Vinod Sood — Co-Founder
Vinod Sood is Co-Founder & Managing Director at Hughes Systique Corporation (HSC); a Digital Engineering services & solutions company. Prior to his current role, he was Head of Global Engineering and R&D at Hughes Software Systems (HSS) and served on its Board as well. Before HSS, Vinod worked with C-DOT where he was part of the core team which designed India 1st Digital Switch. Vinod is a veteran of hi-tech software industry, during his career span of 38 years he has built high performance teams at premier R&D organizations in India. Vinod has an exceptional track record of building profitable and sustainable institutions from conceptualisation to maturity. He is member of CII’s National AI forum and Chair of CII Regional Committee on Digltal Transformation & AI and on the National Executive Board of AMCHAM. He was member of NASSCOM Engineering R&D council, Chair of the Northern Regional Council and core member of the NASSCOM DeepTech club. He is on the Advisory Boards/Committees of Shoolini University Solan, K.R. Mangalam University Gurgaon, Institute of Informatics and Communications, University of Delhi, SP Jain Institute of Management & Research Mumbai and LPU Jalandhar. Vinod guides and mentors entrepreneurs and startups and is on the Board of some of these companies. He is a TiE Charter member and is part of several CII, NASSCOM and TiE juries to identify emerging startups and innovative product companies. Vinod is a distinguished alumni awardee of PEC Chandigarh from where he graduated with a Gold Medal. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinod-sood-2131012/
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in Digital Engineering and Telecommunications sectors.
Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India
Experience: 41 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Leadership
- Business Strategy
- R&d
Career Highlights
- Co-Founder of a leading Digital Engineering firm.
- Veteran with 38 years in high-tech software industry.
- Mentor for startups and emerging entrepreneurs.
Work Experience
AMCHAM India
Member of the AMCHAM National Executive Board & Co-Chairman of Northern Region Executive Committee (1 yr 2 mos)
TechCrafter.cps
Board Member (1 yr 6 mos)
Jammu & Kashmir Higher Education Council
Member Advisory Board for Creating and Developing Entrepreneurship (ABCDE) (2 yrs 2 mos)
B20
Member Digital Transformation Taskforce (9 mos)
Venture Catalysts++ | India's 1st Multi-Stage VC
Investment Committee Member (2 yrs 6 mos)
G20 India
B20 Taskforce on Technology, Innovation and R&D (11 mos)
Alletec
Member Board Of Directors (3 yrs 9 mos)
Confederation of Indian Industry
CII’s National AI forum & Startup Council & Chair CII Regional Council on Digital & AI. (4 yrs 2 mos)
OYO
Board Memeber - OYO Financial and Technology Services (4 yrs 2 mos)
School of Computer Science and Engineering - LPU
Chairperson of Corporate Advisory Board of School of Computer Science & Engineering (4 yrs 2 mos)
Indepay | Setara Networks Worldwide
Member Board Of Directors (4 yrs 6 mos)
All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE-ICONS)
Advisory Committee Member (2 yrs 11 mos)
Masters' Union School Of Business
Founder Master Mentor (5 yrs 11 mos)
K.R. Mangalam University
Honorary Distinguished Professor (4 yrs 3 mos)
Advisory Board Member - The Institute for Inventions, Innovations and Entrepreneurship (TIIIE) (5 yrs 3 mos)
SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research
Advisory Council Member (4 yrs 3 mos)
Shoolini University
Global Advisory Board Memeber (7 yrs 5 mos)
Gurgaon Startup Warehouse (NASSCOM & Haryana Govt) and CoE-IoT (MeitY, Haryana Govt and NASSCOM)
Steering Committee Member (7 yrs 11 mos)
Greenscape, QNu,TryndBuy,Evueme,Indepay,Yatrikart,Avishkaar,HomelyHuts,Synsta.io
Advisory Board Member & Investor - Startups (various) (8 yrs 2 mos)
Hughes Communications India Limited
Member Board Of Directors (4 yrs 6 mos)
Nasscomm
Member NASSCOM Engineering and R&D Council, Chair NASSCOM Regional Council (3 yrs 11 mos)
OYO
Advisory Board Member (3 yrs 11 mos)
TiE
Charter Memeber (16 yrs 2 mos)
Confederation of Indian Industry
Member CII National Committee on IT (2 yrs 11 mos)
Hughes Systique Corporation
Co-Founder & Managing Director (20 yrs 5 mos)
Ministry of Science and Technology
Chairman - RMC TIFAC-CORE (9 yrs 1 mo)
Delhi University
Member Advisory Board - Institute of Informatics & Communications (IIC South Delhi Campus) (25 yrs 3 mos)
Hughes
Corporate VP, Global Head of Engg and R&D - Hughes Software Systems (HSS) (13 yrs 4 mos)
Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
Senior Program Manager (1 yr 5 mos)
Software Engineering Manager (1 yr 11 mos)
Software Engineer (3 yrs 9 mos)
Siemens
Engineer Trainee (9 mos)
Education
Bachelor's of Engineering at Punjab Engineering College
Class XII at SBM Sr Sec School
Class X at Cambridge Foundation School
