S. Ramesh Joins Tech Coast Angels
October 12, 2000, Redondo Beach, CA - The president of
Philosopher's Stone Ventures, S. Ramesh was recently extended
an invitation to join the Tech Coast Angels.
He joins Tech Coast Angels whose members include prominent
business leaders from the Southern California area. They
include Luis Villalobos, founder of the Tech Coast Angels
and founder and former CEO of Harvil and Gradco Systems
and Ken Deemer, founding member of TCA and General Partner
of InterVen Partners.
Mr. Ramesh is an experienced Chief Technology Officer,
Software Architect and entrepreneur. He has experience in
early stage venture capital, technology incubation, distributed
enterprise computing, biotechnology, telecommunications
and financial software platforms. Mr. Ramesh served as CTO
and lead software architect at numerous companies where
he achieved a string of successes in very technologically
challenging projects. His technology highlights include
senior architect roles in: Sprint's (NYSE: FON) Integrated
On-Demand Network (ION); Goldman Sach's (NYSE: GS) Strategic
Stream Initiative (SSI) and Principling Investment System
(PIA Sys); IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Visual Banker retail banking
and CRM platform; and ClearStream Bank's Global Corporate
Actions System (GCA) 24/7 global securities trading and
settlement platform; among many others.
Mr. Ramesh says, "I am very honored to have been invited
to join an organization that consists of distinguished members
of the entrepreneurial community in Southern California.
TCA is very well known and respected in venture funding
community and provides opportunities to entrepreneurs and
investors to further their goals - goals that are aligned
to that of Philosopher's Stone Ventures."
Tech Coast Angels' mission is to provide opportunities
where its members can obtain outstanding financial returns
by investing in early-stage technology companies in Southern
California and accelerating them to market leadership. Since
1997, they have invested over $37 million in more than 40
Southern California companies. The organization consists
of members who are founders, CEO's, venture capitalists
and business leaders who have built and funded world-class
companies.
For additional information, contact:
Brenda Harris
Philosopher's Stone Ventures
Telephone: (310) 316-3100
Fax: (310) 316-9500
media@philstone.com
http://www.philstone.com
The Philosopher's Stone is a mythical substance that can
transform lead into gold, and produce the Elixir of Life
that makes the drinker immortal. Philosopher's Stone Ventures,
as a technology incubator, has similar transformative powers:
turning the innovative ideas of our entrepreneurs into successful,
groundbreaking, money-making businesses.
