Preetish Nijhawan

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Biography

Mr. Preetish Nijhawan co-founded and served as Partner at Cervin Ventures. He served as Board Member at StackShare. He also served as Board Member at Zight and Blink. He co-founded and served as Vice President at IVita. He served as Board Member at FireCompass. He served as Board Member at Blink, CloudApp, Dark, StackShare, Folloze, and Systems in Motion. He served as Board Member at QuanticMind. Most recently, he was CFO for Neon Enterprise Software. Before that, he was Vice President of Strategic Alliances at NeoEdge Networks, a video game advertising company. He served as a Board Member at Nexient, Zycada, and Punchh. He 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. He has advised senior executives in hardware, software, and telecom industries for McKinsey and Company. Prior to investing, he co-founded Akamai Technologies and held positions at McKinsey & Company, Neon, BMC, and iVita, an asset management software startup he also co-founded. His investments focus on the application layer in the IT stack, HR Tech, Sales & Marketing Tech, and DevOps tools. He also worked for nearly six years in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) division at Intel in various engineering and program management roles. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from The University of Southern California, and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.