Sameer K. Bhatia - Founder and Chief Executive Officer (2003-2008)

Sameer founded Octane in 2003 on the belief that successful companies benefit from solutions that transcend national boundaries, conventional practices, and traditional thinking. Octane handles mobile application development for some of the world’s largest mobile game publishers. The firm’s customers and partners include Namco, Gameloft, Superscape, RealNetworks, Infospace, Amp’d, Exit Games and Skyzone.

 

As Octane’s CEO, Sameer Bhatia was responsible for forging Octane’s strategic course and establishing it as the leading mobile application and game developer.

 

Prior to founding Octane, Mr. Bhatia co-founded an electronic design automation company providing major electronics manufacturers with a software suite to slash their product design times. Serving as the VP of Corporate Development, Mr. Bhatia managed sales, raised financing and guided the company through M&A opportunities. Earlier, Mr. Bhatia was the Founder & CEO of MonkeyBin, a leading provider of barter technologies, which he managed initially as the leading consumer swapping marketplace and later as the primary technology provider for the commercial barter industry. Mr. Bhatia raised debt and equity financing from 25 private investors and two venture funds and led the company through all stages of growth.

Mr. Bhatia started his career in management consulting and  helped launch the American India Foundation, a non-profit foundation founded by former President Clinton. Mr. Bhatia was a member of The Indus Entrepreneurs, where he actively sought out opportunities to mentor and be mentored. He graduated with Honors from Stanford University and completed coursework at Oxford University and the Institute for Social Studies in The Hague.

 

Octane Tribute

 

On Thursday, March 27, 2008, Octane Founder and CEO Sameer Bhatia passed away after a 12-month struggle with leukemia. Sameer had a passion for ideas and for progress. This is evidenced in the quality and volume of work Octane has accomplished in such a short time and in his philanthropic and charitable pursuits with a wide variety of organizations. Learn more about Sameer and his legacy by visiting helpsameer.org

 

The love, dedication and success of Sameer’s friends to increase the number of Asian donors in the US Bone Marrow Registry by organizing bone marrow registration drives was remarkable in itself. Their efforts now have become a case study in the Power of Social Technology (PoST) class of Prof. Jennifer Aaker at the Stanford Graduate School of Business: https://gsbapps.stanford.edu/cases/detail1.asp?Document_ID=3220. We hope that it inspires others to utilize the power of technology to create good in the world.