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Keval T Desai, 562046 Beach St, San Francisco, CA 94123

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Keval A Desai Keval T Desal
Related to:
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2101 Bay St, San Francisco, CA 94123    415-9291143   

1445 Lyon St, San Francisco, CA 94115    415-9291143   

New York, NY   

Atherton, CA   

Santa Clara, CA   

501 Grandview Dr, South San Francisco, CA 94080   

Goleta, CA   

Berkeley, CA   

2046 Beach St, San Francisco, CA 94123   

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Degree: High school graduate or higher
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Partner At Interwest

Position:
Partner at InterWest Partners, Investor at Optimizely, Board Member at Flurry, Inc., Board Member at The RealReal, Board Member at Triposo, Board Member at LocBox, Board Member at Joyus, Board Member at Empowered Careers, Board Member at Gojee, LLC, Investor at HireArt, Investor at Backblaze, Investor at Rixty, Inc., Investor at Flotype / NowJS, Investor & Advisor at AngelPad LLC, Investor at GAINFitness
Location:
San Francisco, California
Industry:
Internet
Work:
InterWest Partners since Apr 2011
Partner Optimizely - San Francisco Bay Area since May 2010
Investor Flurry, Inc. - San Francisco Bay Area since Mar 2012
Board Member The RealReal - San Francisco Bay Area since Apr 2013
Board Member Triposo - Berlin Area, Germany since 2011
Board Member LocBox - San Francisco Bay Area since 2011
Board Member Joyus - San Francisco Bay Area since Nov 2012
Board Member Empowered Careers - San Francisco Bay Area since Feb 2013
Board Member Gojee, LLC - Greater New York City Area since May 2012
Board Member HireArt - San Francisco Bay Area since 2012
Investor Backblaze - San Francisco Bay Area since 2011
Investor Rixty, Inc. since 2011
Investor Flotype / NowJS - San Francisco Bay Area since 2011
Investor AngelPad LLC since 2010
Investor & Advisor GAINFitness - San Francisco Bay Area since Nov 2011
Investor RushRez - San Francisco Bay Area Nov 2011 - Oct 2012
Investor Digg Jan 2010 - Apr 2011
VP Product Google Jun 2003 - Nov 2009
Product Management Director ONSET Ventures - Menlo Park Jan 2001 - Jun 2003
Principal Achex, Inc Aug 1999 - Nov 2000
Co-founder McKinsey & Company Jul 1999 - Sep 1999
Associate Morgan Stanley Venture Partners 1998 - 1998
VC Associate - MBA Internship Global Village Communication Jan 1996 - Jul 1997
Product Manager Tandem Computers Inc. Jul 1991 - Dec 1996
Software Engineer, Project Manager
Education:
University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business 1997 - 1999
MBA University of California, Santa Barbara 1989 - 1991
MS, Computer Science University of Mumbai 1985 - 1989
BE, Electrical Engineering
Skills:
Product Management, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Product Strategy, Investments, Entrepreneur, Product Development, Start-ups, Mentoring, Go-to-market Strategy, Mobile Devices, Strategic Partnerships, Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Online Advertising, Cloud Computing, Private Equity, Digital Media, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Technology, SaaS, Angel Investing
Languages:
English
Gujarati
Hindi
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Us Patents

Electronic Purchase Method And Funds Transfer System

US Patent:
7366695, Apr 29, 2008
Filed:
Feb 29, 2000
Appl. No.:
09/516209
Inventors:
Terry Allen-Rouman - South San Francisco CA, US
Jack Michael Arrington - Alamo CA, US
Keval Desai - Atherton CA, US
Robert Edwin Dravenstott - Foster City CA, US
Wendy D. Larson - Orinda CA, US
Scott J. Levokove - San Francisco CA, US
Peter Eric Philipp - San Francisco CA, US
Margaret Morgan Weichert - San Carlos CA, US
Assignee:
First Data Corporation - Greenwood Village CO
The Western Union Company - Englewood CO
International Classification:
G06Q 40/00
US Classification:
705 39, 705 40
Abstract:
An electronic transaction method, funds transfer apparatus and method for facilitating a funds transfer. The methods comprise sending information from a purchaser or payor to a funds transfer system separate from a vendor system or payee, validating and confirming personal financial information at the funds transfer system, and transferring funds from a purchaser or payor account to the vendor or a payee account without exposing either party's financial and account information to the other. Additionally, a funds transfer apparatus is disclosed comprising connections to a payor and payee system and mechanisms for receiving and validating party and transaction information and a mechanism for transferring funds from one party to the other.

