Our Vision
To transform global commerce with an AI-driven, shared-economy
platform that makes logistics simple, cost-effective
and provides end-to-end visibility.
Our Culture
We are customer centric without them there is no KlearNow
Our Team strives for excellence reflected in the quality and innovation of our product
We are committed to diversity, equality and inclusion believing it makes us stronger, smarter and better
KlearNow was born out of thinking about things differently. From not accepting the status quo, to believing there had to be a better way to service brokers, importers and carriers. From believing that advances in technology could and should be applied to a category long dormant of innovation.
From a conviction that the difference was going to be the people behind the company, who would represent a diverse and rich experience in solving the problems the industry faced through technology with the passion to make a change.
Our Story
The global supply chain logistics market is highly fragmented with documentation processes that are complex, labor-intensive, error-prone, and time-consuming. We saw an opportunity to simplify and automate processes.
We created a smart Logistics as a Service (LaaS) platform that connects data, people, processes, and organizations to enable new levels of visibility and productivity that reduce logistics costs and create better customer experiences.
Our AI-powered platform eases supply chain bottlenecks by digitizing paper-based transactions and enabling customs brokers and transporters to deliver superior real-time visibility needs of importers, exporters, and freight forwarders.
Meet our leadership
With a leadership and advisory team steeped in technology, AI and global logistics expertise, we felt there had to be a better way to simplify the dated supply chain logistics systems and workflows. Turns out there is.
Founders
Leadership
Pat Cooney
CRO
Preethi Pragash
VP Finance
Angela Aaron
Sr. Director of Compliance
Ashutosh Gupta
Sr Director, Engineering
Grace Hu-Morley
Sr Director, Marketing & Communications
Jason Measures
Sr Director, Product Management
Michelle Riber
Sr Director, International Expansion
Alok Sinha
Sr Director, Engineering
Fouad Abu-Kazam
Sales Director, North America
Bobby Chugni
Director of Customer Success
Chad Smith
Director of Strategic Accounts
Chris Woods
Director of Global Research
Indu Tyagi
Manager, Talent
Shikha Mehta
HR Head India
Eve Shih
Sr. People Business Partner
Garima Jain
Head of AI/ML
Atiq Raza
Board MemberCEO, Virsec Ex-President, COO, AMD
Sandeep Vij Board Member
Managing Partner, Argean Capital Ex-CEO, MIPS Technologies; Board member, Coherent
Ashok Krishnamurthi
Board MemberManaging Partner, Great Point Ventures Board Member, Namogoo, InsightRX, K2 Security, Truvian Sciences and Even Financial
Mark Randall
Board MemberFormer Sr. Executive at Amazon, Snap and Katerra
Nishita Cummings
Board MemberManaging Partner, Co-Head of Growth at Kayne Anderson
Venk Shukla
Board MemberGeneral Partner, Monta Vista Capital Former Chair, TiE Global
Daniel Hoffer
Board MemberManaging Director at Autotech Ventures
Technology Advisors
Amit Singhal, Architecture
Former Head of Search
Amit Prakash, AI/ML
Co-founder and CTO
Srivats Sampath, Security
Former CEO
Operational Advisors
Mark Randall,
Logistics
Former Sr. Executive
Steve Labella,
Marketing
Former CMO
Brad Buss,
Finance
Former Board Member
Ivan Ernest,
HR
Global HR, Eng
William M. Kelly,
Legal
Former managing partner
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Join Our Team
Sam Tyagi
CEO and Founder
Sam Tyagi is co-founder and the CEO of KlearNow, a technology start-up positioned as the go-to digital supply chain solution for businesses that trade across borders. He is a successful serial entrepreneur with a passion for building businesses from ideation to profitable outcomes through his vision, leadership, team building and business acumen.
Sam’s 25 years of management experience include founding and acquiring three market-leading IT integration and product businesses, which each generated a high return on investments for its shareholders once exited. His notable exits include KPMG, ACS Xerox and Softtek, and one of the companies he built was also ranked second on Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Hot 100 List.” He also is an investment partner at Argean Capital, a Silicon Valley-based private equity firm that focuses on technology markets undergoing strategic transformation.
Sam is a board member of American Red Cross Silicon Valley and advisory board member of Merrill Lynch Private Client group. He earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University.
Rick Tellez
Founder
Rick Tellez is co-founder of KlearNow, a technology start-up positioned as the go-to digital supply chain solution for businesses that trade across borders. His business acumen was built from a 20-year successful track record of managing operations, engineering and sales positions at DHL.
Prior to starting KlearNow, Rick was on an executive career development track at DHL where he experienced multiple aspects of the business, including operations, process improvement, hub and gateway management, labor negotiations, special project management, and sales.
Rick saw the frustrations faced by today’s supply chain operators, and those observations sparked his desire to start KlearNow. Now, Rick uses his first-hand experience to inform the strategy behind KlearNow’s logistics technology and services.
Rick received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ulf Sandberg
Founder
Ulf Sandberg is a co-founder of KlearNow, a technology start-up positioned as the go-to digital supply chain solution for businesses that trade across borders. He is a 30-year veteran of high-pressure Silicon Valley start-ups with notable exits behind him, including Marimba, MySQL and Hortonworks.Prior to co-founding KlearNow, Ulf was VP at Databricks. He had previously spent five years as senior vice president at MySQL, playing a critical role helping the company grow from start-up to successful $1B acquisition by Sun Microsystems. Previously, Ulf served as vice president, field services at Marimba as the company went through amultibillion IPO and was then acquired by BMC. Earlier in his career, Ulf held multiple engineering roles in U.S. and European companies.
Ulf earned aMaster of Science degree in electrical engineering from Lund Institute of Technology in Lund, Sweden.
Angela Aaron
18+ Year Global Trade Professional
Angela Aaron is currently serving as a corporate officer and the Director of Compliance for KlearNow, a technology startup looking to disrupt a portion of global supply chain.
She has dedicated her entire professional career to the global trade and customs industry, first developing and managing a free trade agreement compliance program for an importer before joining the managed services arm of JPMorgan Chase Vastera as an analyst, and most recently spending 11 years with KPMG providing strategic consulting services to the world's largest importers and exporters.
She has assisted many large multi-national organizations with all aspects of their trade compliance needs including but not limited to classification, valuation and country of origin matters, audit readiness/defense, partner government agency requirements, global expansion into additional import/export markets, mergers and acquisitions, cost savings programs, trade war navigation, and global trade management software implementation and optimization.
A licensed US customs broker and Accredited Zone Specialist, Angela is also currently serving as Programs Director for WIT-NC. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Management from Kettering University. She loves to travel and is an active volunteer, mentor, and philanthropist.
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