Rajiv Bala joined S3 Ventures in 2008 and currently serves as a Principal. His investment focus ranges across sales and marketing software, datacenter software, and hardware. He currently serves on the board of Briggo, OutboundEngine, Iconixx, VUV Analytics, and Packet Design and previously worked with Gravitant (acquired by IBM), LibreDigital (acquired by RR Donnelley), Sipera Systems (acquired by Avaya), and Phurnace Software (acquired by BMC Software). Prior to S3, Rajiv was a Marketing Manager and Applications Engineer at Texas Instruments. Rajiv holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Rice University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.