About

We Love The
Mobile Ecosystem!

We are a leading global Mobile Ad Network, having grown from just two founders to a strong global team. We have been at the forefront of the Mobile Advertising revolution, in turn being evangelists, thought leaders and pioneers in this space.

With premium App Inventory on both Feature phones and Smart phones, we offer unparalleled reach to a wide demographic.

More than anything else, we love the Mobile Ecosystem and are very excited to play a pivotal role in increasing its relevance and utility for consumers, marketers, content creators and developers.

Team Vserv

Team & Investors

VSERV was founded by two industry veterans, Dippak Khurana and Ashay Padwal, who together bring more than 30 years of experience in the Mobile and Digital Advertising space.

We have a young and vibrant multi-disciplinary team, passionate about the mobile ecosystem and its potential as the "primary" screen in our lives.

Dippak Khurana

CEO

Dippak Khurana, CEO, Vserv

Dippak Khurana, the Co-founder at Vserv is responsible for the company's overall vision, strategy and execution. As an Internet & Mobile industry veteran, Dippak has successfully played key roles in launching India's first Online newspaper in 1996, India's first Online Ad Network in 1999, India's first SMS Shortcode in 2001 and pioneered many services on Mobile Internet since 2002

Ashay Padwal

CTO

Ashay Padwal, CTO, Vserv

Ashay Padwal is the Co-founder at Vserv and spearheads the technology and product development function. An expert in open source technologies, Ashay, in his career spanning over a decade has been instrumental in building and deploying products in the internet and wireless space at enterprises such as Yahoo! and People Infocom (Mauj).

Vikas Gulati

VP - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, SE ASIA

Vikas Gulati

Vikas spearheads business development for South East Asia. He has over 14 years of experience in media and marketing across emerging markets. Prior to Vserv, he was involved with set up of Asia business for Sprice - a leading Online Travel network, now part of Travelport. He has also held various leadership roles at ZenithOptimedia and Carat India.

Rohit Verma

VP - Telecom

Rohit Verma

Rohit has over 15 years of experience and will focus on strengthening the Telecom & Media Partnerships at Vserv. Prior to Vserv, he has worked with Times Mobile Ltd, Airtel and ACL Wireless. He has led major deals such as Cricket World Cup - 2011, IPL & EPL rights. Before Times Mobile, Rohit headed the Mobile VAS vertical at Airtel, in the key circles of Delhi & Punjab.

Lance Johnson

VP - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, NORTH AMERICA

Lance Johnson

Lance is based in Silicon Valley and leads Business Development for North America. He has over a decade of experience in the Mobile space, as an Executive, Advisor and Investor. Prior to Vserv, he has worked with leading Mobile & Technology companies such as MIH Group, Nokia, Amdocs and Yahoo! amongst others.

Binay Tiwari

HEAD - MARKETING

Binay Tiwari

Binay heads Global Marketing efforts at Vserv. Prior to this, Binay led the Vserv Marketplace and was instrumental in growing it to global scale. His passion for the Internet has been the 'pole star' of his career journey spanning Tata Broadband, Vodafone & InMobi.

Narayan Murthy Ivaturi

GM - GLOBAL SALES & STRATEGY

Narayan Murthy Ivaturi

Narayan Murthy Ivaturi heads Global Brand Sales at Vserv. He has over 10 years of experience. Prior to Vserv, he has worked with Times Internet Limited, Tyroo & Yahoo. Narayan has completed his Bachelors in Commerce and Masters in Business Administration.

Kaushal Shah

HEAD - FINANCE

Kaushal Shah

As Head of Finance, Kaushal is responsible for Finance Operations, Investor Relations & Management Reporting at Vserv. Prior to Vserv, Kaushal was part of core team that launched Social Networking & Ecommerce Ventures at Reliance Digital and played key role in setting up finance operations for Mobile VAS business at Yahoo! India.

Laith Al-Janabi

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, EUROPE

Laith Al-Janabi

Laith is part of the International Business Dev Team. Laith has 25 years of Investment Banking experience, latterly with Morgan Stanley Europe's Technology and Client Relationship Management Units.

David Yin

GM - DEVELOPER ALLIANCES (SE ASIA)

David Yin

David heads developer partnerships across Southeast Asia. He has over 15 years of experience in the telecom, internet & professional services industry, across Australia, Asia and Europe. Prior to Vserv, David spent 6 years at Nokia Singapore and led teams in Business Development across Southeast Asia, China and India.

Prashant Dixit

GM - Global Publisher Alliances

Prashant Dixit

Prashant heads Global Publisher Alliances at Vserv. He has over 12 years of experience in Media Sales, Revenue Management & Strategic Alliances. Prior to Vserv, he headed the Alliances for Reliance Digital & Nielsen Online and was in key sales roles at Microsoft and Naukri.com.

Herat Maniar

GM - DEVELOPER ALLIANCES

Herat Maniar

Herat focuses on developer acquisitions and relationships. With diverse industry experience, he has delivered on strategic roles like Group Strategy, Commercial Head, Revenue Assurance and Business Alliances.

Advisors

T S Ramakrishnan

Technology Advisor

T S Ramakrishnan

With an illustrious career history of over 22 years, TS is a veteran technology architect. Based in the Silicon Valley, TS has held several key positions including VP of Engineering at Admob, VP of Product Engineering at Facebook, Director of Realtime Messaging at Yahoo, Head of Partner Technologies at Skype, amongst others.

Investor

IDG Ventures India is a leading technology VC fund and part of IDG Ventures, which has $6+ billion under management, 220+ investee companies and 10 offices globally. IDG Ventures was an investor in successful digital consumer companies including Netscape & BabyCenter in the US; Baidu, Ctrip, Tencent, Vancl and VinaGame in Asia; Vserv, Myntra.com, Apalya, Brainbees Solutions (FirstCry.com), Valyoo Technologies, Sourcebits and Ozone Media in India.

Manik Arora

Founder & Managing Director, IDG Ventures India

Manik Arora

Manik was previously a VC at Battery Ventures, a technology entrepreneur at i-DNS, an operating executive at American Express and a strategy consultant at BCG. He is a Kauffman Fellow and holds a Bachelors degree from Swarthmore College and an MBA from the Sloan School, MIT. Manik currently serves on the Boards of Vserv, Brainbees (Firstcry.com), Ozone Media, Kreeda Games and Sourcebits Technologies.

Karan Mohla

Senior Associate, IDG Ventures India

Karan Mohla

Karan previously worked in the investment banking at Jefferies & Co and later with QVT Finance, a US hedge fund. He holds a BBA from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and an EMBA from INSEAD. Karan serves on the Board of Vserv and is a Board Observer for Brainbees Solutions (FirstCry.com) and Kreeda Games.