Shrikant Acharya

Shrikant Acharya is CTO and co-founder of Excelfore, where he drives the company’s technology roadmap, IP portfolio, and partnerships. He has over 25 years in the automotive connected vehicles development. He serves on the board of the eSync Alliance, drives liaisons with standards consortiums like COVESA and AWF (Autoware Foundation). He has been an early advocate for time synchronized standards on Ethernet i.e. AVB/TSN in automotive applications and serves on the Avnu Conformance Working Group for interoperability; his team has achieved AVNU-certifications for Excelfore TSN End points and Bridges. He received his MSEE from the University of Texas at Arlington, and holds more than 20 patents.