Mr. Kalandar is the founder of SVM Advisors, LLC, a 15-year-old boutique technology merchant bank, and the SVM-Israel investment fund. He is also a co-founder of MentorTech Ventures, a top quartile VC firm focused on the University of Pennsylvania related companies. He is a former senior executive at SMG, Inc., which was named three times in the “Inc. 500” fastest-growing companies list, and has led its $50M private equity re-capitalization exit. Mr. Kalandar is an investment advisor to Ben Franklin Technology Partners, and a board member of various med-tech companies, including NeuroDx, Eye-IC, Soft Tissue Regeneration, and Syntezza Molecular Detection.