Truva

Truva handles the busywork intelligently saving your sales team hours each week, so they can focus on what matters most - building and closing deals. Many teams have seen up to 25% increase in sales where Truva's AI agents automated email drafting and follow up for them.

Co-Founder & CEO

Sleek (Acquired by Snackpass)

- Spun out of my time at Lightspeed Fellowship. Partnered with an ex-colleague from Google to navigate the pivot maze to found Sleek.
- Youngest company to be featured on Forbes AI 50 - America's most promising AI companies
- Sleek built APIs to calculate occupancy data, accurate wait times & surge pricing.

Co-Founder & CTO

Google

Tech Lead in NBU monetization in Search Ads. Led multiple initiatives in Google Search Ads including the design and execution for Google Lead Form Ads.

Technical Lead

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Fellow

LinkedIn

* Led efforts to convert Azkaban from a single server service to a distributed platform service by improving webserver to support multiple executor servers. Implemented multiple feature to release Azkaban 3.0.0.
* Supported 1500+ users including engineers, analysts and data scientists.
https://github.com/azkaban/azkaban/releases/tag/3.0.0

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

• Worked in Ranking Team in Bing Local Search Team. Improved and created new machine learning features, free forms, and training data generation techniques for local relevance.
• Increased recall and precision metrics for 10 markets by more than 5% each. Built ranking pipeline infrastructure and automated training of Local Segment Rankers for 7 markets.
* Nominated as a member of Machine Learning Group (MLG) at Bing, India.

Software Engineer 2

Google Summer of Code

Developed a customizable and accessible web based ePub book reader component for Infusion framework. Details: https://github.com/logiclord/ epubReader.

Student Developer

Mentor Graphics

Automated Power Format (UPF) generation in performance analysis of circuit designs.

Software Engineer Intern

* Developed an in-browser meta-metadata authoring tool that supports defining metadata structure as a strongly typed object, and using the DOM from the browser to facilitate semi-automatic derivation of XPath expressions. 
• Tool is available as Firefox Greasemonkey script and Chrome extension at http://code.google.com/p/googlesummer-of-code-2011-interface-ecology-lab.

Developed a machine learning pipeline to personalize Bing results for sports queries. Managed to give advanced experience to 5.2% daily Bing users.

CEO & Co-founder - Truva AI

I’m a builder, dreamer, and problem-solver who turns big challenges into simple, impactful solutions. As CEO & Co-founder of Truva AI, I’m on a mission to take the grind out of sales by automating all the boring stuff so teams can focus on closing deals and celebrating wins.

Previously, I co-founded Sleek (acquired by Snackpass) and had the privilege of leading initiatives at Google, where I contributed to products that scaled globally. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and Stanford graduate, I’m passionate about creating technologies that not only drive efficiency but also inspire trust and security in the AI-driven future.

Let’s build the future, one innovation at a time.

Important message: Talk to me like a pirate from Pirates of Caribbean if you message me.

Gaurav Aggarwal

University of Utah Technology Licensing Office

◣ Lead a team of 6 Physical & Life Science Strategic Alliance Managers responsible for managing a portfolio of ~1300 technologies, including 300+ new disclosures/yr in a full range of disciplines
◣ Assign new disclosures and oversee contract alignment with standard terms.
◣ Developed strategic plan for industry engagement, including prioritization of assets available for partnering.
◣ Led team to largest licensing revenue year ever for the U.
◣ Cultivating new relationships and fostering existing relationships with industry to identify partnering opportunities for intellectual property available for licensing to expand our corporate-sponsored research portfolio.
◣ Built a brand to promote licensed University of Utah innovation and research partners for greater visibility.
◣ Serve as the primary liaison with the Office of Sponsored Research. Coordinated and participated in the review of IP language and research scope for $71.4M of industry-sponsored research.
◣ Member of the Leadership Team responsible for strategic planning, policy implementation, approval of best practices, HR issues and brainstorming on additional ways to support our mission
◣ Adjudication of agreements and coalition building that lead to an EHRs systematic change in platform agreement language.
◣ Negotiated and licensed one of Time Magazines 'Top 200 Best Inventions of 2023'

Director, Commercialization

◣ Analyzed new technologies out of the physical sciences and healthcare IT field for commercialization opportunities
◣ Guided and activated faculty, staff, and students in identifying intellectual property arising from their research
◣ Worked with outside counsel to protect intellectual property
◣ Worked with outside consultants to analyze and market technologies
◣ Reviewed and drafted agreements for collaborative research
◣ Judging Panel member for 'Bench to Bedside' tech competition in Healthcare IT
◣ Facilitated Innovation Management in a distributed environment through COVID quarantine.
◣ National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Programs reviewer

Technology Manager - Physical Sciences; Healthcare IT

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.

Background actor for Lamborghini commercial

Lamborghini - Background Actor

Utah Healthcare Entrepreneurs 

Board of Advisors

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Panelist and Reviewer, SBIR and STTR Program

Disney Streaming

Disney - Background Actor

University of Cincinnati

◣ Analyzed new technologies out of the physical sciences and computer sciences field for market potential
◣ Facilitate beginning to end intellectual property management
◣ Guided and activated faculty, staff, and students in identifying intellectual property arising from their research
◣ Worked with outside counsel to protect intellectual property
◣ Reviewed and drafted agreements for collaborative research agreements
◣ Negotiated 9 license deals for new technologies transitioning into the marketplace FY19.

Physical Sciences Licensing Manager

Participant Media

Dark Waters - Background Extra

Nestlé

◣ Created University-Nestle engineering improvement projects and commercialization
◣ Validated and commercialized new technology into the factory 
◣ Managed large teams of over 200 individuals 
◣ Negotiated contracts between factory, corporate, and vendors
◣ Facilitated multi-stakeholder discussions and overcame disagreements with common goals

Operations & Innovation Manager

Tenza

Tenza is a new Saas company where we provide critical corporate communication to employees from their log-on screen, lockscreen, and screensavers. Utilizing Harvard research on why people work and special algorithms we move corporate messages from short term to long term memory.

Founder

MacArthur, Heder & Metler, PLLC

◣ Complete marketing materials, including infographics, to improve law firm branding. 
◣ Analyzed business decisions and risks for interested parties on likely revenue, income, and collection times.

Independent Risk and Business Development Consultant

Jonathan Tyler is a highly accomplished leader with a strong track record in innovation and commercialization. With a master's degree in technology commercialization and a complementary master's degree in information systems, his educational background complements his extensive experience in the field.

As the Director of Commercialization at the University of Utah's Technology Licensing Office (TLO), Jonathan has a proven passion for driving transformative research initiatives and fostering an innovation culture within organizations.

His career is dedicated to managing intellectual property, facilitating technology transfer, and building strategic research alliances. Jonathan takes pride in overseeing the growth of the innovation pipeline, resulting in record-breaking licensing revenues.

His responsibilities encompass invention disclosure, knowledge translation, and providing technology transfer services that connect researchers with external partners. His commitment lies in establishing strategic partnerships that enhance research competencies and drive economic impact.

Active involvement in the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) reflects his dedication to innovation and entrepreneurship leadership at a national level. His network includes key players in the innovation ecosystem, such as venture capitalists, national research centers, and collaborators in academic-industry partnerships.

Connect with Jonathan to explore how you can collaborate to further drive innovation, create business connections, and make a lasting economic impact.

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