Chief Executive Officer
Managing Partner, ARCH Development Corporation
President & Chief Technology Officer
Lou Ennuso, Chief Executive Officer
Lou
is the Chief Executive Officer of Adeptia,
responsible for driving the overall strategic development
of Adeptia, as well as leading business development, sales,
marketing and fundraising activities.
Building upon a progressive career in sales, sales management
and business development, Lou has achieved a successful track
record of continuous growth for both Fortune 500 and high-growth
businesses in Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Prior to Adeptia, Lou worked for EDS Corporation in the Information
Solutions business, where he led multi-functional, mega-deal
teams in developing outsourcing opportunities for Fortune
1000 companies in the Chicago area, producing sales engagements
worth over $300M. Previously, Lou was Senior Director of Sales
and Business Services at Ameritech’s start-up long distance
division. As a key executive in building the new division,
he was directly involved in all business aspects of initiating,
developing, growing and launching this billion-dollar company.
Lou also led his organization as the preferred sales and support
channel for retail, wholesale and cellular long distance,
generating over $150M annually. Earlier in his career, Lou
held sales positions of increasing responsibility for companies
such as Oracle, Digital, and Xerox.
Lou has a BS degree in Marketing from Southern Illinois University.
Thomas L. Churchwell, Managing Partner,
ARCH Development Corporation
Tom
was most recently President and CEO of ARCH Development
Corporation, a subsidiary of the University of Chicago, which
commercialized technology from the University and Argonne
National Laboratory. He was previously President and CEO of
Calgene Fresh, Inc., a 1992 start-up company which produced
and marketed MacGregor's FLAVR SAVR tomato, the world's first
biotech food product. Prior to joining Calgene Fresh, Tom
was Vice President of ARCH Development Corporation. Before
joining ARCH, he held several senior management positions
at the NutraSweet Company, including Vice President, Sales
and legal positions at G.D. Searle & Co., American Hospital
Supply Corporation, and The Coca-Cola Export Corporation.
Tom is a director of a number of start-up companies and charities
in the Chicago area.
Tom received his B.A. degree from DePauw University and J.D.
degree from Northwestern University School of Law. He also
is a Graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard
Graduate School of Business Administration.
Deepak Singh, President & Chief
Technology Officer
Deepak
Singh is the co-founder and President
of Adeptia and is responsible for product development and business strategy.
Prior to founding Adeptia, Deepak was Director of Product
Management at 3Com Corporation, where he was responsible for
the cable modem systems business line with $40M annual revenue
and a team of over 60 employees. Deepak managed all aspects
of the product life cycle from requirements definition, development,
beta test, customer release to product pricing, marketing
and PR. He led 3Com’s business development efforts with
respect to this business line and successfully negotiated
a number of partnerships and a strategic investment. Deepak
also worked at Netscape Communications as
product manager for a Knowledgebase application. Earlier,
Deepak worked at Advanced Micro Devices,
where he designed a Fast Ethernet controller chip and led
the engineering team from design through production.
Deepak has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley, a MS in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University and a MM/MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
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