Founder of Trepont Acquisition Corp. I, Arun Sarin is a businessperson who has been the head of 11 different companies and currently holds the position of Chairman at Cerence, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer & Director at Trepont Acquisition Corp. I.

He is also on the board of 8 other companies.

Arun Sarin previously occupied the position of Chairman of Airlinq, Inc., Chief Executive Officer for Vodafone Asia Pacific Ltd., Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Blucora, Inc., Chief Executive Officer for Accel-KKR LLC, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Vodafone Group Plc Group Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone US, Inc. Chief Executive Officer at Vodafone US, Inc. President & Chief Operating Officer of AirTouch Communications and Chief Executive Officer-USA & Asia Pacific Region at Vodafone AirTouch Plc (which are all subsidiaries of Vodafone Group Plc), Chief Executive Officer of Infospace, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Vice President for Pacific Bell Telephone Co. and Vice President-Corporate Strategy at Pacific Telesis Group.

Mr. Sarin received an undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and a graduate degree and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.