Keyur Parikh promoted to GatesAir VP of engineering

Keyur Parikh has been promoted to vice president of engineering for GatesAir. Reporting to CEO Bruce Swail, Parikh’s new role brings increased responsibilities across engineering team management and system software development for all product lines.

“Keyur performed an excellent job managing a fully integrated Intraplex business unit while maintaining the brand’s industry leadership position,” commented Swail. “His extensive background in software development and systems engineering is consistent with GatesAir’s continued product evolution from hardware to software-oriented platforms. We congratulate Keyur on his new position and responsibilities and are confident that his expertise will continue to diversify and expand GatesAir’s product portfolio for years to come.”

Parikh is the chief architect of GatesAir’s Intraplex IP networking products and led a global development team that introduced several award-winning products. His transition to VP of engineering follows more than 15 years with GatesAir’s Intraplex business unit, ending with a run as director and VP/GM of the Intraplex Product Group. His innovations include Intraplex NetXpress and Intraplex Ascent. He also holds several patents for media transport and synchronisation over wide-area IP networks and was a recipient of Radio World’s Industry Innovator Award in 2017.

Ted Lantz will assume Parikh’s previous role, and serve as vice president and general manager, Radio and Intraplex Product Groups.