technology initiatives. He has delivered many solutions in Risk Management, Finance, Compliance, Cyber Security and Audit. He is known for his expertise in determining strategic financial direction, leveraging business and technical acumen to generate solutions for complex issues.
He specializes in championing strategic initiatives to deliver effective results, participating in critical decision-making processes while working proactively with cross-functional teams to drive competitive advantage. His mission is to stay committed to cultivating exceptional stakeholder relationships, meeting their needs and expectations at every step. His ability to provide exceptional service, resources, and methods to meet ever-changing objectives and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements is what makes him the best at what he does.
Raghuram Srinivas
Senior Vice President,
Product Management
Raghuram Srinivas is the Senior Vice President, Product Management at MetricStream. In his role, Raghuram is responsible for the product vision and roadmap across the Business, Cyber and ESGRC product lines along with the automation and augmentation capabilities powered by MetricStream intelligence. Raghuram is an accomplished software executive with more than 22 years of progressive leadership experience, successfully creating software products and delivering advanced technology solutions. Raghuram has a mix of academic and industry experience working across Research, Product Development, Consulting and Sales functions for reputed organizations.
Prior to MetricStream, Raghuram was at JPM Chase, where he was leading the corporate technology machine learning practice focused on North America Anti Money Laundering and Audit lines of business. In his role, Raghuram was responsible for product roadmaps, design, and delivery of portfolio of algorithms to introduce intelligent automation and augmentation to mitigate risk postures and improve operational process. Raghuram also worked at the Cognitive Computing Lab at KPMG, building state of the art intelligent Credit Risk Monitoring systems to drive efficiencies in audit engagements. Earlier in his career, Raghuram worked with the Watson Group at IBM, where he was responsible for building high performing ML teams and delivering value by identifying and inducing machine learning capabilities to positively impact the top and bottom lines for his customers.
Raghuram has earned his Masters and PhD from Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Raghuram has filed several patents and authored academic journals and continues to serve as an adjunct professor teaching graduate level courses at the Data Sciences program at Southern Methodist University.
Vallinayagam Nallaperumal
Senior Vice President,
Cloud
Vallinayagam Nallaperumal is Senior Vice President, Cloud, at MetricStream. He has held various roles in his long association with MetricStream. In his 30+ years of industry experience he has led engineering teams in companies such as Yahoo, Ariba and various startups in the US and in India.
Vallinayagam Nallaperumal obtained his Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Hyderabad and an Executive MBA from IIM Bangalore.
Thien Dinh
General Counsel
Thien Dinh serves as General Counsel at MetricStream. He brings to MetricStream more than 20 years of legal experience working for fast-growing technology and Fortune 500 companies. Thien has extensive experience managing complex technology and commercial transactions, data privacy compliance, information security, litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory affairs and HR employment matters.
Before joining MetricStream, Thien served as the VP of Legal for Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a SaaS company and global leader in risk management and catastrophe modeling solutions for the insurance industry. At RMS, Thien helped scale the Legal department and the company to support accelerated growth from $50 million to over $300 million in annual revenues. He also led the Information Security and Data Privacy teams, helping RMS achieve ISO27001 certification and implement a global GDPR compliance program.
Prior to RMS, Thien worked as in-house counsel for Fortune 500 companies such as Ernst & Young, Accenture, Southern California Edison and technology start-up companies such as Cygent (a software company serving the telecommunications market). Thien earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Pavithra Bopanna
Head of Human Resources
Pavithra is the Head of Human Resources globally and has been with MetricStream for a combined 9 years. She is a seasoned HR and people leader with exemplary organizational and leadership skills and excels in partnering with executive leadership to drive synergies between business strategy and a long-term pragmatic, sustainable plan to attract and retain people. She is solution oriented and adept at working in a dynamic business environment and always open to new challenges.
Her core areas of expertise include strategic HR planning, organizational design and development, organizational change management, employee engagement and culture, talent and leadership development, rewards and benefits, HR operations and compliance, performance management, staffing and retention, DEI initiatives, and people analytics.
Pavithra started her career in banking with Citibank and has a master’s degree in English Literature from Mangalore University, India.
Hemant Aggarwal
Senior Vice President,
Customer Services
Hemant Aggarwal, a seasoned executive, boasts over 30 years of experience in financial services, IT, and customer delivery. His impressive career spans leadership roles at renowned industry giants such as Fiserv, FICO, Barclays, Citigroup, and Cognizant, as well as other international organizations. Throughout his professional journey, Hemant has successfully led large global teams across various domains, including professional services, product development, client support, and operations.
Before joining MetricStream, Hemant served as the Senior Vice President of Professional Services at Aries Global, a US-based software company. Now, at MetricStream, he leads the global customer services team, ensuring efficient, cost-effective, and swift deployment and adoption of MetricStream’s suite of products to enhance the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) journey for their clients.
Hemant’s academic journey includes, a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from St. Stephen’s College (Delhi University), a Master’s degree in Computer Applications (MCA) from the University of Indore, and certification in leadership and management from the London School of Business (UK).
Katherine de Lange
Vice President, Operations
As Vice President Revenue Operations, Katherine de Lange is responsible for Sales, Marketing and Partner Operations at MetricStream, including the Inside Sales and Bid Response teams. Katherine joins MetricStream with a career spanning over 15 years across a variety of disciplines, including Operations, Services, Training and Support. Her far ranging technical and customer facing background allow her to ensure internal operations are stream-lined, automated and always keep customer service at the forefront. She has held senior roles in organizations ranging from NASDAQ listed organizations to start-ups, giving her an array of experience at various stages of organizational growth. She has worked on three continents, so maintains a global perspective that informs every decision. Katherine obtained her BScIT and BSc Hons Computer Science from Nelson Mandela University in South Africa.
