Board of Directors

MANISH KOTHARI

Manish was president and co-founder of AlphaSmart, Inc, an education technology company. For more than 12 years, he was responsible for overall management of worldwide sales, marketing and operations for AlphaSmart, Inc. In addition to helping build and grow a $40MM business, he was part of the executive management team during AlphaSmart's IPO (NASDAQ: ALSM) in February 2004, and, the subsequent acquisition of AlphaSmart by Renaissance Learning, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLRN) in June 2005.

Prior to joining AlphaSmart in 1993, he served on the staff of Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. (then a division of Eli Lilly & Company) in strategic planning and marketing roles. While at CPI, he was responsible for product marketing for a new device used to interface with implantable pacemakers and defibrillators.

Manish currently serves on the board of Mindcrest, Inc. and on the Advisory Board of Water Partners International, a US-based nonprofit organization committed to providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. Additionally, he is a charter member of TiE - Silicon Valley, and, a member of the Advancement Council for the School of Engineering & Technology at Brigham Young University.

Manish received an MBA degree from the University of Chicago, an MSEE degree from the University of Wisconsin and a BSEE degree from Brigham Young University.