Management

NeoAccel has brought together an experienced team of talented leaders and innovating professionals, who understand the demands and challenges of next generation secure networking.

Michel Susai

Founder, Chairman and CEO
Michel is an innovator of pioneering technologies that optimize the performance of Internet applications. He has a passion for science and innovation and transforms his ideas into industry changing business applications.

Michel has a proven track record of leading technology start-ups to success. In 1997, he founded NetScaler, Inc whose unique technology significantly improved web-content delivery for large-scale corporations. Today, over 75% of global web-traffic is processed through a NetScaler appliance including content from Google, MSN, Amazon.com, and MLB.com. NetScaler was acquired by Citrix Systems in 2005 in a $300 million transaction.

With over 15 years of technology-based business development, engineering, and leadership, Michel is an acknowledged expert in the field of TCP/IP networking. He has held positions at Sun Microsystems and Unisys. He has a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Pune Institute of Computer Technology and Research (PICT).

Sudha Karunakaran

Executive Vice President
Sudha is responsible for NeoAccel's operations and finances. She brings over ten years of experience to the company. Prior to NeoAccel, she served in the operations and management of Challenger Systems Inc., California State Board of Equalization, Patni Computers, and Node Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Sudha holds an MBA in Computer Information Systems and has CPA and CA certifications.

Peter Hertan

Vice President, Product Management & Strategic Sales
Peter is a veteran of Silicon Valley and has been instrumental at a variety of technology-based start-ups in the creation, marketing and selling of new technologies. He has over twenty-five years of experience, having started his career at IBM progressing from engineering to sales to product management. Following IBM, he joined the startup world in a series of successful startups that created new markets, the most successful of which was NetScaler where he launched and managed their International market. He later joined NeoAccel at its founding.

M S Prasad

Vice President, Engineering
Prasad is a network security and software engineering specialist and leads the development of the SSL VPN-Plus line of products. He is renowned in the industry and trusted by government departments to oversee security for their computer networks. He has published countless research papers in several referred journals and has advanced post-graduate degrees in Computer Science and Control Systems. Prasad is the recipient of the DSP Design Innovation Award (1987) and Best Scientist Award (1989 and 1998). He is a fellow of IETE, M-IEEE, M-IEE.