Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 25, 2004
AJIT MEDHEKAR is President and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon
Bandwidth. Mr. Medhekar joined SBI with a history of accomplishments in
both business and technology, most recently as Chairman & CEO of
empowerTel Networks, which he grew from a start-up to 250+ employees
with facilities in the US, Canada, and India. After raising more than 54
million dollars in venture funding and winning Best of Show at Networld
+ Interop and Product of the Year from Communications Solutions, the
next-generation switching company was acquired by IP Unity. As Chairman
& CEO of Lara Technology, Ajit developed high performance silicon-based
network search engines for switching and routing equipment vendors, and
raised 17 million dollars in venture funding before spinning it off as
an independent company while assuming the position of Chairman & CEO of
empowerTel Networks. He remained Chairman until Lara's acquisition by
Cypress Semiconductor. Prior to Lara, Mr. Medhekar was Vice President of
Memory Products at Alliance Semiconductor and a key member of the core
team from start-up to a successful public offering. He has held
directorial, managerial, and technical positions with Advanced Micro
Devices, National Semiconductor, and Synertek/Honeywell, among others.
Mr. Medhekar earned both a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and currently holds 13
patents. He is on the Board of Directors of IP Unity, Milpitas, CA;
SIGPRO Wireless, Inc., Ottawa, Canada; and LMIC, Inc., Beltsville, MD. Profile
Bandwidth?
Mr. Medhekar: Silicon Bandwidth was founded in 1999 with a vision to
solve the critical bottlenecks that have
