Preetish Nijhawan (Cervin Ventures)

Name: Preetish Nijhawan (Cervin Ventures)
Start: 2016-01-19T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2016-01-19T21:00:00-08:00
Location: DeVry University

Jan 20, 2016, 2:00 – 5:00 AM (UTC)

Fremont

DeVry University, 6600 Dumbarton Cr., Fremont, 94555

Preetish Nijhawan is Managing Director of Cervin Ventures that invests in early stage B2B business. He co-founded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) in 1998. Most recently, Preetish was Chief Financial Officer for Neon Enterprise Software. Before that, Preetish was VP of Strategic Alliances at NeoEdge Networks, a video game advertising company.

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Preetish Nijhawan is Managing Director of Cervin Ventures that invests in early stage B2B business. Preetish has advised senior executives in hardware, software and telecom industries for McKinsey and Company. He co-founded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) in 1998. Most recently, Preetish was Chief Financial Officer for Neon Enterprise Software. Before that, Preetish was Vice President of Strategic Alliances at NeoEdge Networks, a video game advertising company. Preetish was also Vice President, Portfolio and Program Management for BMC Software. Prior to BMC, he was Vice President, Operations of iVita Corporation, an asset management software startup he helped found.

Preetish earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India, a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from The University of Southern California, and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.