Ram Prasad

Ram Prasad joined Cohere Technologies as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Finance Officer in July 2018. Mr. Prasad brings decades of extensive global operations experience to Cohere. Mr. Prasad’s executive expertise spans successful start-ups and fortune 500 companies, managing SaaS, PaaS, P&L, strategy, new product development, efficient/responsive supply chain development, complex manufacturing, and cloud-based information systems. Prior to joining Cohere, Mr. Prasad was Head of Operations at Nokia (Gainspeed). Mr. Prasad served as Vice President of Operations at Gainspeed until its acquisition by Nokia in 2016. Before joining Gainspeed, Mr. Prasad was the CFO and Vice President of Operations at Purfresh, Inc. and held executive positions at Asyst Technologies, Inc., Amber Networks, Inc. (acquired by Nokia 2001), Sieger Engineering, and Applied Materials, Inc. Throughout his career Mr. Prasad has managed operations across many industries, including: telecommunications, networking, semiconductor capital equipment, contract manufacturing, aerospace, and petrochemical. Mr. Prasad holds M.S. in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University, and a BE in mechanical engineering from Bangalore University, India.