Rina Parikh ENG'88

Prior to her current position, Rina Parikh served as the President of AASKI Technology, founding the company in 1997. She began her career as a support contractor to the Army until she joined in 1988 as an Army Civilian where she worked until 1997.

Ms. Parikh was involved in advanced technology demonstrations for digitization of the battlefield in support of Task Force XXI. She provided numerous high level presentations and demonstrations to senior Army officers at Ft. Gordon and at Ft. Hood. More recently, Ms. Parikh has been involved in the initiation of the Synchronized Pre-Deployment Operations Tracker (SPOT) program, which is now a DoD standard for tracking personnel deployed OCONUS. She has performed as the Phase V RESET lead for PEO C3T. 

The AASKI Technology Business Unit delivers professional services for planning, designing, implementing, securing, and managing highly complex, mission-critical networks and systems, delivers complete lifecycle communications, infrastructure, and support for the world's most demanding clients — from the U.S. Department of Defense to leading communication service providers and contractors, equipment manufacturers, financial services firms, and pharmaceutical companies. 

Ms. Parikh holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University, and MBA in Contracts Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University.