Bharat Parikh

The recipient of a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers University, Bharat Parikh subsequently earned a master's degree in the same study from Fairleigh Dickinson University. After spending the first three years of his career as a test engineer with Teledyne Brown Engineering, Bharat Parikh joined the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) in 1989 as a lead system engineer with its Research Development and Engineering Center. For five years with the center, he designed a satellite communication waveform to support antijam communications at high data rates and developed network management architecture for its Universal Modem System.

Bharat Parikh later served CECOM in the capacity of a project leader before joining Lucent Networkcare Professional Services in 1998 as a global engineering manager. He then worked as chief technology officer with Zenfinity, Inc. and took the leadership position as CEO thereafter.

In 2002, Mr. Parikh joined AASKI Technology, Inc. as a senior systems engineer and had served as its CEO since 2013. Responsible for business strategy, executive management, and technology development for the mid-size engineering company, he was awarded Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015. In addition, he has participated in several NATO waveform standardization committees.