Sampath is Co-Founder and CEO of BeWo Technologies, an enterprise with a mission to drive change in Below-Poverty-Line markets using innovative technology and business models. He also serves as Director at Quanta Consulting, Inc, a Los Angeles based advisory firm helping US companies with globalization strategy & execution across India markets, sourcing, and investment.

Grounded in over 20 years of experience, Sampath brings leadership and execution experience to businesses, non-profits, & ventures. He has taught Global Business in the University of California (Irvine) Merage MBA program. Sampath speaks widely at conferences on globalization and social entrepreneurship. Previously, Sampath held senior management, marketing & technology roles at Reuters, Capital One, and hi-tech start-ups. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA.

Sampath holds an MBA from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, and a Bachelors in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India.

Sharad is the co-founder and COO of BeWo technologies, an enterprise with a mission to drive change in bottom of pyramid markets using innovative technology and business. His responsibilities include developing new products and services, raising capital, building partnerships, building the team, and executing BeWo's pilot projects that are currently underway in India.

He has over 10 years of experience, leading and executing in diverse technology domains. Previously, he worked at Qualcomm for over 8 years, where he led a mobile services business unit (incubated at Qualcomm) that focused on emerging markets and held technology and leadership positions. Prior to Qualcomm he helped manage his family-owned medium scale enterprise in India.

Ricardo Dos Santos is a Sr. Director of Business Development at QUALCOMM’s Corporate New Business Development group. Ricardo’s role is focused on developing new growth opportunities for QUALCOMM. As part of his role, Ricardo manages the QUALCOMM Innovation Network and the Venture Fest program, strategic corporate initiatives aimed at promoting innovation and corporate entrepreneurship throughout the company. Ricardo is a Tech Coast Angel in Southern California.

Ricardo brings more than fifteen years of experience in new business development, entrepreneurship, corporate strategy, and operations management in multiple industries including wireless technology and services, automotive, financial services and health care.

Prior to joining QUALCOMM, Ricardo helped launch two wireless consulting firms, Mobilocity and Wireless Knowledge – now part of QUALCOMM. Ricardo’s previous experience includes having worked as a management consultant for The Boston Consulting Group in Boston and Brazil, and as an Industrial Engineer and internal consultant for Volkswagen in the United States, Portugal and Mexico.