Ravi Apte, was the Chief Technology Officer of the American Stock Exchange, the second largest options exchange in US. Ravi holds a Bachelor of Technology (Honors) degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

He completed The Executive Program from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia in 1990. Currently, Ravi is a principal with BlueFirma, Inc. a consulting firm specializing in Information Technology Strategy and Governance. Since joining SynTest 1999, Ravi has been active in forming strategic relationships, managing conferences/show participation and introducing SynTest products in Europe. Before joining SynTest, Ravi managed engineering teams at chip-design and engineering houses, and was an Engineering Group Director at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, California).

He also held various engineering management positions at Hewlett-Packard. He has been involved with the EDA and test industry for over 25 years.

Prior Ravi worked with Citibank in various senior technology management positions with the Global Corporate Bank in Hong Kong, Singapore and New York.

Ravi was recognized by Information Week as one of the Chiefs of the Year for 2001 for his leadership in restoring Amex technology operations after 9/11 for a successful reopening of the business on September 17, 2001 and by Computerworld Honors Program ‘A Search for new heroes’ in 2002 for implementing sophisticated market data systems at the Amex.

Ravi is keenly interested in Photography, Origami & Mathematical Diversions and serves on the Board of Origami USA.