# Ram Sudireddy

> Ram Sudireddy is the founder, chairman, president and CEO of Bento, a Boston-based dental benefits platform he started in 2017 after concluding that dental insurance, as sold, was structurally broken. Before Bento he built and sold three technology companies - Cimaron Communications to AMCC, CHiL Semiconductor to International Rectifier, and Mustbin to LifeSite - and chaired Sanovi through its acquisition by IBM. He is a semiconductor architect by training who now runs a dental payments company, which is the kind of career pivot that only makes sense if you spend a long weekend reading your family's EOBs.

- **Role:** Founder, Chairman, President and CEO at Bento
- **Organizations:** Bento, Cimaron Communications, AppliedMicro (AMCC), CHiL Semiconductor, Sanovi Technologies, Mustbin, AT&T Bell Labs
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- **Known for:** Three prior startup exits (Cimaron -> AMCC, CHiL -> International Rectifier, Mustbin -> LifeSite), Chaired Sanovi Technologies through acquisition by IBM, Bento endorsed by the American Dental Association

## Career timeline

- **1991-1995** — Member of Technical Staff / Chief Architect at AT&T Bell Labs
- **1998** — Co-founded Cimaron Communications with Gary Martin
- **1999** — Cimaron acquired by AMCC
- **1999-2005** — Sr. Vice President, GM and CTO at AppliedMicro (AMCC)
- **2004-2010** — Chairman of the Board at Sanovi Technologies (acquired by IBM)
- **2006-2015** — Co-founder, President, CEO and Chairman at CHiL Semiconductor (acquired by International Rectifier, later Infineon)
- **2017** — Founded Bento with co-founder Saty Mahajan
- **2018** — Bento publicly launched after $3M seed round
- **2021** — American Dental Association endorsement announced
- **2022** — Closed Series A funding round

## Achievements

- Three prior startup exits (Cimaron -> AMCC, CHiL -> International Rectifier, Mustbin -> LifeSite)
- Chaired Sanovi Technologies through acquisition by IBM
- Bento endorsed by the American Dental Association
- Raised $21.8M in total funding for Bento
- Built and led engineering across telecom, power semiconductors, and healthtech

## Latest updates

- **2022-07** — Bento closed its Series A funding round

## Links

- Website: https://bento.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsudireddy/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/bentodental
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepixPAqsEI
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/bentodental

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