| Website | wwww.connectorsny... |
| Blog | bootstrapper.com |
| Birthplace | Brooklyn, NY |
| Birthdate | 10/25/76 |
| Kansas State University, Bachelors | 1999 |
| Chemistry/ Chemical Engineering Biochemistry | |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine, MD-PhD | |
| Infectious Disease, Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Biology |
Jeevan Padiyar / Connectors Group
Jeevan Padiyar is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He currently serves as Managing Director of the Connectors Group, a NY based Mentor Capital Firm. Mr. Padiyar also serves as a principal at Element^n, Inc, (a Platform as a service company).
In 2004 Jeevan helped shape the podcasting market as chairman and CFO of RawVoice, Inc., which created the first podcasting network and was first to monetize the medium. At RawVoice, Jeevan oversaw the company’s first acquisition and signed agreements with GoDaddy, Citrix and Nokia.
Prior to Rawvoice, Jeevan studied medicine as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Fellow at Albert Einstein College, focusing on novel antimicrobial agents and vaccine strains for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis. His research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is frequently cited in scientific literature as instrumental to the understanding of the pathogenesis of tuberculosis.
In 1994, Jeevan founded Simply Blimps, an arena blimp manufacturer and led it to 150 employees and $30M in sales in 5 years. Jeevan is currently Chariman of Intersuasive, Inc., a web strategy company, He holds B.S. degrees in chemistry/chemical engineering and biochemistry from Kansas State graduating Phi Beta Kappa.
