Zephyr
Category: Applications (Under the Radar: Clarity in the Cloud 2009)
Presenter: Samir Shah, Founder and CEO

Judges:
Robin Vasan, Mayfield Fund
Bipin Sahni, Wells Fargo
Matthew Glotzbach, Google
John Foley, InformationWeek

Company Description: “Zephyr is an on-demand Enterprise Test Management company. Our innovative solution manages all aspects of the testing lifecycle, integrates various test tools and systems (onpremise and cloud-based) and provides global access, collaboration and management visibility. Built on an extensible management platform and leveraging Amazon’s Cloud infrastructure, Zephyr provides end-to-end management of the testing lifecycle in the test department including resources, releases and sprints, test cases, scheduling, test execution, defects, documents, collaboration and all aspects of reporting and metrics in real-time. Customers see dramatic improvements in quality, productivity and time-to-market, all while reducing costs and decreasing TCO.”

About Samir: As Founder and CEO of Zephyr, Samir Shah is responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, planning and implementation. Samir has 17 years of business and technology experience ranging from startups to Fortune-level enterprises. Prior to founding Zephyr, Samir was Vice President, QA Practice at Patni Computers (NYSE:PTI) where over a six year period, he built and ran a 300+ person Global QA Practice business unit generating $75M in revenue. His broad experience includes roles at Wollongong, Attachmate, PointCast, Cymbal and helping customers such as AT&T, Virgin Mobile, Disney Mobile, Du, Good, Vodafone, Grand Central, RCC, Visage Mobile and others.