Management
The management team of Inventum consists of experienced industry professionals based across the globe with decades of experience in the telecommunications, networking and security industries.
Sachin Mehra - Managing Director & Founder
Born and brought up in India, Sachin has nearly two decades of experience in the communications business. Inventum is his fourth venture after a successful exit from
Specrtranet Limited, India's first metro optical broadband provider.
Prior to Inventum, Sachin has held positions at ICICI Venture (India's largest venture capital firm), Punj Lloyd Limited, Digital Future & T-Net. Sachin serves
on the advisory board of several publically traded companies & is a well known figure in technology circles.
Padam J. Singh - VP Engineering & Co-Founder
With a bachelors degree in Mathematical Sciences from Delhi University, India & an MBA from IIM Calcutta, Padam is a self-confessed technology geek. In his capacity
as the VP of Engineering, Padam & his team are responsible for the numerous innovations at Inventum.
Padam has 10+ years of experience in designing & building both enterprise & mission critical carrier systems. Prior to Inventum, Padam has held technical positions at Commerce One, ST Micro, Spectranet Limited & Digital Future.
Advisors to the Board of Directors
Wayne A. Merrick
Wayne Merrick is presently the CEO of Pacific Advantage International, a leading business development firm in the Asia-Pacific region. As head of Pacific Advantage, Wayne helps US technology firms get sales traction in the Asia-Pac market. Prior to Pacific Advantage, Wayne has been the Regional Managing Director (Asia Pacific) for Juniper Networks.
Craig R. Hall
Craig has held senior executive positions with Alcatel, Flexlight and Nortel where he led teams which generated revenues in excess of $1B for the companies.
After Alcatel, Craig joined USA-based Bolsa Magari Group and Flexlight Networks (GPON innovator company) where he was responsible for sales and distribution
partnerships with the first Gigabit PON deployments in the US, China, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, India, Indonesia and Brazil markets.
Craig was educated at the University of Utah. He has served on the Advisory Board of the Sloan Foundation / Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) at
Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business in New York City and the Carnegie Mellon University Trustee’s 10-year Computing and Communication Planning Group.
Prior to his 20 years in telecommunications, Craig was in New York City and Washington, D.C. working in government and financial positions.