Pradeep Kaul

Pradeep is a principle at Blu Venture Investors, and is the CEO & President of Hughes Systique Corporation (HSC), a company he co-founded in 2006. HSC has grown to over 400 employees and provides consulting and software engineering services for wireless access systems, multimedia switching systems, smart terminal based applications and digital networks for cellular and satellite based communication systems. Prior to launching HSC, he shared in the General Management of Hughes Network Systems (HNS) as an Executive VP of the company and a Member of the Office of the Chairman. In this capacity, he helped grow HNS from a $100M company, acquired by Hughes Electronics in 1987, to $1.5B prior to acquisition by News Corp. News Corp. subsequently was sold to Apollo Management, which took it public. Pradeep has extensive industry expertise in wireless technology, including Wireless/Cellular, Satellite Communications, Packet Data Networking, Smart Phones, Communication and Application Software Development.