Ajay Shah of Shah Capital Partners

Ajay Shah is the Managing Partner of Shah Capital Partners. A technology executive with over 20 years of experience, he founded and managed the Technology Solutions Business of Solectron, a $2 Billion business. Mr. Shah was the CEO of Smart Modular Technologies, a company he co-founded in 1989, led through its public offering in 1995, growth to over $1 billion in revenues, and acquisition by Solectron Corp. in 1999 for over $2 billion. In 2003, Mr. Shah formed Shah Management and has been a private equity investor in many transactions, most recently the private investment in January 2003 in vCustomer, Inc., the spin out in June 2003 of NP test, Inc. from Schlumberger and the acquisition of Smart Modular from Solectron in April 2004. He has a B.Eng. From University of Baroda and an M.S. in Eng. Management from Stanford University.