Nikesh Parekh

Nikesh Parekh is a renowned executive with a proven track record of executing growth strategies at private and public technology companies. Parekh studied at Harvard University and Harvard Business School to earn an MBA and BA, respectively. He has over a decade of experience in advising, mentoring, consulting, and leading companies across various sectors.

Currently, Parekh is serving as the General Manager of Dynamics 365 Finance Insights and Chief Strategy Officer at Microsoft, leading the integration of Suplari and Dynamics 365 Finance Insights. He co-founded and served as the CEO of Suplari, an AI-driven insights platform enabling enterprises to realize hard dollar cost savings and effectively manage supplier risk, which was acquired by Microsoft in July 2021.

Parekh also led Trulia's growth businesses, resulting in >25% YoY rentals traffic growth with the highest customer satisfaction in the rentals category, based on NPS. At Market Leader, he drove the company's turnaround, achieved 30% annual revenue growth, and acquisition by Trulia for $380m. Parekh is also the former CEO of ActiveRain, where he led the largest social network & blogging platform in the real estate industry to profitability in six months, which resulted in its acquisition by Market Leader in October 2011.

Parekh is a mentor and advisor to several startups and serves as an Innovation Advisor/Supply Chain Advisory Board Member at the University of Washington. He also raised $35m in financing for Bio Architecture Lab, served as Entrepreneur in Residence at Madrona Venture Group, and held leadership positions at HouseValues, Dell, and Credit Suisse.