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'''Preetish Nijhawan''' is an entrepreneur known for co-founding the internet company [[Akamai Technologies]] in 1998.<ref name=cofounder>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/techflash/2016/03/akamai-co-founder-on-latest-score-life-as-a.html|title=Akamai co-founder on latest score, life as a Silicon Valley startup investor|publisher=Silicon Valley Business Journal|accessdate=February 26, 2018|date=March 14, 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Nijhawan studied at [[Hyderabad Public School]], then received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree from [[BITS, Pilani]],<ref>[http://www.indoamerican-news.com/birla-institute-alumni-ring-the-nasdq-opening-bell/ Birla Institute Alumni Ring the NASDQ Opening Bell ]</ref> a master's degree from the [[University of Southern California]] and an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[MIT Sloan School of Management]].<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=437661&privcapId=114599189&previousCapId=5396293&previousTitle=WebLinc%20LLC Bloomberg profile of Cervin Ventures]</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Before joining NeoEdge, Nijhawan was a Vice President at [[BMC Software]] and prior to that he was a co-founder and Vice President at iVita Corporation, and was a consultant for [[McKinsey & Company]]. Earlier in his career he also spent 6 years at [[Intel Corporation]] in engineering and management roles.<br />
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Preetish is now Managing Director and co-founder of [[Cervin Ventures]],<ref name=cofounder /> a Venture Capital firm that invests in very early-stage software companies. Nijhawan now works for a group of companies (JME Software, Scalable Software and Neon Enterprise Software) as CFO. Prior to this, Nijhawan worked with [[NeoEdge Networks]] in [[Palo Alto]], [[California]] as Vice President of Strategic Alliances where he led the development of the company's most important partnerships and distribution relationships.<br />
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Nijhawan is also the co-founder of local coffee shop "[[The Coffee Groundz]]" in the Midtown area of [[Houston, Texas]].<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060508003515/https://alumni.mckinsey.com/alumni/default/public/content/jsp/alumni_news/20060307_PreetishNijhawanLBN.jsp Mckinsey Alumni news]<br />
* [http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/417962/neoedge_networks_appoints_content_delivery_pioneer_as_strategic_alliance_vice/index.html NeoEdge Networks Press Release]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080520234829/http://www.jmesoftware.com/about.shtml JME Software web site]<br />
* [http://www.cervinventures.com Cervin Ventures web site]<br />
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