Nik Patel
President And CEO at Security Industry Association (SIA)
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNik Patel is a founder and seasoned software leader with a decade of experience building scalable, secure platforms and turning complex, regulated problems into production AI solutions. As President & CEO of CodeTicks Solutions he leads end-to-end delivery of AI agents, custom LLM apps, and platform engineering while advising on strategy, budgeting, and stakeholder alignment. Previously as CTO and co-founder of Cohesion he scaled global teams, drove a multi-tenant microservices architecture, and co-authored five patents in smart buildings, digital twins, and IoT analytics. He has hands-on expertise across full stacks and polyglot data stores, led SOC2 and ISO 27001 compliance, and achieved 96% platform adoption across 37 million sq ft. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, Nik blends product-minded engineering with business outcomes—often stepping into sales and client success to ensure technical solutions actually get adopted. Notably, he pairs deep systems design with practical cost and team-size optimization, having scaled and then right-sized engineering to maintain velocity and sustainability.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Civil Engineering at Gujarat Technological UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Illinois Springfield
Github Skills (68)
realms10
mobility10
two-way10
netsuite10
geofencing10
kotlin10
mds10
interactive9
devrel9
backbonejs9
ccpa9
spec9
apexcharts9
maintenance9
open-data9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
yoimnik/tinder-api-wrapper
Sep 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:25 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
niketanpatel/flippr-android
Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:31 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
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