From co-authoring the Winsock 2.0 networking standard at Microsoft to founding an AI-and-neuroscience brain health company today, Sanjay Kumar has spent his career arriving early to infrastructure — networking, satellite communications, outsourcing, biosensing, and now applied neuroscience — then building and turning around the businesses that run on it.
A PhD in Robotics & AI and a career that started co-authoring internet networking standards means technical diligence isn't outsourced — it's a first language.
Founded and ran vCustomer for 13 years to a #3 Inc 500 ranking, then spent nearly a decade at Equs Holdings turning around mature businesses through financial restructuring and data-driven innovation.
Satellite internet in the 1990s, BPO in 1999, wearable biosensing in 2012, AI-driven brain health in 2025 — a repeated pattern of founding before the category has a name.
Prior board and governance experience — details available on request in conversation with nominating committees and search partners.
Using AI and advances in neuroscience research, combines brain MRI analysis with metabolic indicators to deliver specific insights into brain health and wellness.
Turnaround of mature businesses in need of financial restructuring, repositioning, and data-driven innovation.
Collaborated with the City of Seattle, City of Kirkland, and King County to implement a recycled water project in Kirkland; negotiated multi-stakeholder agreements and led the team that delivered it.
Designed and built an electronic patch to capture muscle activity (EMG), heart rate, and activity data; built AI models to identify useful biomarkers.
Built and led vCustomer for thirteen years, scaling it into a nationally recognized outsourcing company.
A valiant attempt to build satellite internet infrastructure two decades ahead of Starlink — early to a category the market wasn't ready for yet.
Spanned Windows 3.0 through Windows 95; co-authored the Winsock 2.0 API and contributed to multiple VOIP and ATM networking standards.
BS, Computer Engineering and Mathematics
PhD, Computer Science — Robotics and AI
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