Dr. J. Kelly Truman
President & CEO
Leo Joseph
Executive Advisor
Dr. Saroj Sahu
Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Col. Virendra S. Rawat
Chief Strategy Officer
Sasank Kumar
Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Managing Director, India
Ajay Arora
Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Product Management
Varsha Patel
Vice President, Worldwide Engineering
Praveen Soneja
Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing
Mahender Mehta
Vice President, Services
Dr. Izak Bencuya
Senior Advisor
Dr. J. Kelly Truman
President & CEO
Kelly Truman was named President and CEO of Deeya Energy in June of 2010. Dr. Truman comes to Deeya Energy from Fremont, California based solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, where he was a founding team member and Senior Vice President. During his time at Solyndra, Dr. Truman led Marketing, Sales, Business Development, Customer Service, Government Affairs, Intellectual Property and Corporate Communications. He was instrumental in each of Solyndra’s major capital raises, in securing its $535M US Department of Energy guaranteed loan and in developing the sales pipeline that led to revenues of over $100 million in its most recent fiscal year.
Prior to his work at Solyndra, Dr. Truman was Vice President of Marketing at ReVera Inc., a provider of metrology used to monitor and control films and critical layers deployed in the semiconductor manufacturing process. His previous positions have included a number of executive positions at Applied Materials, Inc., as well as having served as Director, Advanced Research Programs while on the Research Faculty, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, at the University of Florida. He also held technical positions at Conductus, Tektronix, and CVC Products. Dr. Truman holds a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from the University of Notre Dame, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida.
Leo Joseph
Executive Advisor
Leo Joseph is a serial, highly successful entrepreneur. Among his most recent ventures, Leo was a cofounder and key member of the senior executive management teams at P.A. Semi (sold to Apple) and Sibyte (sold to Broadcom).
Dr. Saroj Sahu
Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Prior to founding Deeya Energy, Dr. Sahu held technology leadership positions at Raychem/Tyco Electronics, Jasmine Networks, and Santec Corporation. In addition, his academic works include determination of structure of photon and particle detectors for b-quark physics. He has been a Visiting Scholar (Monbusho Fellow) at Japanese National Accelerator Physics Lab (KEK) invited by the Japanese Ministry of Education, a Researcher at University of Hawaii (Honolulu), and National Taiwan University (Taipei). Dr. Sahu has published technical articles in over 60 international journals, is a published book author and holds one US patent, with several pending. He holds a Ph.D. in Experimental Physics.
Col. Virendra S. Rawat
Chief Strategy Officer
Colonel Rawat brings to Deeya more than forty years of telecom experience. Most recently Viren held the position of Senior Vice President & Chief Technical Officer at Bharti Airtel, the largest Indian telecom operator. Prior to his position with Bharti Airtel, Viren held positions as Chief Technical Officer at BPL Cellular and Head of Projects with AKG Acoustics (India). He also served for twenty four years as a telecom manager in the Indian Army's telecom Corps of Signals.
Sasank Kumar
Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Managing Director, India
Sasank Kumar has a stellar background in general management and corporate development. A recent recipient of the Sloan Masters at the London Business School, Sasank has held executive positions at Whirlpool, Diageo, and BILT. Most recently, he spent eight years with Nokia Siemens Networks as Vice President of East Europe and Central Asia. Sasank was honored in 2009 as the Old Mutual Scholar of the Sloan Masters’ Program and as a National Talent Scholar. He also holds a masters degree from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Ajay Arora
Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Product Management
In his role at Deeya Energy, Ajay Arora brings to bear an extensive background in new product introductions across multiple vertical markets. His core expertise is in product management, marketing, and strategic initiatives with a long track record in new product strategies and supporting services. Prior to joining Deeya, Ajay was Vice President of Products & Services at Mashery, and Vice President of Products and Solutions at newScale, Inc. He held previous positions at Centrata (Lontra), Euclid (Metrikus), Corio (IBM), Oracle, and Lockheed Martin. Ajay holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a BSEE from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Varsha Patel
Vice President, Worldwide Engineering
Varsha Patel has over 20 years of experience in product development and systems engineering. As VP of Engineering at Oorja Protonics Inc., a Fuel Cell company, she was responsible for product design and successful field deployment. Varsha has led engineering teams and multiple product development programs at KLA-Tencor, Novellus and Varian where she focused on semiconductor capital equipment for PVD, CVD and Photoresist Strip applications. She has an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from King's College London UK.
Praveen Soneja
Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing
Paveen Soneja brings 27 years of manufacturing and corporate planning to Deeya. Most recently, he was Executive Vice President of Corporate Planning at ISGEC Group, a privately held company in the oil and energy business. Prior to his position at ISGEC, he held various positions at Xerox Corporation in their Renewables & Environment Division. Mr. Soneja holds an MBA from Manchester Business School in the UK and did his undergraduate work at Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology.
Mahender Mehta
Vice President, Services
Mahender Mehta comes to Deeya with more than 28 years of leadership experience. Most recently Mr. Mehta served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of India Operations for Eltek Valere, a global power systems company. Previous roles include positions with The English Electric Company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Modi Xerox. Mr. Mehta graduated with distinction in engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, holds an Export Management degree from IIFT and an MBA from Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University.
Dr. Izak Bencuya
Senior Advisor
Dr. Bencuya has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. His career has included positions at Yale University, GTE Laboratories, and Siliconix in various research and management roles developing leading edge power devices. He joined Fairchild Semiconductor in 1994 to start the Power Products Division which grew to $950M annual revenue under his leadership. He remained at Fairchild as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Functional Power Products Group in San Jose, California until the end of 2007. Dr. Bencuya has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, an M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science from Yale University and an M.B.A from University of California in Berkeley. He is a member of the IEEE Electron Device Society. Dr. Bencuya holds 22 patents and has published extensively in the electronics field.