Richio Aikawa

Richio Aikawa has significant experience in strategic marketing and alliances, with a focus on technology companies. Richio currently holds the position of Sr. Director, Strategic Marketing at Panasas. Prior to this, they served as the Head of Strategic Marketing at World One Cordis, Inc. from 2017 to 2020. Aikawa also worked as the Sr. Director, Marketing and Alliances at Netlist, Inc. where they led marketing strategy, product planning, and business development. Before that, they held the role of Sr. Manager, Product Management and Outbound Marketing at Solarflare Communications, overseeing low-latency Ethernet and FPGA hardware and software product lines. Aikawa's extensive experience also includes working at Emulex, an Avago Technologies Company, as Director of Strategic Alliances and Sr. Product Manager, where they established strategic alliances and managed product life cycles.

Richio Aikawa holds a B.S. degree in Mathematics-Systems Science from UCLA. Richio also obtained an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Fullerton. Additionally, they earned an MBA degree in Business from the University of Redlands.