Deepak joined Canaan in 1991 after eleven years of operating responsibility in the telecommunications, computer, and software industries. Prior to joining Canaan, he held several senior sales and marketing positions at Aspect Communications, a successful Silicon Valley based startup in the call-center and switching industry. He previously held positions at ROLM Coporation, and was General Manager of a division of TRW Datacomm International. He received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Deepak led Canaan's investment in Acme Packet, Concord Communications, DoubleClick, ImpulseBuy Networks, Latitude Communications, Match.com, PriorityCall Management, Recourse Technologies, SuccessFactors, and SalesLogix. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Aperto Networks, e4e, Groundwork, ON24, InfiniRoute, and Qovia.