Raj Parekh is founder, chairman, and chief technology officer of Comstellar Technologies. Comstellar develops new technology to enhance the communication industry. The company concentrates on better or alternative ways to access networks and transmit data across them. Parekh, who holds a BS degree in electrical engineering from the LD College of Engineering, India, and a masters degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York, is also the managing partner, founder and chairman of Redwood Venture Partners. Redwood is a venture capital firm dedicated to fostering high technology companies in communications, networking, and related areas. Redwood Venture, founded in 1997, earned its reputation for successfully investing in technology companies at their early stages of development.

Previously, Parekh served as vice-president and general manager of Sun Microelectronics where he created the business unit for Java and Sparc-based products. Prior to that, Parekh served at Sun Microsystems as vice-president of engineering as well as the general manager of Java products, heading all ultra server and workstation product engineering and planning. Before joining Sun, he was vice-president and general manager with Silicon Graphics. He serves on the board of directors for many companies, including Tharas Systems, G-Tran, Jedi Technology, Niksun, Kromos Technology, Magma and PulseCore. He holds several US patents and has been involved in over 40 investments in high-technology start-ups. n