Vikram Chopra is the brain behind Shabodi. A technology industry heavyweight, Vikram is responsible for driving Shabodi’s strategy, profitability, and communication with the board of luminaries and the investor panel. Before this, Vikram, who we fondly know as Vik, founded and successfully exited a retail AI & blockchain startup and a corporate sustainability technology company. He has served in strategic leadership roles in telecom organizations and continues to mentor North American startups working on emerging technologies like blockchain and cryptocurrency. Vik is also a Guest Lecturer for Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto.

Mehdi is a 5G development expert, a crucial role at Shabodi as it opens up the world of network-aware applications to industrial sectors. Mehdi’s career began when the internet came from a dial-up network to today, exploring unidentified opportunities in BLE5, WIFI6, and 5G. Before Shabodi, Mehdi designed and analyzed BLE-based networks, localized temperature sensors in a data center, and developed an SDN framework for BLE-based industrial IoT networks. He also worked as a network engineering expert at the Iranian Weather Organization and was part of Tehran’s smart city evolution. These experiences give Mehdi actionable insights on building for 5G and beyond and ensure that Shabodi customers maximize advanced network ROI.

Harpreet Geekee, Geekee to us, brings seasoned technology and telecom sector expertise to Shabodi with almost 3 decades in pivotal roles leading the industry’s evolution. He works closely with the technology and business teams at Shabodi to bring next-gen, advanced network applications to life for our customers. Before this, Harpreet served in leadership roles in major technology and networking brands and has a strong track record of meeting and exceeding customer and corporate revenue goals by building high-impact networking, cloud and security teams and solutions. Harpreet has had successful startup exits and mentorship and advisory roles across digital health, blockchain, Web3, and tech for good.

Surash Patel will lead Shabodi's global go-to-market strategy, focusing on driving sustainable revenue growth across diverse customer segments. He has established himself as an industry thought leader through pioneering sales and marketing strategies, while effectively managing cross-functional teams to forge strategic partnerships and amplify market presence.

Brandon Jeong is responsible for designing and implementing Common API Framework (CAPIF) and NetAware for rapidly building new services based on customers deploying the 5G network. He is also an IoT Research Developer at Mohawk College, IIoT Lab. Brandon is an early adopter of new technologies. He uses his development skills and technical knowledge for high-profile use cases like BLE mesh network-based Smart Homes, Building Monitoring Systems, Seizure Monitoring Systems for epilepsy patients, and Smart Wheelchairs. He brings an in-depth understanding of REST APIs and Web UI, enabling developers new to the 5G ecosystem to reduce their learning curve and build for new services and business needs quickly.

As the president and Chief Commercial Officer, Ramesh leads sales, marketing, strategy, and customer success, focused on creating value for Shabodi customers looking to innovate, build new business models, and achieve operational efficiencies from their advanced network deployments. He was associated with the company as a key investor and advisor for nearly two years until he joined full-time in his current role. Ramesh started his illustrious career three decades ago and has led the vertical and horizontal growth of Cisco’s networking, communications, and IoT services in APAC and US markets. As an industry stalwart, Ramesh serves on the advisory board of two US-based scale-ups, IoTecha and 99 Bridges.

Raghav is a versatile technology and business leader with a curious mind and a knack for solving complex problems with innovation. He brings this mindset to Shabodi’s engineering practice to add value to customers’ advanced network deployments with a state-of-the-art applications ecosystem. With nearly 15 years of engineering experience, Raghav was at the helm of enterprise application and video collaboration integration services at Cisco and the technology director at ABOVE Solutions before joining Shabod. He is also a startup ecosystem expert, serving as an advisor to CEORater and has founded CloudBloom, a technology services company.

At Shabodi, Nitin leads the development and deployment of the state-of-the-art Application Enablement Platform with his team of some of the most innovative engineering brains in the industry. In this role, he leverages his two decades of diverse technology industry experiences to build for the future of connectivity. Before Shabodi, ​​Nitin held various leadership positions in the technology industry, including his most recent role as Technical Director for medical devices company Highmark Global. He has also served in strategic roles across smart government initiatives, digital engineering, technology solutions for industrial sector organizations, and TV shopping, an erstwhile emerging retail model in the Indian subcontinent.