Year: 2023

Team Members

Mary-Kay Peacock

Mary Kay has 20+ years’ experience in Technical Project and Program Management working for a variety of Fortune 500 enterprises and small startups across multiple industries. After receiving her Computer Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, she was accepted into a prestigious 5-year accelerated management training program at the Travelers Insurance company.

After successfully completing the program, Mary Kay relocated to Boston, MA where she began working at multiple technology startups, driving improved quality practices within Engineering as well as leading successful enterprise customer engagements. Most recently she has held positions working directly for company leadership to drive strategic transformation of Engineering and non-Engineering operations alike.

At PW, she spearheads the efforts to strategically transform operational activities to ensure PW is creating products and delivering services to create customer success. Mary Kay is equally passionate about company culture and communication and has led PW’s Value in Action Awards program along with the Getting to Know PW series.

Sanjay Harwani

Sanjay Harwani is the GM, India and VP, R&D at Parallel Wireless. Sanjay is a highly experienced R&D manager with 25+ years of experience in Research and Development. Sanjay joined Parallel Wireless in 2014 and built various products in the Parallel Wireless portfolio. Sanjay played a key role in building various R&D teams and was instrumental in growing them manifold.

Before joining Parallel Wireless, he worked with Cisco for 10+ years where he led various cross-functional teams in the domain of Broadband Access, Core Routing, Switching, Telecom Core and various Gateway functions.

Sanjay has held several technical and leadership roles within high-tech companies, among them are Cisco, Infineon, and Marconi/FORE Systems.

Sanjay holds a Master of Science degree in Networking and Telecom from Stratford University, USA and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communications from NIT Bhopal, India.

On a personal note, Sanjay is married to Keerti and is a proud father of 2 kids, Kanav and Hrishant. In his free time, he loves to play table tennis and spend time with his family.

Baruch Navon

Baruch is a highly experienced R&D manager with almost 20 years of experience in Research and Development. Before joining Parallel Wireless, Baruch held a position of engineering manager at Intel, where he led cross-domain teams for several wireless solutions, from Silicon and RF design, through development, and integration till mass production. It included several engineering functionalities such as VLSI, software, firmware, and hardware.

Baruch had several technical and leadership roles within high-tech companies, among them are Siano Mobile Siicon and Motorola.

Baruch joined Parallel Wireless back in 2018 as a Director of Access Technologies, which he led and built several teams globally. Baruch was promoted into a Vice President of Access Technologies role for 2 years and today he is acting as Head Of Global R&D. As Head of R&D, Baruch is in charge of leading all engineering functions, strategic planning, budget, and execution.

Baruch holds a B.Sc in Computer Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (Cum Laude), M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University, and Management studies from Tel Aviv University.

Reni Ninan

Reni Ninan brings over 25 years of experience to his role as SVP of Product Management at Parallel Wireless. His unique background from living and working in Delhi, Dubai, Chicago, Dallas, Moscow, Gurgaon, and India, across multiple technologies; Optical, IP, Microwave, Mobile and 2G/3G, 4G and now 5G, will serve as an asset to the organization. Additionally, his ability as a results-oriented, problem solver and quick, data-driven decision maker with a strong customer focus will positively impact the Parallel Wireless experience. One of the contributing factors to his success is through developing strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders that build trust, credibility, and create positive results.

Steve O'Brien

Steve O’Brien is an HR Executive with 30 years of experience. He has a strong track record and passion for building great teams and great businesses with publicly traded companies, distressed companies undergoing turnarounds, as well as global, well-funded pre-revenue startups. One of his greatest strengths is an ability to build cohesive global teams filled with talented, engaged teammates who deliver results in a supportive, high-performance culture. Steve brings a “Work Hard and Play Harder” philosophy and strives to be an empathic leader and player/coach.

Matt Rowe

Matt brings over 15 years of global law firm and GC experience representing technology companies across all stages of growth. At Shoobx and Gazelle, he was a member of the executive teams responsible for all corporate financing, legal operations, and strategy to support growth. At Endeca, he managed commercial licensing and was responsible for overseeing corporate compliance and governance initiatives, intellectual property matters, international operations, and expansion.

Eugina Jordan

Eugina, a self-made immigrant woman, started her telecom career as a secretary and now has gone on to become VP of Marketing at Parallel Wireless. She has over 20 years of strategic marketing experience, leading marketing and communications for small and large global technology companies.

Chris Sullivan

Chris is an accomplished CFO, CEO, and Board member with a passion for leading dynamic high growth businesses. His executive leadership experience spans companies of all sizes ranging from startups to large multinationals. Chris has helped these companies build actionable business and financial plans to drive revenue growth and improve profits.

Yisrael Nov

Yisrael has over 30 years of experience in business development and account management, where he’s driven revenue growth and led strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and deal pricing.

Simon Mellor

Simon has over 30 years of experience as a telecom and defense industry executive. Simon was the founder and CEO of Axis Network Technology and reimagined the remote radio head with next-generation re-configurable digital radio platforms.

Sridhar Donepudi

Sridhar co-founded Parallel Wireless after 20+ years as a proven technology leader focused on reimagining traffic/policy management, base stations, Class 5 Switching, IMS Core, Wireless MSC, and Telephony Application Server.

Kaitki Agarwal

As Chief Product Officer, Kaitki is responsible for leading product strategy, product management, and engineering. She co-founded the company after 20+ years of leading worldwide product development teams who reimagined the Packet Core.