Sridhar (Sri) Chilukuri (Co-Founder & CEO) has over 20 years of experience in software business and product development. In addition to his extensive management experience with P&L, business development, product marketing and engineering functions over the years, Sri has built a reputation for innovation and imagineering. Prior to founding Content Circles, Sri was Director of Strategy, Marketing and Business Development for the DocuShare Business Unit, Xerox’ enterprise content management software business unit. In this role, Sri helped transform the business into a profitable, competitive venture. Prior to Xerox, Sri co-founded Bellamax, a provider of consumer digital photography services, and was Director of Business Development for VA Linux Systems. Sri also held various positions in Adobe’s Acrobat and PostScript businesses for 8.5 years including the position of General Manager of the Information Appliances Group with complete P&L responsibility. Sri received an MBA in Finance & Marketing and an MS in Computer Science from Santa Clara University.
Rob Potter (Co-Founder & VP of Engineering) has over 18 years of software development, system architecture, and engineering management experience. Rob is a strong advocate for cross-functional, Agile (Scrum), test-driven development to optimize software delivery. Prior to founding Content Circles, he was Director of Engineering for the Xerox DocuShare Business Unit where he managed a team of 40 development, QA and customer support staff across North America, Europe and Asia. During his tenure with DocuShare, Rob led the engineering team through four major releases, including a complete rewrite of the application to scale for enterprise deployments. Prior to DocuShare, Rob held a number of other engineering positions at Xerox. Rob received a BS in Computer Science from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
Dr. Tao Liang (Co-Founder & Chief Architect) has over 10 years of experience developing and commercializing new document and content management technologies at Xerox. Prior to co-founding Content Circles, Tao was Manager of Advanced Products for the DocuShare Business Unit at Xerox. In this role, he managed a team of developers and delivered innovative new content management software products and services. Tao also managed strategic technology partnerships with various Xerox research centers as well as key external technology partners such as NASA. Prior to DocuShare, Tao was a Principal, New Business Development at the Internet Business Group of Xerox; and a researcher at the renowned Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) with a focus on social technologies for enabling distributed collaboration, knowledge sharing and digital rights management. Tao received a Ph.D. from Stanford University and a BS from Drexel University.