Dr. Pati is a co-founder and chief executive officer of Sezmi. Dr. Pati is an experienced and successful entrepreneur who has an established track record of building numerous early-stage companies into successful businesses. Prior to co-founding Sezmi, formerly known as Building B, Dr. Pati was an angel investor and board member and on occasion, interim chief executive officer of early-stage venture-funded technology companies in a range of markets from semiconductors to video compression and multimedia services.

Dr. Pati founded Numerical Technologies and served as its president and chief executive officer. He led Numerical from the initial development phases, through its successful initial public offering to its acquisition by Synopsys. Before co-founding Numerical, Dr. Pati served as assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Harvard University and a post-doctoral research associate at Stanford University. Dr. Pati serves on the Board of Directors and is an early investor in several venture-funded technology companies. Past and present board positions include, Innovative Silicon, Pulsic, Fliptrack, Xoomsys and Brion.

Dr. Pati also serves on several boards for the University of Maryland including; the Board of Trustees, Board of Visitors for the College of Engineering, the President’s West Coast Advisory Council, and is a co-chair of the Scholarship Endowment Fund campaign. He serves on the IT Advisory Board of Index Ventures and the Advisory Board of Nexus India Capital. Dr. Pati holds a Ph.D in electrical engineering, with focus on wireless communications and signal processing from the University of Maryland, College Park.