Executive Team

Peter Pham, CEO
Peter is CEO of BillShrink. He was previously Vice President of Business Development at Photobucket.com. Peter was the 5th employee of a growing startup and had responsibilities including driving user acquisition, strategic partnerships, and corporate development which lead to an acquisition in 2007 by Fox Interactive Media, a division of News Corporation. When Peter left in 2008, Photobucket had grown to over 61M users making it the #1 photo sharing site and the 38th most visited site in the US. Prior to Photobucket, he was in the enterprise space for over 8 years being involved in multiple startups in areas such as mid-range server computing, software as a service, solid state storage, and mobilization of enterprise software. Peter has had many roles including sales, marketing, reseller channel development, product, and strategy. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences and a minor in Business Management from the University of California, Irvine.

Schwark Satyavolu, Co-Founder
Schwark is a co-founder of BillShrink. He was previously an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), where he explored opportunities to leverage the Internet and innovative information aggregation techniques to solve real-world problems. Prior to his tenure with BVP, Schwark was with Yodlee for eight years, where he developed the technology, co-founded the company, and served in a variety of functions, most recently as the Chief Technology Officer. Prior to this, Mr. Satyavolu worked at Microsoft, with responsibility for designing and developing several key features of Microsoft’s project management tool. Mr. Satyavolu has produced seminal TCP/IP research and holds three patents, with 15 others pending. He holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and a Masters degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Samir Kothari, Co-Founder
Samir is a co-founder of BillShrink. He previously led product management and strategy for TrialPay, a fast-growing company at the intersection of online advertising and digital payments. Samir had previously worked at BEA Systems, where he headed product marketing for WebLogic Workshop and played a key role in launching the WebLogic Platform. He also worked as a product manager with Microsoft. Samir also spent several years working as a venture capitalist with Battery Ventures and Summit Partners, focusing on investments in software and consumer Internet companies. Samir graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Computer Science and an AB in Economics. He also received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Millar Scholar.