Topic: Do you have the right auditors?

Speaker: Hitesh Shah, Business Development Director, BDO USA, LLP

Presentation:
 

Speaker’s bio:
Hitesh Shah has more than 30 years of experience spanning startup through venture financing and eventual M&A exits in multiple high technology companies. He has in-depth experience in people management, finance, venture capital, business development, product management, business planning and customer service. Hitesh has raised over $100M in venture capital for four different startups. 

Prior to joining BDO, Hitesh has served in multiple executive roles as CFO, COO, and CEO. He was the Chief Operating Officer at Solum an Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures and Google Ventures funded company which was acquired by Monsanto. Hitesh also served as CEO and COO at Fat Spaniel Technologies acquired by Power-One and CFO at iPolicy Networks which was acquired by Tech Mahindra in India. 

Hitesh serves on the Executive Leadership Council of Parents Helping Parents (PHP), an organization whose mission is to empower families to build bright futures for children with special needs. He also serves as a board director of Human Needs Project (HNP), an organization focused on alleviating poverty.
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- Board Member, Human Needs Project 
- Board Member, Parents Helping Parents 
- Board Member, Conscious Capitalism, Inc. 

EDUCATION: 
- M.B.A, University of California, Berkeley – Walter A. Haas School of Business 
- B.Sc. (Engineering), Western Michigan University