About Us: Our Advisors
Culbridge Advisory Board
NITIN KHANNA - Executive Advisor, CEO of MergerTech
Nitin Khanna is the senior member of the Culbridge Advisory Board. Nitin brings extensive international and entrepreneurial expertise to the team and advises the Culbridge CEO on matters of strategy, operations and business development. His expertise and feedback regarding Culbridge products, services and customers is highly valued by the Culbridge Executive Team.
Nitin is CEO of MergerTech, the resource center for buyers and sellers of small and mid-sized IT solutions and services companies. Companies meet online to confidentially exchange information, and then meet in person to create a transaction that works for both parties. To learn more about MergerTech, visit them at (www.mergertech.com).
Prior to joining MergerTech, Nitin was the founder, Chairman and CEO of Saber Corp., a Portland based national firm focused on providing technology solutions to government clients. Nitin started Saber in July 1998 and grew the business a minimum of 50% each year. His primary responsibilities included corporate strategy, sales, finance, legal, and human resources. Highlights of Saber's growth and success include: The Inc. 500 Award in both 2006 and 2007, the Deloitte Fast 500 Award, and being #1 on Oregon's Fastest Growing Private Companies list in 2007.
Saber's dramatic growth led to a significant investment in the company by Accel-KKR Private Equity in 2005 with an eventual sale of the company for $420 Million to EDS in December 2007. Subsequent to the acquisition of Saber by EDS, it was decided that Nitin was best suited to manage the entire EDS State & Local Government Portfolio and EDS placed him in charge of both Saber's as well as EDS' State government business.
Prior to Saber, Nitin was employed by Oracle Corporation where he held a number of senior positions. At the time of Saber's founding, he was a principal instructor, responsible for delivering all courses in Oracle's Computer Aided Design & Development curriculum. In this role, he was regularly Oracle's highest rated instructor in monthly surveys.
Nitin has served on the board of directors for the Urban League of Portland, Oregon and the Luke Center. For his work with the Urban League and other charities, Nitin was recognized as one of Portland, Oregon's Top 40 under 40 civic and entrepreneurial leaders by Governor Kitzhaber in August 2002. In 2004, Saber was chosen as the Professional Services Firm of the Year by the Oregon Minority Business Opportunity Council and received an Achievement Award from Governor Kulongoski in recognition of Saber's contributions to Oregon's business growth.