Board Members

Ammar Hanafi


 Ammar H. Hanafi joined Alloy Ventures as a General Partner in 2005 from Cisco Systems, Inc. Ammar received a B.S. in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University (1988) and an MBA from Stanford University (1995). His last role at Cisco was Vice President of New Business Ventures where he led new product efforts in the enterprise datacenter market. From 2000 to 2002, he was Vice President of Corporate Business Development and in that capacity, he was responsible for Cisco’s acquisitions, acquisition integration, investment, and joint venture activity on a global basis. He joined Cisco in 1997 as a member of the Corporate Business Development Group. During Ammar’s tenure, Cisco’s Business Development Group completed over 50 acquisitions, leading Cisco into a number of major new businesses, including optical networking and integrated voice and data infrastructure and applications. In addition, the Business Development Group made over $750 million in venture capital investments during the same timeframe. Prior to Cisco, Ammar held positions at PanAmSat Corporation, a global satellite services provider, and the investment banking firms of Morgan Stanley and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Ammar is a director of 3Leaf Networks.
Arif Janjua

 Managing Director, Technology & Communications, SDG. Mr. Janjua has more than 20 years of professional experience both in senior positions at technology companies and as a consultant specializing in high tech. Prior to joining SDG, he was president and chief executive of Anuvio Technologies, formerly known as I-drive, a leading global provider of storage management and application software. Previously, Mr. Janjua was High Technology Practice Leader and vice president at A.T. Kearney. Areas of consulting specialty included business strategy, operations, and information technology.
Idris Kothari


 Co-founder Vertical Systems, Inc. Previously, Co-founded VP Net, VIA Technologies and SLI.
Naeem Zafar


Zia Yusuf


 Zia Yusuf is currently the CEO of Streetline Inc a global leader in smart city technology. Streetline deploys ultra low power sensor mesh networks that deliver real time data for both web and mobile applications. The first use case is around smart parking with extensions into traffic and other smart city sub-verticals. Until recently he was Executive Vice President, Global Ecosystem; Partner Group, SAP AG. He co-managed the SAP NetWeaver Fund and SAP efforts towards open technology and vertical industry standards. H e founded and led the Corporate Strategy Group of SAP. He also founded and led the Design Services Team (DST). He co-teaches the course “Software Design Experiences” with Hasso Plattner and Terry Winnograd at Stanford University. In 1999, he joined SAP focusing on the strategic direction of the company’s marketplace business. He then co-founded SAP Markets, Inc. Before joining SAP, he worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the World Bank Group. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, an MS in international affairs from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a BA with Honors in economics and international affairs from Macalester College.