Gowri Shankar

About

Gowri serves as a venture partner with Naya and focuses on investments on the West Coast.Gowri has an established track record of building and growing companies at the intersection of mobile, infrastructure and content for over twenty years. He was on the founding team at Sprint PCS and pioneered both direct and online wireless sales in the early 90's. Most recently he served as President and CEO of SinglePoint, a mobile marketing agency focussed at media companies where he pioneered the interactive TV through mobile with NBC Universal, MTV, CBS and Disney. Gowri has significant international experience having grown companies in both Europe and India. Gowri serves on the board for Skedi, Carbon Credits International and is an advisor to ReQall, Earth 911 and Zoomingo. Gowri holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Madras and a MBA from University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is an avid bicyclist and a NPR junkie.

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