Dr. B. Gopinath
Email: bgopi@lotusinterworks.com
AI Strategy & Architecture Consultant | Conversational AI Pioneer | Innovation Leader
Stanford Ph.D. (EE) · IEEE Life Fellow · 30+ Patents · 100+ Publications
Executive Summary
Serial entrepreneur and pioneering technologist with 55+ years driving breakthrough innovations in AI, control systems, and telecommunications. Created the Gopinath Observer (1971)—now embedded in millions of devices globally—and Gopinath-Sondhi Equation with applications from speech synthesis to oil exploration. Founded Lotus Interworks, an incubator launching ventures including Aplion Networks (first programmable internet service platform, patents acquired by Cisco), All Conferencing (first digitally-marketed audio conferencing service), and Simplia (first conversational AI marketplace and agentic collaboration platform). Currently incubating next-generation AI ventures and recruiting co-founder CEOs. Expert in AI strategy, human-AI collaboration, and translating complex innovation into commercial success.
Core Competencies
- AI Strategy & Roadmap Development — Enterprise AI transformation.
- Conversational AI & NLP — Linguistic models, dialogue systems, & collaboration platforms.
- Human-AI Collaboration — Optimized orchestration of Humans & AI Agents.
- Business Process Automation — Canonical process modeling, AI enabled workflows.
- System Architecture & Integration — Scalable AI platforms & legacy modernization.
- Technology Innovation & IP — Patent portfolio development, R&D leadership.
Professional Experience
Lotus Interworks Inc. - Incubator - Founder & CEO 1992-Present
Network Programs Founder & CEO 1992-2002
- Optical Network Management Systems development solutions. AT&T, Fujitsu.
- Bootstrapped & scaled to 300 employees worldwide, including India hosted development subsidiary.
Network Machines (Aplion Networks) – Smart Routers – Founder 1998-2002
- Chairman and Investor: Ray Stata (Founder Analog Devices Inc., ADI NASDAQ).
- Pioneering the first programmable patented hardware/software platform for SMB's.
- Raised Millions of Dollars from Hambrecht & Quist, Intel Capital, ...
- Scaled to 140 employees worldwide, including India-based development subsidiary.
- Successfully sold technology to Cisco Systems.
All Conferencing, Inc. - Audio Conferencing Services – Founder & CEO 2001-2019
- Built and scaled the first audio conferencing service marketed digitally.
- Lasting customer bases some for more than 15 Years!
Simplia - Conversational AI Marketplace – Founder & CEO 2009-2011
- Pioneered two-sided conversational AI marketplace.
- Novel linguistic models for classified ads. Like a conversational AI enabled Craigs List!
Simplia - Platform for AI Agents + Humans + IoT – Founder & CEO 2020-2025
- Chairman and Investor:Ray Stata (Founder Analog Devices Inc. ADI NASDAQ).
- Found ways to market to the challenging SMB segment. Scaled revenues to $4M ARR.
Rutgers University - State of New Jersey Chaired Professor | 1988 – 1998
- Led research in advanced communication systems, signal processing, and control theory.
- Bridged academic research and industry applications, advising telecommunications and technology companies.
AT&T Bell Laboratories / Bellcore | 1967 – 1988
- Made original research contributions, invented, published papers secured patents.
- As Division Manager, Systems Principles; led multidisciplinary research teams developing next-generation communication systems, software architectures, network technologies.
Distinguished Professorships
- Gordon McKay Professor, University of California, Berkeley (1980–1981)
- State of New Jersey Professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick (1988–1998)
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Göttingen, Germany (1973–1974)
Signature Innovations
Gopinath Observer
- Invented foundational control system algorithm deployed in millions globally — from spacecraft navigation to industrial automation & even coffee machines!
- Now built into System-on-Chip (SoC) designs and integrated into millions of induction motors manufactured annually worldwide.
Gopinath-Sondhi Equation
- Developed non-invasive speech synthesis methodology reconstructing vocal tract shape from lip measurements only.
- Applied beyond speech to oil exploration and earthquake sensitivity testing for large structures, demonstrating cross-domain innovation impact.
Symobomic Mathematics
- Invented and developed in 1973, one of the earliest symbolic math programs to discover closed-form formulas for queuing problems in data networks.
System Verification
- Invented and developed in 1979, the S/R model for protocol and system verification, advanced further by R. P. Kurshan at Cadence.
Filters with Charge Coupled Devices
- Invented routing networks for Charge Coupled Devices (Guillemin-Cauer Award 1979).
Patented Innovations
- 30+ U.S. Patents — Fundamental innovations in digital communications & software.
- Applications in digital signal processing, switching systems, software object composition, reaching agreements through SMS or texting, global roaming, self timed interfaces, software mediated routing, personal preference based service delivery etc. Further extended in hundreds of other patents by major enterprises like IBM, AT&T, etc.
Honors & Recognition
- IEEE Life Fellow — Elected for contributions to modeling and analysis of communication systems.
- 10+ Ph. D Students Mentored at Columbia University, UC Berkeley & Rutgers University.
- 100+ Technical Publications — Peer-reviewed research in leading IEEE, ACM, and industry journals.
Education
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering | Stanford University, 1967
- M.S., Electrical Engineering | Stanford University, 1966