Electronic Purchasing And Funds Transfer Systems And Methods

US Patent:
8538870, Sep 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar 13, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/048109
Inventors:
Terry Allen-Rouman - South San Francisco CA, US
Jack Michael Arrington - Alamo CA, US
Keval Desai - Atherton CA, US
Robert Edwin Dravenstott - Foster City CA, US
Wendy D. Larson - Orinda CA, US
Scott J. Levokove - San Francisco CA, US
Peter Eric Philipp - San Francisco CA, US
Margaret Morgan Weichert - San Carlos CA, US
Assignee:
First Data Corporation - Greenwood Village CO
The Western Union Company - Englewood CO
International Classification:
G06Q 40/00
US Classification:
705 39, 705 35
Abstract:
An electronic transaction method, funds transfer apparatus and method for facilitating a funds transfer. The methods comprise sending information from a purchaser or payor to a funds transfer system separate from a vendor system or payee, validating and confirming personal financial information at the funds transfer system, and transferring funds from a purchaser or payor account to the vendor or a payee account without exposing either party's financial and account information to the other. Additionally, a funds transfer apparatus is disclosed comprising connections to a payor and payee system and mechanisms for receiving and validating party and transaction information and a mechanism for transferring funds from one party to the other.

Advertising With Video Ad Creatives

US Patent:
2007015, Jul 5, 2007
Filed:
Dec 30, 2005
Appl. No.:
11/323327
Inventors:
Jason Bayer - Mountain View CA, US
Ronojoy Chakrabarti - Santa Clara CA, US
Keval Desai - San Francisco CA, US
Manish Gupta - Santa Clara CA, US
Jill Huchital - Saratoga CA, US
Willard Rusch - Woodside CA, US
International Classification:
H04N 7/16
H04N 7/173
H04N 7/10
H04N 7/025
US Classification:
725034000, 725035000, 725113000, 725112000, 725062000
Abstract:
The serving of advertisements with (e.g., on) video documents may be improved in a number of ways. For example, a system may (a) accept information defining at least one ad spot associated with at least one instance of an video document, (b) accept offers to have advertisements served in the ad spot(s), and (c) arbitrate among competing advertisements, using at least the offers, to determine at least one advertisement to be served in that ad spot(s). As another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an advertisement, (b) determine at least one video document using the accepted relevance information, (c) present information about the video document(s) to an advertiser associated with the advertisement, and (d) accept, from the advertiser, an offer to have its advertisement served with at least one of the video document(s) accepted. As yet another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an video document, (b) determine a plurality of advertisements relevant to the video document using the relevance information and serving constraints of the advertisements, and (c) select at least one of the determined relevant advertisements to be served with the video document. Examples of video documents include video files published on the Internet, television programs, live or recorded talk shows, video-voice mail, segments of an video conversation, etc.

Electronic Purchasing And Funds Transfer Systems And Methods

US Patent:
2012017, Jul 12, 2012
Filed:
Mar 20, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/425051
Inventors:
Terry Allen-Rouman - South San Francisco CA, US
Jack Michael Arrington - Alamo CA, US
Keval Desai - Atherton CA, US
Robert Edwin Dravenstott - Foster City CA, US
Wendy D. Larson - Orinda CA, US
Scott J. Levokove - San Francisco CA, US
Peter Eric Philipp - San Francisco CA, US
Margaret Morgan Weichert - San Carlos CA, US
Assignee:
The Western Union Company - Englewood CO
First Data Corporation - Greenwood Village CO
International Classification:
G06Q 20/40
G06Q 20/10
US Classification:
705 44
Abstract:
An electronic transaction method, funds transfer apparatus and method for facilitating a funds transfer. The methods comprise sending information from a purchaser or payor to a funds transfer system separate from a vendor system or payee, validating and confirming personal financial information at the funds transfer system, and transferring funds from a purchaser or payor account to the vendor or a payee account without exposing either party's financial and account information to the other. Additionally, a funds transfer apparatus is disclosed comprising connections to a payor and payee system and mechanisms for receiving and validating party and transaction information and a mechanism for transferring funds from one party to the other.

Verifying Presentation Of Video Content

US Patent:
2021020, Jul 8, 2021
Filed:
Jan 11, 2021
Appl. No.:
17/146157
Inventors:
- Mountain View CA, US
Ronojoy Chakrabarti - Santa Clara CA, US
Keval Desai - San Francisco CA, US
Manish P. Gupta - Santa Clara CA, US
Jill A. Huchital - Saratogo CA, US
Willard V. T. Rusch, II - Woodside CA, US
Assignee:
Google LLC - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
G06Q 30/02
H04N 7/173
H04N 21/231
H04N 21/234
H04N 21/25
H04N 21/258
H04N 21/262
H04N 21/266
H04N 21/2665
H04N 21/2668
H04N 21/433
H04N 21/44
H04N 21/466
H04N 21/81
H04N 21/435
Abstract:
The serving of advertisements with (e.g., on) video documents may be improved in a number of ways. For example, a system may (a) accept information defining at least one ad spot associated with at least one instance of an video document, (b) accept offers to have advertisements served in the ad spot(s), and (c) arbitrate among competing advertisements, using at least the offers, to determine at least one advertisement to be served in that ad spot(s). As another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an advertisement, (b) determine at least one video document using the accepted relevance information, (c) present information about the video document(s) to an advertiser associated with the advertisement, and (d) accept, from the advertiser, an offer to have its advertisement served with at least one of the video document(s) accepted. As yet another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an video document, (b) determine a plurality of advertisements relevant to the video document using the relevance information and serving constraints of the advertisements, and (c) select at least one of the determined relevant advertisements to be served with the video document. Examples of video documents include video files published on the Internet, television programs, live or recorded talk shows, video-voice mail, segments of an video conversation, etc.

