Kushagra Vaid
Director/Board Member at Flex Logix Technologies, Inc.
Profile
Throughout his career, Kushagra has been an influential change agent driving innovative new technologies from early concept to scale production.
Kushagra is passionate about investing in next generation Cloud and Edge infrastructure, which he believes is a foundational bedrock enabler for the massive Digital Transformation underway across all sectors of our economy.
He is an engineer at heart and is drawn to founders who think outside the box and are tackling hard technical problems to open up new markets.
Previously, as VP and Distinguished Engineer in Microsoft’s Azure Division, Kushagra was responsible for the vision, strategy and execution for the cloud-datacenter infrastructure that hosts Azure’s global scale services.
He played a pivotal role in Microsoft’s success as a leading hyperscale public-cloud operator and remains a recognized industry leader on infrastructure innovation and open-source hardware.
Kushagra represented Microsoft on the Open Compute Project Board of Directors, and continues to be a strategic advisor to the Global Semiconductor Alliance.
Prior to joining Microsoft in 2007, Kushagra was a Principal Engineer at Intel for over a decade, where he built leading-edge microprocessor silicon and architected Enterprise platform hardware.
He has published over 25 research papers in international conferences and holds more than 30 patents in chip and system designs.
Kushagra is also on the industry advisory board for the Computer Science Department at SUNY Binghamton, where he earned his MS.
In his free time, Kushagra enjoys photography, traveling and baking artisan bread.
He received a graduate degree from State University of New York at Binghamton and an undergraduate degree from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute.
Kushagra Vaid active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Flex Logix Technologies, Inc.
Flex Logix Technologies, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Flex Logix Technologies, Inc. provides software services. Its products include embedded FPGA, SOC applications and EFLX compiler. The company was founded by Cheng Wang, Fang-Li Yuan and Geoffrey Tate in March 2014 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2020-09-08 |
Stealth Startup Solutions LLC
Stealth Startup Solutions LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Stealth Startup Solutions LLC engages in provision of consulting services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2021-09-30 |
Global Semiconductor Alliance
Global Semiconductor Alliance Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Global Semiconductor Alliance provides information on and organizes events for the semiconductor industry in order to ensure growth and profitability of the industry. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Jodi L. Shelton. Jodi L. Shelton has been the CEO since incorporation. | Consultant / Advisor | 2018-09-30 |
Former positions of Kushagra Vaid
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Eclipse Ventures LLC
Eclipse Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Eclipse Ventures LLC (Eclipse Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Lior Susan. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2022-12-30 |
DataPelago, Inc.
DataPelago, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DataPelago, Inc. is a company that specializes in data analytics. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company has developed a unique solution that allows for the extraction of insights from data of any scale, speed, or structure at a performance and cost that is unmatched in the industry. The company is looking to collaborate with innovative problem solvers to deliver a game-changing analytics solution. | Director/Board Member | 2022-12-30 |
Open Compute Project Foundation
Open Compute Project Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Open Compute Project Foundation operates an engineering community. George Tchaparian has been the CEO of the American company since 2022. | Director/Board Member | 2021-02-27 |
Training of Kushagra Vaid
University of Mumbai | Undergraduate Degree |
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute | Undergraduate Degree |
State University of New York at Binghamton | Graduate Degree |
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Flex Logix Technologies, Inc.
Flex Logix Technologies, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Flex Logix Technologies, Inc. provides software services. Its products include embedded FPGA, SOC applications and EFLX compiler. The company was founded by Cheng Wang, Fang-Li Yuan and Geoffrey Tate in March 2014 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Commercial Services |
Global Semiconductor Alliance
Global Semiconductor Alliance Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Global Semiconductor Alliance provides information on and organizes events for the semiconductor industry in order to ensure growth and profitability of the industry. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Jodi L. Shelton. Jodi L. Shelton has been the CEO since incorporation. | Commercial Services |
Open Compute Project Foundation
Open Compute Project Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Open Compute Project Foundation operates an engineering community. George Tchaparian has been the CEO of the American company since 2022. | Commercial Services |
Eclipse Ventures LLC
Eclipse Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Eclipse Ventures LLC (Eclipse Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Lior Susan. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Stealth Startup Solutions LLC
Stealth Startup Solutions LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Stealth Startup Solutions LLC engages in provision of consulting services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
DataPelago, Inc.
DataPelago, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DataPelago, Inc. is a company that specializes in data analytics. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company has developed a unique solution that allows for the extraction of insights from data of any scale, speed, or structure at a performance and cost that is unmatched in the industry. The company is looking to collaborate with innovative problem solvers to deliver a game-changing analytics solution. | Technology Services |
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