Neel Sarkar is a Principal in the Austin office of Centennial Ventures. Prior to joining Centennial in 2002, he was Director of Strategy and Business Development for Dell's server and storage division. He was also a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in Atlanta and served a variety of clients with a focus on high technology and early stage companies. Prior to 1998, he spent six years in operations management, supply chain, and IT strategy at GE Appliances, GE Power Generation Systems, and Excelon.

In addition to the Panasas board, Neel serves on the boards of Alereon and Rocksteady Networks. He holds a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from M.I.T. and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University