Yatish Pathak
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Yatish is responsible for the overall performance of the company, including oversight of all operating functions, corporate strategy, corporate financing, strategic business and technical initiatives.  Since founding the company, Yatish has raised over $175 million in financing and serves on SOMA’s Board of Directors. He brings over 18 years of experience to SOMA, including executive positions at Linear Technology Corporation and at the Cellular Infrastructure Division of the former Bell Laboratories. Since founding the company in 1998, Yatish has been the guiding force behind the company, having built it to its present capability. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

R. Douglas Kneebone
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Doug is responsible for all legal matters at SOMA Networks. With over 21 years in private legal practice before joining SOMA, Doug has worked with and advised numerous technology companies, venture capital firms and financial institutions. As a senior partner with Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, one of Canada's largest law firms, Doug has provided advice and counsel in connection with mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, insolvency and corporate restructuring, both in Canada and the United States. Doug holds a Bachelor's degree from McMaster University and an LLB from the University of Toronto Law School.

Sunil Mehta
Chief Financial Officer

Sunil is responsible for leading SOMA Networks' finance, accounting, and investor relations operations. Sunil joins SOMA Networks with over 25 years of financial management experience at high technology companies, with extensive experience in financial planning, capital allocation and funding, budgeting, risk management, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining SOMA, Sunil was Treasurer of Leadis Technology. He has also held CFO positions at Volante Technologies and Nextset Corporation, and was the Treasurer at VLSI Technology, now part of Philips Semiconductor. Sunil also held various senior level finance positions at Maxtor Corporation and Amdahl Corporation. Sunil holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.

Thomas Flak
General Manager, SOMA Systems

Tom Flak is responsible for SOMA's global product strategy, product management, marketing programs and oversight of day-to-day company operations. Prior to joining SOMA Networks, Tom was Vice President of Marketing for Verilink Corporation, where he managed all aspects of marketing and product management. Tom has held key sales and marketing positions with Network Equipment Technologies and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (AT&T). Tom holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri, and a Master's degree in Information Networking from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Sudhir Kadam
Senior Vice President, Consumer Services

Sudhir is responsible for driving SOMA's consumer services and an ecosystem of value added services, that includes ISV, Content Partner, and Channel Partner programs. Prior to joining SOMA Networks, Sudhir was VP responsible for Digital Media Business Unit at Roamware, where he managed all aspects of that business including Sales, Product Marketing, Engineering and Managed Services. During his seven years at Roamware, Sudhir also held positions of VP Operations, VP Program Office and VP ISV-Program. Sudhir brings with him over 32 years of experience in the IT and Telecom industry and has extensive experience in handling large-scale end-to-end projects for telecom service providers in Europe, Asia, Middle East and the Americas. Prior to Roamware, Sudhir served as VP and GM at Concio Corp heading the wireless data solutions business unit; as VP and GM (Western US) at US Interactive; and as MD of SoftPlus, India. Sudhir holds a Bachelor's degree from the India Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and Diploma in Business Management from IMC, Mumbai.