Rupam Shrivastava is a Vice President in the Silicon Valley office. Prior to joining ePlanet, Mr. Shrivastava was an investment banker at Dresdner Kleinwort in New York focusing on mergers and acquisitions in the automotive, aerospace, defense, and healthcare sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Shrivastava was a consultant to Robert Bosch in Germany for the development of energy efficient automobiles. He has also worked at the Technical University of Munich for the development of battery efficient cell phones. He holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi where he was awarded the Director’s Silver Medal for graduating at the top of his program.