Preetish Nijhawan
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Preetish Nijhawan is an entrepreneur known for co-founding internet company Akamai Technologies
in 1998.
and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management
.
and prior to that he was a co-founder and Vice President at iVita Corporation, and was a consultant for McKinsey & Company
. Earlier in his career he also spent 6 years at Intel Corporation
in engineering and management roles.
Preetish is now Managing Director and co-founder of Cervin Ventures, a Venture Capital firm that invests in very early stage software companies. Nijhawan now works for a group of companies (JME Software, Scalable Software and Neon Enterprise Software) as CFO. Prior to this, Nijhawan worked with NeoEdge Networks
in Palo Alto, California
as Vice President of Strategic Alliances where he led the development of the company's most important partnerships and distribution relationships.
Nijhawan is also the co-founder of local coffee shop "The Coffee Groundz
" in the Midtown area of Houston, Texas
.
Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies, Inc. is an Internet content delivery network headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.The company was founded in 1998 by then-MIT graduate student Daniel M. Lewin, and MIT Applied Mathematics professor Tom Leighton...
in 1998.
Early life
Nijhawan received a Bachelors Degree from BITS, Pilani, a Masters Degree from the University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
.
Career
Before joining NeoEdge, Nijhawan was a Vice President at BMC SoftwareBMC Software
BMC Software, Inc. is a multinational corporation specializing in Business Service Management software, with record annual revenue in fiscal 2009 of $1.87 billion...
and prior to that he was a co-founder and Vice President at iVita Corporation, and was a consultant for McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company, Inc. is a global management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management. McKinsey serves as an adviser to many businesses, governments, and institutions...
. Earlier in his career he also spent 6 years at Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...
in engineering and management roles.
Preetish is now Managing Director and co-founder of Cervin Ventures, a Venture Capital firm that invests in very early stage software companies. Nijhawan now works for a group of companies (JME Software, Scalable Software and Neon Enterprise Software) as CFO. Prior to this, Nijhawan worked with NeoEdge Networks
NeoEdge Networks
NeoEdge Networks is a Silicon Valley based technology and in-game advertising company that enables casual game publishers and developers to deliver television-like commercials within their products - frequently in the context of free-to-consumer casual game play. NeoEdge currently powers...
in Palo Alto, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
as Vice President of Strategic Alliances where he led the development of the company's most important partnerships and distribution relationships.
Nijhawan is also the co-founder of local coffee shop "The Coffee Groundz
The Coffee Groundz
The Coffee Groundz, is an independent Coffeehouse on Bagby Street in Midtown Houston, TX. As of 2010, The Coffee Groundz is managed by J.R. Cohen and owned by Preetish Nijhawan, Shirin Nijhawan, Jonathan Zadok and Segev Zadok...
" in the Midtown area of Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
.