Pari started his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories after completing his M.S. in Computer Science from NYU-Polytechnic, N.Y. Throughout his thirty one year career with the Company he has led business & technical planning teams and engineering and development for Service Assurance systems for both AT&T’s wireless and wireline networks. He currently leads the Domain 2.0 Services Design & Development efforts focusing on virtualization and programmable network cloud platforms. Throughout his career Pari’s competencies in business, technology and people management has provided him opportunities to hold positions with increasing responsibilities. Listen, Challenge, Inspire and then Deliver and Measure KPIs are his leadership Mantras through which his team has delivered breakthrough accomplishments. Pari has received numerous accolades and awards throughout his career at AT&T. Prior to his career in management, Pari was appointed a Bell labs’ Distinguished Members of Technical Staff in 1990. He was the recipient of AT&T’s prestigious Science and Technology Medal in 2004, and Asian American Engineer of the Year Award in 2005. His projects have received AT&T’s Software Excellence Award five times for exceptional software quality and development process, and most recently, the prestigious CIO 100 Award in 2009. He has been invited to speak at industry forums such as the IEEE. Pari champions employee mentoring and is on the advisory boards of APCA and OASIS Employee Resource Groups. Pari enjoys tennis and competitive long distance running. He and his wife have two adult children and reside in Edison NJ.