Lathika Pai

* Proven leader in the global start-up ecosystem, corporate, angel investing and non-profit arenas with expertise in the US and MENA, APAC, India/SAARC regions. * Independent Director on public listed firm DCX Systems (Pvt) Ltd. * India Board member for US tech firms, including acting as C level exec as needed to scale operations for firms like LogMeIn and Causeway Technologies. * Co-Chair - India Internet Day, Aug 2020, Sept 2024 (TieNCR) and Co-Chair, Sri Lanka Internet Day, April 2021 * Board Member, TiE Delhi NCR and CXXO - a Kalaari Capital initiative to invest in Female Founders * Leader in scaling start up programs globally - envisioned and implemented Microsoft's "Highway to a 100 Unicorns" across 16 countries across India, APAC and MENA region to identify and nurture high potential startups and Project Amplify in partnership with Accenture for engaging with start ups focused on Impact and Sustainability. * Founder, Sonder Connect - Powering Female Founders - empowered close to a 165+ Female Founders from 8 countries to help them accelerate the work they are doing, and collectively raising over $100M in funding. * Serial entrepreneur, raised capital successfully in both debt and equity as well as provided profitable exits to investors * First start-up Virtual Source merged into B2K Corp, and as Founder, COO, grew firm to 600 employees, before sale to Allsec Technologies * As Managing Partner at Tekinroads Consulting LLP, helped tech companies from the US and Europe to expand sales and operations in India, SE Asia and the Middle East. Current clients include Kollective, a world leader in SDN and Enterprise Video Broadcast, a household name catalog merchandiser, and an online discount coupon platform for e-commerce * Past international experience of over 11 years includes working at Nortel, American Management Systems (now CGI) and the $300million funded tech start up Relera * Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Bangalore University, Master’s Degree in Software Telecom for Rochester Institute of Technology, and alum of the INSEAD Program for Social Entrepreneurship.