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APPLICATION FOR POSITION AS BOARDMEMBER
REPRESENTING DIVISION 3
PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT IN INK. Completed applications must be submitted to the Secretary of the District at
5019 Imhoff Place, Martinez,CA 94553 or via email,ktrounaPcentralson.or.Q by 5:00 p.m. on Monday,March
27,2023.Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Responses to all items are required
for application to be considered complete.
Applicant Name: Naresh Peshavaria
Address:
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone Number:
Email Address:
1. Are you a resident of Division 3*? YesNo �
"Verification can be obtained diddng the interactive map on the District website at
h� ,wwww.c:entralsan.o L!elections or by calling the Secretary of the District at 925-229-7303.
2. Are you currently a registered voter? Yes ' No
3. Have you ever been convicted of a felony? Yes _ No
4. Attach resume and/or list your education, current employer and work experience:
Resume attached.
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S. Describe any other relevant current or past experience that would qualify you for this
position,including the dates of service and the length of time of the experience,
specifically:
a. Current or previous elected positions or experience with elected boards:
I had a business in Walnut Creek and had opportunity to work with a number of
city and state departments including Mayor, Health Dept., CC Sanitary Dept.,
City Building Dept., and Chamber of Commerce.
b. Volunteer services or community participation:
I have contributed regularly to Contra Costa Food Bank.
Attended many Chamber of Commerce events.
Participated in Lindsay Wildlife during events and contributed food and drinks.
c. Other group memberships and affiliations:
Senior Member of Institute of Electrical Engineers
Co-founder: CDMA Development Group (CDG)
Mobile Wireless Internet Forum (MWIF)
Joint Initiative for Mobile Multimedia (JIMM)
Lead Sponsor, International Communications Data& Digital Forensics (iCDDF)
Intelligence Support Systems (ISS)
Mobile World Congress (MWC)
High Tech Crime Industries Association (HTCIA).
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6. Do you have a familial or financial relationship with an employee or Board Member at
Central San? If Yes,please identify the nature of the relationship:
No.
7. Doyou have any financial relationships with the District such as grants,contracts,or
other economic relationships?If Yes, please identify the nature of the relationship:
No.
S. State your reason for interest in this position and explain why you would be the best
candidate for this seat in 500 words or less. (You may use this form or attach a separate
document for your response.)
I have lived in Walnut Creek(Election District 3) for over 25 years. I raised my
kids through local schools and both graduated from University of California.
I have significant amount of corporate board level experience through my roles
at Silicon Valley startup companies as well as other larger corporations. I have
very diverse experience with many different culture through my work and
international travel. I am able to work at all levels of leadership and enjoy
working with people and community. I have significant experience being a
mentor and coach to executives in Silicon Valley. My global work in industry groups
over the years is extremely useful.
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9. Any additional information you would like to provide for consideration. (You may use
this form or attach a separate document for your response.)
Most important is I am looking forward to contributing further to our community.
Thank you for your interest in the Central San
Signed:
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Naresh"Nick"Peshavaria
San Francisco Bay Area -- •i
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Held successive leadership roles managing software and hardware product development across SaaS Clouds,Mobile infrastructure,
and Mobile applications.Comprehensive software and hardware experience from strategy through deployment and onboarding.
Extensive experience in business development,partnerships,vendors,and customer management.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Consultant,W4 Technologies(2019-2020;2021-Present)
• Developed an investor pitch deck for Decentralized Autonomous Organization(DAO)as a framework for Web3 projects.
• Devised a method for secure storage of private key hardware wallet, use of cryptography for counterfeit protection.
• Assessed and developed corporate cybersecurity policy and compliance requirements.
Chief Technology Officer,Hotpyp(2020-2021)
• Led product requirements and architecture roadmap definition for a SaaS based mobile products using next generation
cryptography,targeted at encrypting peer-to-peer(132P)communications,stored data,and IoT devices.
• Streamlined agile software development lifecycle(SDLC)processes,tools,and documentation standards.
Chief Strategy Officer I COO I VP Product Development 1 VP Operations,Yanna Technologies(2008-2018)
Built$100M+revenue company from ground-up to focus on providing cloud services to mobile operators around the world.
• Established a globally distributed workforce of 150+staff comprising product development and operations teams.
• Led development of SaaS Compliance,Collaboration,Location, Intelligence, Roaming Analytics Services,based on Java,RedHat,
VMWare,NetApp clusters,Oracle Enterprise DB,and Hadoop Big-data File System(HFS).
