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Renu Upadhyay Gave a 20-Year-Old Business a New Name - Then Built the Team to Make It Mean Something
When VMware's end-user computing business became independent, Renu Upadhyay had to make an unfamiliar name carry two decades of trust. Her method joins an engineer's appetite for systems with a marketer's insistence on listening.
Mike Hicks Has Spent a Career Making Workplace Software Feel Less Like Work
From BlackBerry to Igloo, Beezy, and Appspace, the Kitchener executive has followed one stubborn idea: workplace technology should remove friction, not manufacture another tab to keep open.
Dhiraj Sharma
Dhiraj Sharma is the Founder and CEO of Simpplr, the AI-powered employee experience platform that has raised $139M across four funding rounds, including a $70M Series D in 2023. A serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience, he previously founded Simplion Technologies and Lirik Inc. before co-founding Simpplr in 2014. Under his leadership, Simpplr has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Intranet Packaged Solutions, the Forrester Wave for Intranet Platforms, and the IDC MarketScape for Integrated Employee Workspaces, building a platform designed to make work more human for hundreds of enterprise clients.
Piyush Rajput
Piyush Rajput is the Co-Founder and SVP of Engineering at Simpplr, the AI-powered employee experience platform he helped build from the ground up in 2014. A civil engineering graduate from IIT Delhi, he pivoted to software and has spent 15+ years at the intersection of engineering and product - now overseeing the technology behind a platform serving 2 million+ employees at companies like Moderna, Penske, and the NHS. Simpplr has raised $139M+ in total funding and reached a Series D under his technical leadership.