Evan Goldberg, President

Evan is responsible for product strategy and development at Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit. Prior to Oracle’s acquisition of NetSuite, Evan was CTO and Chairman of the NetSuite board. Before co-founding NetSuite in 1998, Evan spent eight years as a vice president at Oracle Corporation where he focused on making powerful database technology more accessible to users. Evan also founded the BRCA Foundation supporting cancer research. 

Evan was an avid tennis player, but after being introduced to squash, the new sport became his passion. In 2008, Netsuite sponsored its first professional squash tournament — the Netsuite Open, and now, the tournament is the most prestigious professional squash tournament on the West Coast. Evan combined his passion for squash and his philanthropic endeavors by starting Squash on Track. 

Richard Elliott, Executive director

Born in England, Richard, a casual badminton and tennis player, started playing squash at age 13. He played his first junior tournament at age 14. By age 16, he decided to pursue a professional career in squash, and it became his lifelong passion. By age 19, he ranked in the top 30 in the UK and #107 in the world. He continued to play in tournaments and leagues in the United Kingdom, as well as throughout Europe for Professional Squash Association (PSA) tournaments. 

Richard has over 30 years of coaching experience and holds the highest level of coaching certification — an England Squash Level 3. He realized coaching was his calling after taking his first full-time resident teaching pro position at age 20 in England. Over the next 10 years, he held three head pro positions in Europe, two in England, and one in Switzerland. 

In 1995, Richard moved to California to become the head teaching pro at The Decathlon Club (Santa Clara), followed by the Pacific Athletic Club (Redwood City). He later joined Stanford University to coach the varsityteams. Now, Richard is heavily involved in developing junior players. He organizes tournaments for players at all levels, as well as an annual tournament for international professional players. 

Richard still competes; he won the U.S. National Age-Level Championships in 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006, and he was a Finalist in 2000 and in 2004. He was also a World Masters finalist in 2008 and won third place in 2001. Besides squash, Richard loves physical training and pushing the limits of endurance. He trained and completed his first triathlon (half-ironman) in 2011 in San Francisco. His other hobbies include reading, golf, snowboarding, and cycling. 

Anurag Pal, treasurer

Anurag is the CEO/Founder of Escalon Services, a one-stop shop for back-office services, finance, accounting, HR, payroll, tax and insurance based in Palo Alto. While he’s an avid golfer (his main handicap is his game), he grew up learning squash on open air cement courts in India from the age of 11, won a school championship, and then remained unbeaten from 1992–2004. (Those are coincidentally the years he did not step on a squash court.) Now, he has two kids who play competitively and he is delighted and honored to be asked to help out with this noble endeavor. 

Alex Rampell

Alex Rampell is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, where he focuses on investments in the financial services sector. Previously, he was a lifelong entrepreneur, most recently as CEO and co-founder of TrialPay, a payments company which was acquired by Visa in 2015. 

He holds a BA in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvard University. A Florida native, Alex grew up playing tennis. After attending Phillips Academy Andover (Massachusetts), he switched to squash when his freshman year tennis season was delayed due to unrelenting snow. Alex joined the Andover squash team and in university, played for Harvard. He now plays squash every week and is teaching his two sons (ages 5 and 7) to love the game, too.

Sandesh Patnam

Sandesh anchors the global technology investing practice as Lead Partner at Premji Invest (PI), a multi-strategy growth fund. Prior to Premji Invest, Sandesh worked at Columbia Investment Advisors, Bay Partners, TeleSoft Partners, PMCSierra, and Silicon Graphics. Sandesh has also served on advisory board of SPARK, a non-profit focused on after-school programs for middle and high school children.

Sandesh has an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester. As a youngster growing up in India, he had initially favored badminton, following in the footsteps of his father who was nationally ranked. Sandesh proved the talent gene continued with a national ranking of his own in the U-14 age group. At age 20, his love of squash began when a roommate who played on the squash team introduced Sandesh to the game. He never looked back. 

He believes the skills learned in sport are valuable life lessons — the intensity and grit required for squash are unmatched. He introduced his daughter to squash at a young age, and she has already competed in several local events. The family’s passion for sport continues to be passed down from generation to generation. 

RYAN CHEUNG

Ryan Cheung was a native of New York City who lived in and around Boston prior to moving to San Francisco with his wife.

Ryan’s corporate career spans 20+ years in software and systems at startups and fortune 500 companies.  He has held management and director positions in test engineering, software engineering, and quality.

Ryan left his corporate career to become a ‘stay home dad’.  He has since been involved in the education of his son and the management of the family office.  Outside the home Ryan has advised startups, worked on private equity placements, commercial real estate projects, and volunteered on various projects at non-profit organizations.

Ryan has a passion for sports and education.  He was a fencing athlete at State University of New York at Buffalo and has been involved in sports ever since.

Many of Ryan’s volunteer work revolves around sports and education.  He served on the board of trustees at Lycee Francais de San Francisco.  He advised a local San Francisco community basketball program on becoming a 501c(3) entity.  He continues to be involved in fencing as a coach. 

DMITRY Dakhnovsky

Dmitry is a former technology operator turned venture investor with Stereo Capital. His entrepreneurial journey spanned enterprise security, consumer portals, educational technology, and online chess. In the late 90s, he played a role in the nascent stages of Napster having introduced one of its founders to coding. At Stereo Capital, Dmitry's investments include Arctic Wolf Networks, Zumper, Iterable, Weave, Wrike, and Homelight.  He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science.  

Beyond his professional pursuits in technology and venture capital, Dmitry enjoys flying and sports. As an avid pilot, he holds a commercial pilot's license and is learning to fly gliders.  He holds a deep passion for sports having completed a marathon in Florence and a 176km cycling race around Lake Geneva twice.  His current sports interests are cycling, Shotokan Karate, and of course, squash.   

To Dmitry, squash is more than just a sport -- it's a platform for social interaction and community development. Since a young age, Dmitry has been attracted to racket sports, and has dabbled in table tennis, tennis, and badminton.  Introduced to the game in his mid-30s, squash proved to be most captivating. The close-quarters nature of the squash necessitates sportsmanship and respect for opponents, facilitating direct communication and engagement. It leads to the creation of stronger relationships that extend beyond the game itself. As a global sport, squash clubs and tournaments bring together players from different countries, fostering cultural exchange and international camaraderie.  Squash serves as a tool for building connections, breaking down barriers, and promoting a sense of unity.