Get to Know Esper

Esper is on a mission to power exceptional device experiences by revolutionizing the way companies manage their device fleets. Through advanced capabilities, Esper is leading the market beyond standard MDM practices into the modern era of DevOps for devices and beyond — Where workflow automation is standard, re-provisioning is a thing of the past, and managing by exception unlocks unprecedented operational efficiency.

How Did Esper Start?

After building the underlying infrastructure for devices at Amazon Go stores, Fire TV, Kindle, and Alexa, Esper Co-Founder and CEO, Yadhu Gopalan began to ask, "Why can’t I build this once and enable enterprises of all sizes to use it?" That’s when Yadhu joined forces with Shiv Sundar to create Esper. Both spent decades of their careers at the intersection of hardware and software and have shipped a combined 100 million devices globally. This created the perfect scenario to craft an evolutionary tool for enterprises, small and large — the next-gen device management that company-managed hardware has been missing.

Our Mission and Vision

Esper’s Mission

Esper powers exceptional device experiences.

Esper’s Vision

Enhance the daily human experience with devices, in the moments that matter and everywhere in between.

Our Core Values

Fiercely Collaborative

We are hands-on, willing to pitch in, and take pride in helping each other succeed regardless of department.

Build Trust

We strive for open and honest communication with our customers, colleagues, partners, and prospects.

Get Shit Done #GSD

We get shit done and proactively solve problems at the individual and team level, even if it's outside our scope. Period.

Innovate, Experiment, and Learn

We take calculated risks that push us past our comfort zone, driving our innovations forward.

Committed to Customers

We always work in the best interest of our customers. When they are successful, we are successful.

Our Leadership Team

Esper’s Leadership Team has the experience and commitment needed to solve complicated enterprise device problems. From chip to cloud, infrastructure to devices, and everything in between, our decades of collective experience are the foundation of how we build next-gen device management for enterprises of all sizes.

Yadhu Gopalan

Co-Founder and CEO

Yadhu Gopalan

Co-Founder & CEO

Yadhu has over 25 years and 35 patents in embedded systems and security. His career includes past engineering leadership roles such as Chief Architect of Windows CE and Windows Phone. At Amazon, Yadhu designed back-end solutions for FireOS and AWS before he owned Systems Engineering for Amazon Go. Today, Yadhu is our Chief Geek, CEO, and Co-Founder. The visionary behind our mission to bring next-gen device management tools and DevOps deployment principles to company-managed devices everywhere. 

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Yadhu has over 25 years and 35 patents in embedded systems and security. His career includes past engineering leadership roles such as Chief Architect of Windows CE and Windows Phone. At Amazon, Yadhu designed back-end solutions for FireOS and AWS before he owned Systems Engineering for Amazon Go. Today, Yadhu is our Chief Geek, CEO, and Co-Founder. The visionary behind our mission to bring next-gen device management tools and DevOps deployment principles to company-managed devices everywhere. 

Shiv Sundar

Co-Founder and COO

Shiv Sundar

Co-Founder and COO

Shiv makes things happen, both at Esper and for our customers. He knows Android inside and out after running Android partnerships for Huawei. Shiv strengthened his open source and device maker relationships after managing OEM partnerships at Cyanogen and Windows Phone device commercialization for Microsoft. Shiv is a true expert at hardware matchmaking and excels at knowing which devices will  just work  in nearly any scenario. 

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Shiv makes things happen, both at Esper and for our customers. He knows Android inside and out after running Android partnerships for Huawei. Shiv strengthened his open source and device maker relationships after managing OEM partnerships at Cyanogen and Windows Phone device commercialization for Microsoft. Shiv is a true expert at hardware matchmaking and excels at knowing which devices will  just work in nearly any scenario.

David Barclay

Chief Financial Officer

David Barclay

Chief Financial Officer

David is a three-time startup CFO and has led high-growth startups in increasing their revenue from single-digit millions to over one hundred million. He has a proven track record in managing and leading acquisition strategies, raising multiple rounds of venture capital, and leading successful exit strategies. David has a unique blend of technical knowledge and device management experience, in addition to keen business acumen.

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David is a three-time startup CFO and has led high-growth startups in increasing their revenue from single-digit millions to over one hundred million. He has a proven track record in managing and leading acquisition strategies, raising multiple rounds of venture capital, and leading successful exit strategies. David has a unique blend of technical knowledge and device management experience, in addition to keen business acumen.

Sudhir Reddy

Chief Technology Officer

Sudhir Reddy

Chief Technology Officer

Sudhir is a hands-on technologist who prides himself in building and scaling global engineering teams while delivering high-quality products for customers worldwide. He is an empathetic leader who passionately cares about customer success, product quality, and engineering excellence. With over 26 years of experience in leadership roles at Intuit, Oracle, Hyperion, ASML, and more, Sudhir brings a unique blend of business acumen, product innovation, development of large-scale DevOps platforms, and execution capabilities to Esper. He joins Esper from Chef, a pioneer in DevOps, where he was the global head of engineering. 

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Sudhir is a hands-on technologist who prides himself in building and scaling global engineering teams while delivering high-quality products for customers worldwide. He is an empathetic leader who passionately cares about customer success, product quality, and engineering excellence. With over 26 years of experience in leadership roles at Intuit, Oracle, Hyperion, ASML, and more, Sudhir brings a unique blend of business acumen, product innovation, development of large-scale DevOps platforms, and execution capabilities to Esper. He joins Esper from Chef, a pioneer in DevOps, where he was the global head of engineering. 

Keith Szot

SVP of Business Development

Keith Szot

SVP of Business Development

Keith is the geeky force-of-nature that drives Esper’s efforts to build a robust community of device manufacturers and software developers to connect with our customers. He evangelizes Esper’s value to devs, product owners, and chief tech officers. Keith’s experience includes running product management for a dev tools startup that was sold to Symantec. Next, he worked at Microsoft with MSDN, CryptoAPI, Windows CE / Platform Builder, and Windows Mobile. Keith’s first programming language was BASIC on the TRS-80. He’s also shipped code for a PDP -11 at Siemens.

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Keith is the geeky force-of-nature that drives Esper’s efforts to build a robust community of device manufacturers and software developers to connect with our customers. He evangelizes Esper’s value to devs, product owners, and chief tech officers. Keith’s experience includes running product management for a dev tools startup that was sold to Symantec. Next, he worked at Microsoft with MSDN, CryptoAPI, Windows CE / Platform Builder, and Windows Mobile. Keith’s first programming language was BASIC on the TRS-80. He’s also shipped code for a PDP -11 at Siemens.

Angela Rennert

VP of Marketing

Angela Rennert

VP - Marketing

Angela brings over 15 years of marketing experience to Esper, including over eight years in SaaS leadership. She has a proven track record of growing market share, driving revenue, and building high-performance teams. Angela is a passionate growth marketer and a leader of service, where she prioritizes learning and development and fosters an innovation mindset across her team.

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Angela brings over 15 years of marketing experience to Esper, including over eight years in SaaS leadership. She has a proven track record of growing market share, driving revenue, and building high-performance teams. Angela is a passionate growth marketer and a leader of service, where she prioritizes learning and development and fosters an innovation mindset across her team.

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