Partheesh Mani

Partheesh Mani currently serves as General Counsel at Defense Unicorns since October 2024. Previously, Partheesh was Head of Legal at Skydio from January 2020 to October 2024 and Senior Corporate Counsel at Arista Networks from April 2019 to January 2020. Partheesh also held the position of Director of Legal Affairs at Razer Inc. from January 2017 to April 2019 and at Nextbit Systems from June 2014 to December 2016, where responsibilities included managing patent and trademark portfolios, negotiating IP licensing agreements, and drafting various legal documents related to mobile phone hardware and software. Prior to this, Partheesh worked at Perkins Coie LLP as an Intellectual Property Attorney from October 2011 to June 2014 and at Intel as an Electrical Engineer from August 2005 to October 2011. Partheesh holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from the University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law.