Sagar has 35+ years of Operational, Technology, Business Development, Venture Capital and Incubator investment experience. His engagements broadly include private board/advisory roles in Semiconductors, Clean Energy, Medical Devices/Wearables and Advanced Computing verticals. Previously, he headed Nuvia/Qualcomm Engineering Operations, was VP, Business Development at TSMC and CEO at TSI Semiconductors (now Bosch) to name a few. He has held various senior management, engineering, and operational roles in many analog fabless and IDM semiconductor companies.
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Sagar has authored sponsored reports and positioning articles via media exposure on guiding principles & strategies supporting worldwide manufacturing, including India semiconductor projects. He is currently involved with 2 venture capital firms, an early-stage India-based AUM Ventures and late-stage ReX Capital in the US.  He was previously an Operating Partner at Khosla Ventures, securing investments and scaling companies to exits.
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Sagar has a deep ‘c-suite’ network in the semiconductor industry – foundries, IDM, fabless and system companies. He thrives on working with start-up founders to explore breakthrough ideas and achieve operational excellence.
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As a board member of Ferric, Sagar provides technology and operational guidance on strategy and customer engagements.
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Sagar holds a B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, India, and a MS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kansas, USA. He makes the Bay Area (Silicon Valley), Ca his home base.

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