M.S. Pathak has served as SOMA Networks’ chairman of the board of directors since September 1997. He has more than 30 years of senior management experience in both India and the United States. M.S. was a member of the Planning Commission in Charge of Industry and reported to the Prime Minister of India. He founded and built Engineers India Limited, which is the largest engineering construction company in Asia. In addition, he has served as chairman of National Research Development Cooperation, Engineers India Limited, and Management and Technology Applications Limited, all located in India. M.S. has also served as chairman and president of Management and Technologies International, Inc. and as a senior executive of Foster Wheeler and Bechtel in the United States. He holds both a BS and an MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.