Management Team
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Jim Dai, Chief Executive OfficerJim is the CEO and founder of CalmSea Inc. Jim has 25 years of experience in software industry, with a proven track record of delivering quality product and services to customers. Before founding CalmSea Inc, Jim was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Altos Ventures. Prior to that, Jim was the Sr. Vice President of Products for DemandTec, responsible for Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Customer Support and IT. Jim was instrumental in DemandTec’s successful IPO in 2007. Prior to joining DemandTec, Jim held executive management positions at Siebel, Vivant!, DoubleTwist, Informix and Oracle. Jim holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master Degree in Management from Stanford University. |
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Rob Neibauer, Chief Revenue OfficerRob is responsible for all customer-facing operations including sales, customer success and business development. Rob has over twenty years of experience in the software industry, with a proven track record of providing innovative solutions and building strong relationship with his customers. Prior to joining CalmSea, Rob held worldwide executive management positions at Escalate Retail, Ecomerty Corporation and Blue Martini Software. Rob also held sales leadership positions at JD Edwards and FourGen. Mr. Neibauer graduated from Montana State University School of Business with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management. |
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Vivek Subramanian, Vice President of ProductsVivek is co-founder of CalmSea and responsible for product management and strategy. Vivek brings a depth of experience in delivering best-of-breed enterprise and analytical applications to market. Prior to CalmSea, Vivek held senior product management positions at Oracle and Siebel, where he managed the Siebel Marketing and Analytics Segmentation product lines. During his tenure the product lines grew sixty percent in revenues and moved into leadership positions in analyst ratings. Vivek started his career as an engineer, instrumental in building some of Siebel’s leading products like Siebel Analytics, Marketing Automation and CRM OnDemand. Vivek holds an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelors in Computer Science from BITS Pilani in India. |
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Eddy Yu, Chief Technology OfficerEddy is co-founder and CTO of CalmSea Inc. He is responsible for the company’s technical vision, operations, and leads product development with an eye towards innovation and simplicity. Eddy brings a depth of experience in enterprise computing, distributed systems, massively-scalable architectures, and big data technologies. Prior to CalmSea, Eddy led the development at DoubleTwist to develop the first integrated technology platform for genomic research. His passion for technology and its possibilities led him to co-found two previous companies in the areas of distance learning and e-commerce. Eddy received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley. He has held senior management and technical positions at DoubleTwist, Sigma Designs, Adaptec, and Informix. |
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Krishna Venkatraman, Chief Data ScientistKrishna Venkatraman is responsible for the data science and strategy for the company. A pioneer and publicly recognized authority on large-scale optimization, statistics and machine learning, Krishna strives to delight customers with innovative data science and software. Prior to CalmSea, Krishna was Director, Advanced Data Science at Intuit, Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories, and Chief Science Officer at DemandTec. Krishna has a Ph.D. from Stanford University and an MS from University of Texas, Austin. |
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Sean Kervin, Vice President of Customer SuccessSean is accountable for the success of our customers. Prior to joining CalmSea, Sean was VP, Shopper Marketing for SymphonyIRI, where his team specialized in segmentation, loyalty-card analytics, and direct-mail optimization. Before IRI, Sean spent 8 years at DemandTec, the leading provider of Retail Optimization Software. Sean led the Analytical Consulting and Services group and worked closely with many of the world’s leading retail and CPG companies including Target, Best Buy, RadioShack, Hershey’s and Kraft. Prior to DemandTec, Sean spent 7 years in Marketing- and Sales-Analytics at Procter & Gamble. Sean graduated from Iowa State University with a BS in Electrical Engineering. |






