Mr. Yenamandra is an accomplished entrepreneur and software executive with a proven track record of success in the field of cybersecurity and information governance. He has founded and successfully exited three startups, leaving a lasting impact on the industry with each venture. His most notable achievement is the founding and leadership of Entreda, a company that quickly rose to become the top provider of cybersecurity compliance software to financial services firms. Under Sid’s guidance, Entreda was acquired by K1 Capital and RegTech Unicorn Smarsh in 2020, and he served as CEO for almost three years post-acquisition. During this time, Mr. Yenemandra also led the company in acquiring Privva, a provider of third party vendor risk management software, and took over the role of running Smarsh’s wealth management business, a $100M ARR business.
He also served as the head of the customer success organization for Smarsh Corporate products. Prior to Entreda, he served as VP of Product and Marketing at venture-funded Plato Networks and Founder of PacketFX. Plato Networks was sold to publicly-traded Netlogic Microsystems in 2010, and later acquired by Fortune 500 company Broadcom for $4B in 2012. Mr. Yenemandra also led a program with an elite team of engineers to accelerate Suite B cryptographic algorithms for the NSA’s Information Assurance directorate in solutions approved for protecting National Security Systems (NSS).
With dual B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley School of Engineering and two software patents and numerous publications to his name, Mr. Yenemandra is a highly respected and accomplished figure in the tech industry.