Get to know the CellKnight Team - this page introduces some of the main folks behind the CellKnight service.
Sanjeev Kumar, PhD. Co-founder.
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar is a co-founder of CellKnight and the current CEO of JinglePal.
He has extensive experience in unified communications, mobile applications, human computer interaction,
programming languages, artificial intelligence, and natural language processing. He is one of the
co-founders of CoreIntent, Inc. along with Mr. Patel.
Dr. Kumar received his M.S. and PhD in Computer Science from OHSU, USA and B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering
from IIT Kanpur, India. He has worked as a staff scientist at the Center for Human-Computer
Communication at OHSU. Prior to graduate studies, he worked for Infosys Technologies, Bangalore, India. More
recently, he worked for over 3 years in the Voice Technology Group at Cisco Systems, Inc.
Dr. Kumar has about 50 patents pending at the US Patent and Trademark Office and he has published more than a dozen
scientific papers in peer-reviewed international conferences and journals.
Labhesh Patel, Co-founder.
Mr. Labhesh Patel co-founded CellKnight along with JinglePal LLC - the
company that owns and operates the CellKnight service. He is the CEO and co-founder of
CoreIntent, Inc. - a company that has created a novel technology
to automate source code conversion. He is a veteran of
the telephony industry with more than 20 granted patents and over 125 patents pending at the US Patents and Trademark
Office. Prior to CoreIntent, he worked at Cisco systems, Inc. where his primary responsibility was creating intellectual
property in the field of unified communications and related areas.
Mr. Patel received his MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, USA and B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering
from IIT Kanpur, India. Prior to his graduate studies, Mr. Patel worked for Schlumberger and Marubeni corporations.
Mr. Patel is an avid Salsa Dancer (he used to teach Salsa at Stanford) and loves to explore around the world.