Vinay Gokhale is vice president of business development with Thirdwayv, a leading provider of end-to-end connectivity and security solutions for IoT applications. A more than 30-year veteran of the wireless industry, Gokhale was previously vice president of global IC sales for Impinj, a leading provider of RFID solutions that connect billions of everyday items from apparel to medical supplies for applications including inventory management, asset tracking and item authentication. Before that, Gokhale was co-founder of an IoT startup, after holding senior executive positions at technology companies including Cadence Design Systems, SiRF Technologies and Conexant Systems. He has a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and received his master’s and bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.
There is growing and coordinated momentum behind the goal of ensuring connected medical devices improve people’s lives without introducing them to cybersecurity threats and associated safety risks. There also is a proven playbook for implementing the type of multi-layered, security-by-design strategies these initiatives advocate.