GOPI GOPINATH
Inventor | Entrepreneur | Educator
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
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1970 (Age 23)
M.S., Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
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1968 (Age 21)
M.Sc., Mathematical Physics
1967 (Age 20)
B.S., Mathematics
1965 (Age 18)
Started formal education at age 11; graduated high school at age 14
Professional Experience
CEO & Founder |
Simplia
2019-2025
Built AI-powered platform for selling services to small businesses
Grew recurring revenue to $325K per month
Partnered with Ray Stata (Founder, Analog Devices Inc.) to relaunch company
Developed Oxygen platform for AI-human collaboration over 10 years
Founder & CEO |
Lotus Interworks Inc.
1990s-2019
System design and development business with deliveries to AT&T, Fujitsu, EA, HP, Kronos
Architected SONET network management systems for AT&T and Fujitsu with hundreds of developers
Built custom business billing system for AT&T
Developed HR systems, Video On Demand systems, and Mobile Games Platforms
State of New Jersey Professor |
Rutgers University
Mentored Ph.D. students, many now professors and Fellows at major technology companies
Left Bell Labs to accept professorship
Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science |
UC Berkeley
Taught and mentored graduate students in computer science
Continued research in network systems and algorithms
Researcher & Manager |
Bell Telephone Laboratories
1970-1990s
Worked on symbolic math to solve hard queuing problems
Developed network management algorithms and architectures for large systems
Published extensively in mathematics and communications
Managed research teams
Awarded IEEE Life Fellow for contributions to Network Performance Management
Patents & Inventions
Gopinath Observer
(1966)
Invented while at Stanford University
Applications: spacecraft, fighter jets, maglev trains, coffee machines
Hundreds of millions of induction motors produced with integrated Observer SOC
Continuously cited for over 50 years
Gopinath-Sondhi Equation
(1971)
Enabled reconstruction of vocal tract shape during speech
Implemented in early speech synthesis algorithms
30+ Patents
Areas include personalization, intelligent switching, object composition, and communications technology
Entrepreneurial Ventures
Simplia
(2009)
First AI marketplace for services using classified ads language processing
Simplia
(2019-2025)
AI-powered service marketplace reaching $325K monthly recurring revenue
Lotus Interworks Inc.
Enterprise systems integrator for telecommunications and HR solutions
Honors & Recognition
IEEE Life Fellow
For contributions to Network Performance Management
Named Invention
Gopinath Observer named in Stanford University Reports (1966)
Academic Appointments
State of New Jersey Professor, Gordon McKay Professor
Areas of Expertise
Control Systems
Mathematical Physics
Network Management
AI & Machine Learning
Speech Processing
Enterprise Systems Architecture
Telecommunications
Symbolic Mathematics
Queuing Theory
Personalization Technologies