Shirish Nimgaonkar

Shirish is the co-founder of a Natural Language Processing company focused on enhancing customer experience through AI and the co-founder of an AI enabled predictive automation software company. In the past, he has been a part of the senior management teams of multiple VC backed entrepreneurial companies with successful exits. Shirish was also a Managing Director at a global investment bank, where he advised several leading high growth technology companies across US, Europe and Asia on this growth strategy, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and new business development. Shirish holds a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay), an MS from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Additionally, he serves on the Board of TiE Boston, one of the largest entrepreneurial organizations globally, and has mentored numerous startups as part of their ScaleUp program. Shirish is also the founder and lead singer of a music band, Kashish, which is dedicated to social good, and he is a competitive sailor.