Ben Parikh
About Ben Parikh
Ben Parikh is the Vice President of Corporate Development & M&A at QuEST Global in the San Francisco Bay Area, with extensive experience in sales, business development, and mergers and acquisitions.
Title and Current Role
Ben Parikh holds the position of Vice President, Corporate Development & M&A at QuEST Global. He is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he oversees various strategic initiatives including acquisitions, investments, and strategic alliances. His expertise is built on robust experience in the M&A landscape and his role is critical to QuEST's growth strategy.
Previous Roles and Industry Experience
Ben Parikh has had an extensive career in business development and M&A, occupying significant roles across various companies. He served as Vice President, M&A and Strategic Alliances at Hexagon PPM from 2014 to 2020. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Global Sales & Business Development at Modlar in 2013-2014, and the Founder & Principal at Ben Parikh Consulting from 2008 to 2013. His earlier career includes senior roles at Experian, Bentley Systems, Infosys Corporation, and Digitech International, where he was Founder & CEO.
Educational Background
Ben Parikh has a strong educational foundation, having completed Executive Education Programs at Stanford University. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Management from the University of San Francisco. His educational background has provided him with the skills necessary to excel in strategic roles within the tech and business development sectors.
Acquisition and M&A Expertise
Ben Parikh has demonstrated substantial expertise in acquisition and M&A processes. He developed a comprehensive stakeholder-inclusive process that streamlined the acquisition evaluation period to just six weeks. He consistently built a robust M&A pipeline, evaluating 80 to 120 companies and delivering 40 to 50 management presentations annually, resulting in closing two to three deals per year. He also participated in 8 to 10 industry tradeshows annually to directly contribute to the M&A pipeline.
Innovative Partnerships and Ecosystem Development
Ben Parikh built a complementary ecosystem of partnerships, consisting of early-stage to mid-sized technology solution providers as an ancillary benefit of the M&A process. Under his charter, QuEST Global has a dedicated Center of Excellence (CoE) for AWS to provide cloud services and digital transformational solutions. QuEST enjoys early access to AWS platforms, training, and workshops. The company is also part of the NVIDIA Jetson Partner Ecosystem and has access to NVIDIA Executive Briefing Centers (EBCs).