Management Team

InSync Software has a well-rounded management team that has led several successful start-ups in the past 12 years. The team brings world-class expertise in engineering, product development, business development, finance, sales and marketing, and systems integration, in the areas of enterprise software, Internet technologies, semiconductor and electronics manufacturing (high-tech industry) and healthcare.

Ashish Chona, CEO and Co-founder
Ashish Chona is the CEO and co-founder of InSync Software. Prior to co-founding InSync, Ashish was a member of the senior management team at Asyst Technologies, a leading provider of automated material handling systems and Auto-ID systems (RFID, IR & Bar code) for the semiconductor and electronics industries. He was responsible for global software marketing and sales at Asyst. Prior to Asyst, he was the co-founder and Vice-President of Sales & Marketing at Radiance Systems, a provider of factory automation software products and services. Radiance was acquired by Asyst Technologies (NASDAQ: ASYT) in 1996. Prior to Radiance, Ashish held senior technical positions at Honeywell and Ultratech Stepper.

Ashish has an M.S. in Robotics & Control Systems from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay.

Ravi Panja, CTO and Co-founder
Prior to co-founding InSync Software, Ravi was part of the senior management for Asyst Technologies, a company that specializes in automated material handling systems and a leader in Auto-ID systems using RFID, IR, and barcode-based technologies driving product development and worldwide systems integration. Prior to Asyst, Ravi was one of the founding members of Radiance Systems and was responsible for product development and worldwide software integration solutions. Ravi has experience in product strategy and management, Auto-ID technologies, developing web-enabled software architectures, mission-critical enterprise software systems utilizing object-oriented technologies, workflow systems, and business process modeling. Ravi also had several positions at National Semiconductor in their Santa Clara and Scotland manufacturing facilities.

Ravi has an M.S in Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B.S. from Osmania University in India.

Srinivas Surabhi, Vice President, India Operations
Srinivas has been working in the enterprise and shop floor applications field for over 20 years. He has extensive experience in development and implementation of enterprise resource management, manufacturing execution & shop floor management, and, engineering applications. Prior to joining InSync Srini has worked at Intel and PriceWaterhouseCoopers implementing SAP at several fortune 500 companies in the High Tech, Media, Consumer Products, Pharmaceutical and Airline Industries. Srinivas has used his extensive business process knowledge to help organizations redesign applications and processes; enabling them to move towards making IT a competitive advantage/core capability.

Srinivas has an M.S in Engineering & MBA from Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, and a B.S. from Osmania University in India.