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Introducing DVTI’s New Leadership Team

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New Chair: Venkat Munjeti

 

Venkat Munjeti serves as Chair of the Diablo Valley Tech Initiative (DVTI) and is the Founder of Dream College Path LLC, an education technology initiative focused on helping students navigate their academic and college journey through technology, mentorship, and innovation.With more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology, Venkat brings extensive expertise in enterprise data platforms, database technologies, cloud modernization, data strategy, artificial intelligence, and technology leadership. Throughout his career, he has contributed to complex technology transformation initiatives and has been passionate about leveraging emerging technologies to solve real-world challenges.

 

As Chair of DVTI, Venkat is focused on strengthening the Diablo Valley technology ecosystem by fostering collaboration among technology leaders, entrepreneurs, startups, educators, students, businesses, and community organizations. His vision is to expand DVTI’s role as a platform for innovation, entrepreneurship, mentorship, and meaningful connections across the region.Through both DVTI and Dream College Path, Venkat is committed to empowering the next generation of innovators and creating stronger bridges between education, technology, entrepreneurship, and industry.

 

Vice Chair:  Dilli Bhattarai

Dilli Bhattarai is a technology entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Global Expert Systems, Inc., co-founder of Stealth-mode RevAI, and an elected Council Member for the City of Hercules, California.

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Leadership Archive 

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Jags Krishnamurthy
Chair

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Jags is a local tech executive with extensive experience in enterprise technology. He currently serves as CTO of Object Edge.

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Dr. Beth Arman
Vice Chair

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Beth has a long history of creating workforce training programs with industry partners in California and other states. 

Membership

  • Beth Arman, PhD

  • Pavan Attur, Kaiser Permanente

  • Jared Asch, Capstone Government Affairs & Economic Development

  • Melyssa Barrett, The Data Institute

  • Jonathan Bartlett, InnoCom Bio Equities

  • James Blair, Diablo Valley College

  • Ryan Buckley, Shovels AI

  • Kevin Cabral, Concord Chamber of Commerce

  • Ken Carlson, Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors

  • Mark Castellucci Sr, Heveatek

  • Ed Del Beccaro, TRI Commercial Real Estate

  • Darrell Foote, Inform Public Relations

  • Catherine Franco, Diablo Valley College

  • Vicki Gordon

  • Jeannette Green, UC - Green Communications

  • Alex Greenwood, Alex Greenwood Group

  • Olivia Herriford, Herriford Consulting

  • Lindy Johnson, Contra Costa Transportation Authority

  • Jags Krishnamurthy, Object Edge

  • Bob Linscheid

  • Mark Martin, Bay Area Community Colleges

  • John Matthesen

  • Keith Miao, Birdstop, Inc.

  • Michael Nathan, Meritage Group

  • Ricardo Noguera, Economic Development Manager, City of Brentwood

  • Carlyn Obringer, Council Member of Concord

  • Mark Orcutt, East Bay Leadership Council

  • Pratap Ramamurthy, Google

  • Josh Roden, Brookfield Properties

  • Grace Silverboard, Haley & Aldrich

  • Karen Sovath

  • Tamara Steiner, The Pioneer

  • Varun Turlapati, Astute Crew LLC

  • Kyle Valiton, Port Labs

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