Praveen Kumar
CEO at EtherSky
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolPraveen Kumar is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and CEO based in Dallas with 12 years of executive experience and a two-decade engineering foundation across telecom and internet infrastructure. He co-founded multiple startups—including Packet Island and Musicphone—that delivered pioneering cloud VoIP lifecycle management and mobile music-social services, with Packet Island later acquired by BroadSoft. At BroadSoft he advised on early SaaS cloud solutions and helped integrate PacketSmart into carrier offerings, blending deep technical know-how with commercial strategy. Earlier roles at HP saw him design some of the Internet-era carrier-grade messaging and hosting platforms, giving him rare end-to-end exposure from R&D to product, supply chain and M&A. An MBA from UC Berkeley and an MS in Computer Science underpin his ability to translate technical capabilities into scalable business ventures focused on social entrepreneurship. Notably, he favors building practical, carrier-ready systems rather than flashy prototypes—delivering durable operational value to large telecom customers.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, Business Administration, MBA, Business Administration at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMS CS, Computer Science, MS CS, Computer Science at University of California, RiversideBE CS, computer science, BE CS, computer science at College of Engineering, Guindy
Github Skills (4)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
pspk/tableview
Jun 2014 - Jun 2014
Contributions:2 commits in 1 day
ethercloud/oreilly-github-demo
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 3 branches in 1 day
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