Nish Parikh

Nish Parikh is the Founder & Chief Innovation Officer at Cognosos. Nish previously worked as the Director of Product Management at Cbeyond from June 2010 to February 2014. At Cbeyond, Nish was responsible for the entire product line, from initial market strategy through product development, launch, life-cycle management, product operations, and financial management. Nish led a cross functional group to introduce a fiber-optics based Metro Ethernet product offering. Nish also drove product strategy, pricing, positioning, and tactical marketing plan in conjunction with Finance, Marketing and Network Engineering. In addition, they created a business case to conduct ROI and break-even analysis for Fiber investment. Under their leadership, Cbeyond was able to lit 500 buildings across 4 markets with Fiber in a short span of 18 months. Nish also created advanced predictive analytics tools to help senior executives make informed business decisions. Nish worked with the Sales Execution team to provide them with training, tools, and guidelines necessary to support the sales staff, as well as monitor their performance.

Prior to their work at Cbeyond, Nish was a key member of the MVNO business at another company where they were responsible for growing the business by introducing innovative mobile products. Nish negotiated favorable contractual terms with Sprint and Clearwire to offer state of the art 3G as well as 4G Mobile devices. Nish also created a Mobile SIP product by integrating Cbeyond’s Broadworks switch with the Sprint IMS network,

Nish Parikh holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Jai Hindu jobs and an MS in Computer Science from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Nish is also certified by the Scrum Alliance as a Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

Nish Parikh reports to Braxton Jarratt, CEO. They are on a team with Michael Ueland - Chief Revenue Officer, Adrian Jennings - Chief Product Officer, and Drayton Avera - VP of Operations.