Shalendra, a startup veteran, is VP of Product and Marketing at Discuss.io. Previously, he served as the General Manager of Text-a-Pro/Direct Business at Pro.com, Director of Marketing at Indix, product and marketing leader at Clipboard (acquired by Salesforce) and Swype (acquired by Nuance for $102.5 million). Preceding that, he served as a Program Manager at Microsoft for 5 years helping ship Junk Email Filters and Zune music (now called Xbox Music). Shalendra also led multi-million dollar fund-raising efforts for the Microsoft Giving campaign. He was a top finalist at the Microsoft Loaned Executive Program in 2010, and TechCrunch/Charles River Ventures’ hunt for a VC Apprentice at Tech...
