Gopa Periyadan

Gopa Periyadan
Born	Gopakumar Kadinjipalli Periyadan Kannur, Kerala, India
Spouse(s)	Radhika Gopakumar (1992 – Present)

Gopa Periyadan (born Gopakumar Kadinjipalli Periyadan) is an engineer turned successful entrepreneur and business leader in Silicon valley living in California. He is currently Chief Operating Officer of Mobiveil, Inc. a Milpitas Calif. start-up specializing in development of Silicon Intellectual Properties (SIP), platforms and solutions for the Data Center, Networking and IoT markets. Gopa Periyadan was one of co-founders of GDA Technologies Inc, one of the pioneering companies in Electronic Design Services(EDS) companies which was subsequently acquired by L & T Infotech Ltd in March 2007. GDA is listed as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in US by Inc Magazine its annual INC500 list in 2002 with a ranking of 283. Gopa is also a contributing author of several articles on technology trends, business analysis and current affairs.

Gopa Periyadan was born in Vellur, Payyanur in Kannur district to his parents P Ramachandran Adiyodi and Radha Periyadan and has attended elementary schooling in Vellur Upper Primary School Vellur (1977) and high schooling at Tagore Vidya Nikethan, Taliparamba in Kannur (1980). Completed pre-degree course work in Payyanur College, Payyanur, Kannur (1982) where he secured 4th rank in Calicut University. Gopa went on to complete his under graduate degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Surathkal(1986). He earned his Global Executive MBA at Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, US in 2012.

Gopa entered his career as an R&D hardware design engineer with HCL_Technologies. in Chennai (1986–1990) and worked on several computing I/O systems on mini-computers prior to globalisation and liberisation of Indian economy and relatively easier import of technology into India. During 1986 to 1999, held diverse management positions in corporations such as HCL India, HCL America, VeriFone, and Opti Inc. His knowledge lies in the areas of ASIC, System Product Offerings in Computing, Communication, and the Transaction processing industries.

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