Ram Shriram
Ram Shriram started Sherpalo (www.Sherpalo.com) in January, 2000, with the goal of applying his wealth of operating and company building experience to promising early stage ventures.
Ram is a founding board member of Google Inc., 247customer.com and Frontline Wireless. Ram also serves on the boards of Plaxo, Zazzle.com, PodShow and Prana Studios.
Prior to founding Sherpalo, Ram served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Ram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of which Ram was president. Before Junglee and Amazon, Ram was an early member of the Netscape executive team.
Telecom reform over the last four decades has sparked massive innovation and growth – and helped lead to the vibrant wireline Internet we know today.
However, the wireless world could hardly be more different. Where the Internet’s rise was helped by agreements on open standards and… Continue Reading