Samir Shah
Chief Executive Officer at D Software, Inc.
Profile
Samir Shah is an operating partner at Cervin.
He focuses on pre and post-investments that include sourcing, investing, onboarding, and portfolio company building.
He also oversees the Cervin brand and content strategies.
Samir’s investment focus areas are DevOps/Tools, Industry SaaS, Retail Tech, and Quantum Computing.
As a Silicon Valley native for 30 years, Samir held engineering and executive positions at multiple tech startups.
Most recently, he founded and ran Zephyr, a cloud-based enterprise testing company that SmartBear acquired in 2018.
The products he designed continue to remain at the top of the charts on the Atlassian Marketplace and are being used by millions of testers worldwide.
Before Zephyr, Samir headed the quality line-of-business at Patni Computers and quality engineering at PointCast, Attachmate, and Wollongong.
Samir holds an MS in EE from The University of Alabama, where he was recently named a Distinguished Engineering Fellow.
He has also completed the Stanford Executive Program at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
Samir Shah active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
D Software, Inc.
 D Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services D Software, Inc. provides on-demand and real-time enterprise test management solutions. Its products include Zephyr Enterprise and Zephyr for JIRA. The company was founded by Samir Shah in 2007 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | 01/01/2007 |
Cervin Ventures Management LLC
 Cervin Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Cervin Ventures Management LLC (Cervin Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Preetish Nijhawan and Neeraj Gupta. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2018 |
Reaction Capital
 Reaction Capital Investment ManagersFinance Reaction Capital (Reaction) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Revyz, Inc.
 Revyz, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Revyz, Inc. provides native Jira backup and restore services for businesses. The company is based in New Castle, DE. The company's services include automated backup and granular restore, as well as protection against ransomware and accidents. The company also helps businesses meet compliance and shared responsibility requirements. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/03/2022 |
Ikj Capital LLC
 Ikj Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Ikj Capital LLC is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm.Ikj Capital LLC is headquartered in. | Private Equity Investor | 01/06/2023 |
Former positions of Samir Shah
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
FC Capital Management LLC
 FC Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance FC Capital Management LLC (Frontier Growth) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Andrew Lindner and Richard Maclean. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. | Founder | 31/07/2016 |
Patni Computer Systems, Inc.
 Patni Computer Systems, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Patni Computer Systems, Inc. provides information technology services. Its services include application development, application maintenance and support, packaged software implementation, infrastructure management services, product engineering services, business process outsourcing and quality assurance services. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Samir Shah
| The University of Alabama | Graduate Degree |
| University of Bangalore | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 7 |
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FC Capital Management LLC
FC Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance FC Capital Management LLC (Frontier Growth) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Andrew Lindner and Richard Maclean. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. | Finance |
Patni Computer Systems, Inc.
Patni Computer Systems, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Patni Computer Systems, Inc. provides information technology services. Its services include application development, application maintenance and support, packaged software implementation, infrastructure management services, product engineering services, business process outsourcing and quality assurance services. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Technology Services |
D Software, Inc.
D Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services D Software, Inc. provides on-demand and real-time enterprise test management solutions. Its products include Zephyr Enterprise and Zephyr for JIRA. The company was founded by Samir Shah in 2007 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Technology Services |
Cervin Ventures Management LLC
Cervin Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Cervin Ventures Management LLC (Cervin Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Preetish Nijhawan and Neeraj Gupta. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Reaction Capital
Reaction Capital Investment ManagersFinance Reaction Capital (Reaction) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Revyz, Inc.
Revyz, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Revyz, Inc. provides native Jira backup and restore services for businesses. The company is based in New Castle, DE. The company's services include automated backup and granular restore, as well as protection against ransomware and accidents. The company also helps businesses meet compliance and shared responsibility requirements. | Technology Services |
Ikj Capital LLC
Ikj Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Ikj Capital LLC is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm.Ikj Capital LLC is headquartered in. | Finance |
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