The team building the Sovereign AI Fabric.

Parind is the technical visionary behind Parinita's architecture. With more than 25 years of hands-on expertise in data and IP networking — spanning IP protocol architecture, network security, application infrastructure, and large-scale data center rollouts — he has spent his career at the infrastructure layer that makes everything else possible. His professional journey began at AT&T in New York, where he led data and IP networking, before building and leading technology companies across two decades. He also holds a foundation in accounting and finance from Seton Hall University, giving him a rare combination of deep engineering instincts and financial discipline.

It was Parind's conviction — that agentic AI demands infrastructure designed from scratch for its unique demands — that sparked the founding of Parinita. As Co-CEO alongside Anita — his co-founder — he sets the technical and strategic vision for the company's nine-plane AI Fabric and leads Parinita from stealth to global deployment.

Anita is the structural architect of Parinita's foundation. A Partner at Meylan Davitt Jain Arevian & Kim LLP — a firm where she is a named partner — Anita has built a 25-year career at the highest levels of complex litigation and enterprise technology law. A summa cum laude graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law, she has represented clients through the full spectrum of business-critical legal challenges, developing deep expertise in corporate governance, risk management, and dispute resolution.

Her command of legal strategy, regulatory frameworks, and organizational structure gives Parinita the rigorous institutional backbone needed to operate and scale at the intersection of AI, national infrastructure, and enterprise computing. As Co-CEO alongside Parind — her co-founder — Anita ensures that Parinita's ambitions are matched by the structural integrity and legal clarity to sustain them.

Ryo Koyama is a multi-time Silicon Valley based CEO and Founder. Ryo is the author of over a dozen patents in the areas of networking and multimedia systems, including pioneering work in implementing TCP/IP directly in silicon (acquired by NVIDIA), hardware acceleration of Java byte code execution, and high-performance UDP-based data transmission techniques. His inventions have contributed to foundational advancements in network efficiency, low-latency communication, and scalable data transport, influencing both hardware and software approaches to modern distributed systems.

Beyond his operating and company roles, Ryo has been active in the open-source and standards community. He has served on the board of the RAPID Foundation, focused on the reuse of semiconductor intellectual property, and the AllSeen Alliance, an industry consortium advancing interoperability frameworks for the Internet of Things.

Megan Dahlgren is a senior marketing and go-to-market executive with deep expertise in enterprise technology, cloud, AI, and sustainability-driven innovation. Most recently, she served as VP of Global Marketing at NTT, where she led the company's NTT XC (Experience Center) brand and spearheaded initiatives at the intersection of generative AI, innovation, and sustainability on a global scale.

Prior to NTT, Megan served as SVP of Corporate Marketing at Currance and as VP of Marketing (CMO) at SpringML, a Google Cloud partner focused on data and AI solutions. Earlier in her career, she held senior marketing and strategy roles at BMC Software, Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), and IDC, where she led analyst and consulting practices across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.

Her career spans two decades of translating complex enterprise technology narratives into compelling market strategies across global markets.

Steve Westmoreland is a senior technology executive and cybersecurity leader with more than 35 years of experience across information technology and information security, spanning early-stage startups to Fortune 50 corporations. He currently serves as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Parinita AI Edge LLC.

Prior to Parinita, Steve was a Senior Manager in the Cybersecurity Consulting practice at Ernst & Young (EY), where he focused on application security, cloud architecture, Secure-by-Design frameworks, and advanced security operations. His career has included leadership roles at VA Linux Systems, The Linux Foundation, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America, with deep expertise in cloud transformation, DevSecOps, and information security compliance.

Steve is an active contributor to open-source projects in Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Service Mesh, and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), and holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Louisiana Tech University.

Paul Swanson is a seasoned technology executive with deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, systems architecture, and enterprise IT strategy. He brings decades of leadership experience spanning software engineering, systems engineering, field applications, and network engineering across some of the most recognized names in enterprise technology.

Prior to joining Parinita, Paul held senior roles at Virtustream, where he served as Chief Technology Officer, leading cloud managed services and architecture strategy. Before that, he contributed to critical infrastructure initiatives at Dell EMC and Xyratex, excelling in roles including Director of Architecture and Managed Services. His career also includes experience at IBM, reflecting a broad foundation across enterprise hardware, storage, and cloud platforms.

Paul's particular strength lies in designing and implementing cloud backup, disaster recovery, and distributed infrastructure solutions — expertise that directly informs Parinita's mission to build resilient, sovereign AI edge infrastructure at scale.

Mike is a global technology executive who turns ambitious visions into scaled, operating realities. With over 20 years at industry leaders including VMware and Lenovo, he has built ecosystems and organizations that consistently outperform. At Lenovo, he grew the blended software and hardware business from $98 million to $430 million, improved blended margins, and drove a 64% software-to-hardware attach rate.

At VMware, he was a founding member of the VxRail team — which captured 44% market share and created a $4 billion industry — and led an internal innovation program that generated over $500 million in additional revenue and attracted a landmark joint development agreement with Dell. He also holds multiple patents and is currently leading a federally aligned initiative to reshore technology manufacturing to the United States. At Parinita AI Edge, Mike leads Customer and Partner Expansion — building the global channel, reseller, and systems integrator ecosystem that will carry Parinita's Agent-Native Cloud to enterprises across North America and beyond.

Kris Rajana is a seasoned technology executive and cloud infrastructure leader who serves as Chief Administration Officer at Parinita AI Edge LLC. He brings over 25 years of experience spanning cloud-native technologies, DevOps, infrastructure modernization, and engineering program management.

Most recently, Kris served as Senior Vice President of Cloud Native Technologies at Rysun Labs, following the acquisition of Biarca — the cloud-native consultancy he founded and led as President, delivering secure, compliant cloud solutions to some of the world's largest enterprises. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Sullego, Xyratex, Snap Appliance, and Adaptec, and began his career conducting advanced sensor research at Goodrich Aerospace.

A recognized expert in cloud security and Kubernetes, Kris has spoken at ONUG on enterprise cybersecurity topics including Kubernetes Bill of Materials. He is a Stanford Certified Program Manager and holds a Ph.D. from Penn State University.