Shirish has been in entrepreneurial and leadership roles in the technology sector for over 20 years. He is currently the President of Nanoheal, an AI automation software company with several Fortune 1000 companies as customers. Shirish is also the Founder and Managing Partner of Optix Capital, a Venture Capital fund investing in AI and analytics companies and the Managing Partner of SquelchAI, a Natural Language Processing company focused on enhancing customer experience through AI.

In the past, he was part of the senior management teams of 2 VC backed entrepreneurial companies in Silicon Valley with successful exits and was a Managing Director at a global investment bank.

Shirish has a B. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology -Bombay (ITC management scholar - top 6 students in India), M.S. from Stanford University (1st in class in finance) and M.B.A from Harvard Business School (top 10% of the class). He was ranked among the top deal makers in the US by M&A Advisor.

Shirish is the founder and lead singer of a music band (Kashish) focused on social good. He has performed several times across the US and India and was the winner of the Indian American idol contest in the Northeast US. Shirish is a nationally ranked competitive sailor in the Laser and Optimist classes of boats. He is on the council of Governors of the American Indian Foundation (Boston Chapter) and on the board of TIE Boston.