Prashanth V. Boccasam
Biography
Prashanth, or "PV", brings over 16 years of management experience to the job of CEO at Approva. Before founding Approva, PV was co-founder and president of Entevo Corp., which was sold to a NASDAQ-listed company for $125 million in January 2000. Following the acquisition, he defined the overall strategic direction of the company’s product portfolio.
Prior to founding Entevo, PV spent several years developing and managing projects at Microsoft’s Systems Division, and later in its Worldwide Consulting Groups (MCS). PV’s extensive software and management experience includes building, marketing, and selling enterprise software products in the areas of Internet and application infrastructure, ERP, directory, and security management.
PV holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from the University of Pune (India) and the University of Cincinnati, and is a graduate of the Executive Management Program at MIT Sloan School.