• Implemented incident management and escalation processes using IT Service Management(ITSM)principles.
• Designed and deployed 5 secure datacenters across USA and Europe,covering all aspects of hardware and software.
• Developed and implemented corporate security policy and procedures utilizing ISO 27001,SOC1,2, PCI DSS,and NIST.
• Negotiated over 100 global customer,supplier contracts,and partnership agreements worth$50M recurring revenue.
• Led over 50 national and international onboarding projects including deployment of IoT/Edge Processing devices.
VP Business Development&Solution Architecture,VeriSign(2004-2008)
• Led business development,mobile solutions arch tecture,and M&A projects.
• Managed the M&A pipeline and assessed$200M+global candidates for product fit and integration issues.
• Executed 20+services,Infrastructure,and security gateway vendor partnerships valued between$3M and$15M.
• Drove the sales operations for VeriSign's International BU for$30-$50M incremental product and services revenues.
Chief Technology Officer,Azalre Networks(2001-2004)
• Developed strategy to deliver converged network infrastructure products, based on 3GPP and 3GPP2 working groups.drafts for
Voice Call Continuity(VCC), Interworking Wireless Area Network(i-WLAN),and Packet Data Gateway(PDG).
• Led numerous customer meetings and trials with mobile operators in the US and Europe.
Managing Director,Technology,Vodafone(1996-2001)
• Directed 12-person technology and business team engaged in developing technology strategy,requirements,and plans to drive
decisions on mobile network and wireless device standards,architecture,vendors,and build out.
• Managed a$1 B annual capital planning budget and decision making on$100M+technology rollouts and procurement decisions
across 25 GSM/CDMA international operating companies(US,Europe,Africa,Asia).
• Provided industry leadership for handheld multimedia devices,IoTs,through formation and coordination of CDMA Development
Group,Mobile Wireless Internet Forum(MWIF),and Joint Initiative for Mobile Multimedia(JIMM).
Head,Mobile Network Planning&Architecture Group,02-Telef6nica(1993.1996)
• Recruited,organized,and managed a team of 5 senior engineering staff responsible for the strategy,planning,and architecture of
the nationwide GSM network,and drove network architecture evolution initiatives with$1 B budget.
• Sponsored and coordinated a range of R&D projects at British Telecom Research Labs.
Senior Member of Technical Staff,Science&Technology,BellSouth(1992—1993)
• Wrote specifications for BellSouth's Advanced Intelligent Network(AIN)based Personal Number Service,Including end-customer
programmability,human-factors engineering,cellular network inter-working via IS-41.
Member of Technical Staff,Switching Systems Laboratory,Bell Laboratories(1989—1992)
• Developed the architecture for AT&T's Intelligent Network platform based on the 5ESS SSP and SCP platforms.
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Software Development Manager and Senior Consultant,Logics 1985-1989
• Led a team of twelve software engineers and several R&D team members towards pioneering development of a wide area
Integrated Services Digital Network(ISDN)for British Telecom,implementing the ETSI Q.931 call processing software.
Member of Technical Staff,Computing Systems Laboratory-Hell Laboratories(1983-1985)
• Specified,designed,developed,and tested a high speed(8ch x 64kbit(s)X.25 interface for the AT&T 31320 high-performance
super-minicomputer using AT&Ts new X.25 VLSI chips, Intel's 8088 and 8751 chips.
Hardware Design Engineer,Communication Systems-Micom Systems(1980-1983)
Led the specification,design,development,testing,and roll-out of a variety of data communications products,involving extensive
digital(LSI,MSI,VLSI,CMOS,HCMOS,etc.)and analog(Op-Amps,PLLs,A/D,D/A,SM,Active Filters,Switched-Capacitor Filter,
etc.)circuit design.
EDUCATION
Master of Science,Telecommunication Systems Engineering
Essex University, England
Bachelor of Science,Electronic&Electrical Engineering
Surrey University, England
AFFILIATIONS
Senior Member,Institute of Electrical&Electronics Engineers.
Co-founder,CDMA Development Group(CDG),Mobile Wireless Internet Forum(MWIF),Joint Initiative for Mobile Multimedia(JIMM).
Lead Sponsor,intemational Communications Data&Digital Forensics(ICDDF), Intelligence Support Systems(ISS),Mobile World
Congress(MWC), High Tech Crime Industries Association(HTCIA).
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