Hitesh Shah serves as relationship manager and director of business development for BDO. Shah has 30+ years of experience spanning start up through venture financing and eventual M&A exits in multiple high-technology companies. He has in-depth experience in people management, finance, venture capital, business development, product management, business planning, and customer service. Prior to BDO, Hitesh was the chief operating officer at Solum—an Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, and Google Ventures funded company (acquired by Monsanto). Shah also was CEO and chief operating officer at Fat Spaniel Technologies (acquired by Power-One) and chief financial officer at iPolicy Networks (acquired by Tech Mahindra in India). Shah is on the executive leadership council of Parents Helping Parents, an organization whose mission is to empower families to build bright futures for children with special needs. He is also a board director of the Human Needs Project, an organization focused on alleviating poverty.