Shankar Bhaskaran
Managing Director, India
Shankar Bhaskaran is responsible for the day to day business operations and ensuring effective alignment and collaboration between key departments within MetricStream. Over the last 15 years at MetricStream, Shankar has leveraged the unique India-US business model for outsourced delivery to onsite locations, while setting up the sales and marketing infrastructure, customer advocacy, delivery management, as well as general administration teams to support scale and go-to market.
Shankar as the head of India field operations, is primarily focused on executing the strategy and operational plans aligned to the strategic vision of the company. He works very closely with department heads on cross-functional collaboration, and consensus building among cross-functional teams, to help influence decision making and faster go-to-market. His focus is on building productive and positive relationships at all levels and ensuring the organization is running effectively and efficiently to meet its goals and objective. Moreover, he ensures that teams are providing executive level reporting, including weekly, monthly, quarterly status reports to manage risks and issues, address new opportunities and improve team communication and collaboration.
Shankar has spent over 25 years in enterprise software and technology, media and new media, and has worked with large corporations such as Time & Fortune, Harvard Business Review, Bennet & Coleman, Living Media, Double-click network, and AltaVista among others, in key marketing, corporate, and brand communication roles. Shankar was also head of business solutions for the Asia Pacific markets with Vista Enterprise Solutions.
Board Members
Gunjan Sinha
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
Gunjan Sinha is a visionary, entrepreneur, and business leader. He currently serves as the founder and executive chairman of MetricStream. He is probably still best known as the founder of WhoWhere?- an internet search engine which he sold to Lycos in 1998. He is also the co-founder and board member of the customer engagement software company, eGain (NASDAQ: EGAN). Throughout his career, he has been an active investor and board member in numerous successful Silicon Valley start-ups and venture funds.
Gunjan is a strong believer in social entrepreneurship, having helped create Child Family Health International, a United Nations recognized public non-profit, to transform global health education. From 2010 to 2017, Gunjan became the founding board member of the US India Endowment Board - started by the US State Department along with the Office of Science and Technology at the White House – an endowment fund that supports innovation and commercialisation of science and technology for social good in the US and India.
Gunjan is passionate about social innovation, diversity, inclusiveness, and global risk management. He envisions a world that brings the power of socially conscious innovations to better disrupt its risks, and create opportunities for all.
Gaurav Kapoor
CEO and Co-Founder, MetricStream
Gaurav Kapoor has also served as Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for the overall strategy, marketing, sales, partners, customer success, services, and support. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer of MetricStream until 2010. He has nearly a decade of international operating experience with Citi and other organizations. He has been serving as an advisor and on the board of other Silicon Valley tech companies.
Gaurav is a thought leader in Integrated Risk Management with deep domain expertise and has built a legacy of innovation from the onset of Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance solutions. He has also served as a speaker and contributed writer for GARP, RMA, and the SIFMA investment community. He currently serves on the Forbes Technology Council.
Previously, Gaurav held executive positions at OpenGrowth and ArcadiaOne. Prior, he spent several years in business, marketing, and operations roles at Citibank in Asia and in the U.S.
He also serves on the board of Regalix, a digital innovation and marketing company. Gaurav has a bachelor's degree in Technology (with Honors) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), a degree in Business from FMS, Delhi, and an MBA from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar.
Sibyl Kavak
Blue Torch Capital
Ms. Kavak is a Managing Director of Blue Torch and is responsible for all aspects of a credit investment process. Prior to joining Blue Torch, Ms. Kavak was a Vice President at St. Cloud Capital where she focused on sourcing, underwriting, executing and monitoring debt and non-control equity investments. Prior to that, Ms. Kavak worked in the Sponsor Finance group at City National Bank. Earlier in her career, Ms. Kavak worked at UnionBanCal Equities, FocalPoint Partners and CIT Healthcare. Ms. Kavak graduated from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business with a BS in Business Administration.
Eric Rackear
Blue Torch Capital
Mr. Rackear is a Vice President of Blue Torch and is responsible for all aspects of a credit investment process. Prior to joining Blue Torch, Mr. Rackear was a Senior Associate at Ivy Hill Asset Management, a wholly owned portfolio company of Ares Capital Corporation, where he evaluated, underwrote and monitored private credit transactions. Prior to that, Mr. Rackear was a Leveraged Finance Senior Analyst at CIT Group on the Healthcare Team. Mr. Rackear graduated from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School with concentrations in Finance and Strategy & Management Consulting.
Our Investors
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. The firm provides mergers and acquisitions advice, underwriting services, asset management, and prime brokerage to its clients. The firm also engages in market making and private equity deals, and is a primary dealer in the United States Treasury security market.
Sageview Capital
Sageview Capital LP is a private investment firm providing growth capital to small and mid-sized companies in the technology, business services, and financial services sectors. The firm’s investments include Alfresco, Avalara, Demandbase, EverBank Financial, GoPro, MetricStream, Reflexis and United Capital, among others. Sageview was founded in 2006 and is led by Ned Gilhuly and Scott Stuart, former partners of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Dean Nelson, former head of KKR Capstone. The firm has offices in Greenwich, Connecticut and Palo Alto, California.
Kaiser Permanente Ventures
Kaiser Permanente Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Kaiser Permanente, makes investments in medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare services, and information technology companies that advance the quality and affordability of healthcare. Since its inception in 1997, Kaiser Permanente Ventures has invested in more than 40 venture-capital backed companies at all stages of development, and contributed organizational expertise, time, and resources to the success of these companies.
