Ifty Ahmed

Iftikar A. Ahmed， General Partner， joined Oak Investment Partners in January 2004 and he currently focuses on investing across the technology sector， with an active interest in communications， and consumer Internet companies. His current investments include Giosis Gmarket （pan-Asian e-commerce）， IMIExchange （interactive entertainment platform）， Kayak （travel meta-search）， Tikona Digital Networks （wireless services in India）， Wonga （online financial services） and Ybrant （digital marketing services）. His past investments include Airespace （acquired by Cisco）； CDNetworks （acquired by KDDI）； GMarket （NASD: GMKT， later acquired by eBay）， iTouch （acquired by Buongiorno）， and Kenet （acquired by Intersil）. Prior to joining Oak， Ifty worked as an investment professional at Goldman Sachs， in Hong Kong and New York， with their Special Situations and Private Equity groups. After receiving his undergraduate degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology （IIT）， New Delhi， he held a number of operating and business positions with Schlumberger-Wireline & Testing across the Middle East， North Africa and the North Sea Region. Ifty earned his MBA from Harvard Business School， where he graduated with High Distinction and was selected to be a Baker Scholar.