Inserting Video Content In Multi-Media Documents

US Patent:
2020033, Oct 22, 2020
Filed:
Jul 6, 2020
Appl. No.:
16/921017
Inventors:
- Mountain View CA, US
Ronojoy Chakrabarti - Mountain View CA, US
Keval Desai - Mountain View CA, US
Manish Gupta - Mountain View CA, US
Jill A. Huchital - Mountain View CA, US
Willard Rusch - Mountain View CA, US
Assignee:
GOOGLE LLC - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
G06Q 30/02
H04N 7/173
H04N 21/231
H04N 21/234
H04N 21/25
H04N 21/258
H04N 21/262
H04N 21/266
H04N 21/2665
H04N 21/2668
H04N 21/433
H04N 21/44
H04N 21/466
H04N 21/81
H04N 21/435
Abstract:
The serving of advertisements with (e.g., on) video documents may be improved in a number of ways. For example, a system may (a) accept information defining at least one ad spot associated with at least one instance of an video document, (b) accept offers to have advertisements served in the ad spot(s), and (c) arbitrate among competing advertisements, using at least the offers, to determine at least one advertisement to be served in that ad spot(s). As another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an advertisement, (b) determine at least one video document using the accepted relevance information, (c) present information about the video document(s) to an advertiser associated with the advertisement, and (d) accept, from the advertiser, an offer to have its advertisement served with at least one of the video document(s) accepted. As yet another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an video document, (b) determine a plurality of advertisements relevant to the video document using the relevance information and serving constraints of the advertisements, and (c) select at least one of the determined relevant advertisements to be served with the video document. Examples of video documents include video files published on the Internet, television programs, live or recorded talk shows, video-voice mail, segments of an video conversation, etc.

Interleaving Video Content In A Multi-Media Document Using Keywords Extracted From Accompanying Audio

US Patent:
2020030, Sep 24, 2020
Filed:
Jun 8, 2020
Appl. No.:
16/895005
Inventors:
- Mountain View CA, US
Ronojoy Chakrabarti - Santa Clara CA, US
Keval Desai - San Francisco CA, US
Manish P Gupta - Santa Clara CA, US
Jill A Huchital - Saratogo CA, US
Willard V T Rusch, II - Woodside CA, US
Assignee:
Google LLC - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
G06Q 30/02
H04N 7/173
H04N 21/231
H04N 21/234
H04N 21/25
H04N 21/258
H04N 21/262
H04N 21/266
H04N 21/2665
H04N 21/2668
H04N 21/433
H04N 21/44
H04N 21/466
H04N 21/81
H04N 21/435
Abstract:
Provided herein are systems and methods of classifying video content. At least one server can identify a video content item identifying a plurality of segments to play primary video content. The at least one server can identify a set of words from a segment of the plurality of segments by using at least one of a transcription corresponding to the segment or speech recognition on audio content corresponding to the segment. The at least one server can determine a classification for the segment based on the set of words from the segment. The at least one server can store, in one or more data structures, an association between the video content item and the classification to categorize the segment of the video content item.

Video Content Including Content Item Slots

US Patent:
2020009, Mar 19, 2020
Filed:
Nov 25, 2019
Appl. No.:
16/694365
Inventors:
- Mountain View CA, US
Keval Desai - San Francisco CA, US
Jason S. Bayer - Mountain View CA, US
Manish P. Gupta - Santa Clara CA, US
Jill A Huchital - Saratoga CA, US
Assignee:
Google LLC - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
G06Q 30/02
H04N 7/173
H04N 21/231
H04N 21/234
H04N 21/25
H04N 21/258
H04N 21/262
H04N 21/266
H04N 21/2665
H04N 21/2668
H04N 21/433
H04N 21/44
H04N 21/466
H04N 21/81
H04N 21/435
Abstract:
A system may accept information defining at least one ad spot associated with at least one instance of a document, accept offers to have ads served in the ad spot(s), and arbitrate among competing ads, using at least the offers, to determine at least one ad to be served in that ad spot(s). A system may accept relevance information for an ad, determine a document using the accepted relevance information, present information about the document(s) to an ad provider associated with the ad, and accept, from the ad provider, an offer to have its ad served with the document accepted. A system may accept relevance information for a document, determine ads relevant to the document using the relevance information and serving constraints of the ads, and select at least one of the determined relevant ads to be served with the document.

Possible Relatives

Daxa M Desai  Daksha A Desai  Aakash R Desai  Deepa A Desai  Deepak N Desai  Deepika H Desai  Darshak R Desai  Keval D Patel 

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