Satbir Khanuja
Venture Advisor

Dr. Satbir Khanuja currently is an advisor to technology startups and is the Chairman of the Board of Digi International, a leading IoT company. He led DataSphere Technologies Inc. as the Chief Executive Officer and President and created two successful businesses- LandWatch, worlds largest land and rural properties marketplace and DataSphere Local- leading online and mobile marketing platform for small and medium businesses. Both the businesses were acquired by publicly traded companies.

Dr. Khanuja also spent seven years at Amazon.com as a member of the executive team and was theVice President of Worldwide Traffic Organization, responsible for driving billions of dollars in sales through free and paid traffic to all Amazon websites worldwide. He also served as the Vice President and General Manager of Amazon’s IMDb.com and In-Theater businesses, where he created all business functions and built the division into one of the 50 most trafficked web sites in the world. Prior to Amazon.com, he was with McKinsey & Company where he led projects in several industries, including electronics, telecommunication and banking.

Dr. Satbir Khanuja holds a Ph.D. in Ceramics Engineering from MIT and B. Tech. degree from IIT in Bombay, India.