“Startup Lessons From The Battle Scars Of The Frontlines” with Samir Bodas, CEO Icertis

Samir began his career at McKinsey & Co., followed by several years in management at Microsoft Corporation. He was appointed CEO of Disha Technologies in 2003, where he grew the business five-fold and managed its acquisition by Aztecsoft in 2005. In early 2007, he was appointed CEO of Aztecsoft and successfully guided the company to become the fastest growing publicly traded mid-cap IT services company. Two years later, he helped finalize Aztecsoft’s acquisition by MindTree. Samir is currently CEO of Icertis, a rapidly-growing company that he helped found in 2009.

He received his MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a BA in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.

Samir is a golf addict to the annoyance of his family. When not playing golf, he reads books about golf. And when not reading about golf, he contributes to the local community as a Board Member of the Seattle Chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and as a trustee of the Lakeside School.