Meet Our Team
co-founder and CEO
Venu Gutlapalli
Venu Gutlapalli is a leader in revenue growth and productization, leveraging agile methodologies to build scalable global organizations. At Tag-N-Trac, they are driving the development of a next-gen real-time visibility and traceability platform, transforming supply chain and logistics.
Previously, as Sr. Director of Engineering at Qualcomm, Venu led global connectivity efforts across Mobile, Automotive, and IoT, forging strategic partnerships. Beyond their professional endeavors, Venu enjoys quality time with family, exploring exceptional food and wine, and embracing the outdoors through camping and backpacking in the wilderness.
co-founder and CTO
Joseph Reddy
Joseph is the co-founder and CTO of Tag-N-Trac, where they lead the development of real-time visibility platform and cutting-edge IoT devices. Joseph brings over 20 year’s experience in embedded systems, IoT wireless communication protocols, and edge-to-cloud architectures. Prior to founding Tag-N-Trac, Joseph held Systems and software product roles at Texas Instruments and Chipcon and also made key technical contributions to global standards in IEEE, IETF and ZigBee Alliance. Joseph received a PhD in communication systems from UCSD.
VP hardware systems
Gary Leung
Gary Leung has been at the forefront of wireless technology since 2005, crafting innovative solutions that connect our digital world. Beginning at Marvell Semiconductor as a Wireless System and Application Engineer, Gary developed the 11n chipset, supporting PC computing and access point technologies. This early work laid the foundation for a remarkable career in wireless innovation.
In 2010, Gary’s expertise led to a pivotal role at Qualcomm as a Senior Staff Manager, where they elevated wireless connectivity to new heights. Leading hardware connectivity teams, Gary designed and launched 11ac WLAN/Bluetooth products across multiple market segments, with a particular talent for intricate platform integration of connectivity chipsets into application processors. This role showcased Gary’s ability to blend technical brilliance with strategic leadership.
The trajectory continued in 2018 with a significant move to Apple as an RF EPM Manager, further cementing Gary’s reputation in the field. Most recently, as an RF System Engineer at Tag-N-Trac, Gary continues to push the boundaries of wireless technology. Throughout their career, Gary has consistently demonstrated an exceptional ability to transform complex technical challenges into innovative solutions that connect and enable our increasingly wireless world.
vp customer success
Mihir Shah
Mihir joined Tag-N-Trac in March 2022. He brings 15+ years of experience in Cellular technologies, IoT, Smartphone development, and customer solutions engineering. His experience includes R&D and Customer success roles at Motorola, Netgear, and Sierra Wireless. As a customer success leader at Tag-N-Trac, he leads multiple Tier1 customer engagements resulting in successful customer project launches, increased revenue, and trusted partnerships. With the growth of Tag-N-Trac, he has built a customer success team with a global presence.
In his free time, Mihir enjoys reading, long walks and spending time with family.
Board member
Greg Adkin
Dell Technologies Capital
Gregg Adkin is Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital, where he leads investments for Data Management, Infrastructure and Edge Computing.
Prior to joining Dell Technologies, Gregg led Business Development for EMC’s Storage Division, where he was responsible for Strategy, M&A and Partnerships. He has extensive experience in venture capital, business development, M&A and operations.
Gregg joined EMC in 2010 from Valley Ventures, where he was a General Partner responsible for managing IT investments. Prior to Valley Ventures, Gregg held multiple executive leadership roles at Intel in sales, marketing and Intel Capital.
Gregg holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Gregg represents Dell Technologies Capital on board of directors of following companies: CNEX Labs, Druva, Einblich, IoTech, MinIO, Nasuni, Oloid and TagNTrac.
board member
Joseph B. Volpe III
Merck Global Health Innovation Group
Managing Director, Global Health Innovation Fund
General Manager, Global Health Innovation PE Fund
Joe has more than two decades of experience in health care investing applying a technical engineering background coupled with an understanding of emerging technologies. He is considered to be one of the industry’s leading corporate investors. In 2016, Joe was named by Global Corporate Venturing as one of the top five rising stars.
Joe currently holds board seats with Aerosafe, ClearDATA, TriNetX, Prognos, Volansi and Tag-n-Trac (observer). Previously he sat on the boards with Koneksa, and has exited companies: Aptus Health, Exostar, Humedica, Liaison, Remedy Informatics, TriNetx (partial) and Preventice. Joe chairs several M&A and audit committees while holding current board seats.
Colleagues have called Joe instrumental in transforming Merck GHIF from a leader, not only in venture capital, but also in growth equity and M&A. He earned industry laurels when he participated in the sale of Humedica, a healthcare analytics company, to UnitedHealth Group in 2013, a transaction that produced a 17-fold return.
In addition to his success with Humedica, Joe has led investments and acquisitions in companies such as AeroSafe, TriNetX, Liaison, Preventice, Aptus Health, Koneksa, Prognos, Volansi, WellDoc, Exostar, and ClearDATA. He has evaluated thousands of digital health companies and has invested in two to three companies annually since 2011. During that same period, he has also managed 60-plus transactions at Merck, all at various stages of maturity.
Another notable success for Joe was his leadership with Preventice to further develop its remote care monitoring platform for cardiac arrhythmia patients. Joe led the Merck strategy and merger of Preventice with eCardio and eventually sold a portion of the combined company to a leading healthcare channel partner, which paid back the fund for the original investment while maintaining majority share of a more valued company. Preventice has recently exited for $1.25B. Joe also focused on the patient physician engagement space with his Aptus investments. He eventually led the acquisition of the company on behalf of Merck GHIF. Joe also led the acquisitions of MedHelp, Quantia MD and Tomorrow Networks within Aptus.
Joe came to Merck from Johnson and Johnson where he spent more than 20 years in innovation and investment roles across Consumer, Pharma and Device sectors of J&J. Prior to that he was a consultant with EDS where he was selected and graduated from their Top Gun business and technology program. He went to the University of South Florida where he obtained a degree in Business/Information Systems and Engineering.
