Jay Parikh, a technocrat, reader, and traveler, is making waves in the tech industry as the CEO of Lacework, a cloud security company. Parikh graduated from Virginia Tech and Virginia Polytechnic and State University and began his career as a consultant at Accenture. He has since held executive roles at Ning, Akamai Technologies, and Meta, where he served as a vice president or senior vice president of engineering. Parikh has also been a member of the board of directors at Atlassian, a software company. He is a passionate table tennis player and a blogger, sharing his views and experiences with others.