Bakulesh Parikh (Bakul)

Director

Executive Summary

Bakulesh Parikh (Bakul) is a globally seasoned executive and board advisor with over 35 years of leadership experience across pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, and industrial automation. He brings a rare blend of technical depth, strategic rigor, and cross-border execution to boardrooms and diligence teams. His extensive career spans global deployments, multi-site automation rollouts, and high-stakes M&A analysis across North America, Europe, Asia, and South America.

Core Competencies

• M&A Diligence: Strategic modeling, companies searches, SWOT/synergy evaluations, DCF and waterfall charting for chemical sector targets.
• Global Automation: Multi-site automation deployments, systems integration, and global IT/OT convergence.
• Compliance & Validation: Extensive expertise in GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) compliance, validation, and regulatory audit readiness.
• Operations Management: Cost savings, digital transformations, lifecycle system designs, and cross-functional team coordination.

Professional Experience

M&A Diligence & Strategic Advisory (Chemical Sector Acquisitions)
Provides diligence support, mapping competitive landscapes, evaluating deal economics, and executing operational due diligence across manufacturing and automation systems.

Biogen (via HCL America)
Senior Project Manager
Oversaw global GMP system health and managed IT/OT automation strategies across 120+ sites. Led SLA-critical teams, managed global IT application environments, and consistently maintained SLA performance above 95% while mentoring offshore engineering assets.

Argos Therapeutics & GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Senior Automation & Systems Integration Roles
Directed complex MES/PLC/SCADA integrations, validated multi-system manufacturing environments, and authored over 575 GMP compliance documents. Delivered millions of dollars in savings through system simplification and compliance optimizations, contributing to seamless facility startups.

BioMérieux & HCL America
Senior Project Engineering & Management Roles
Led cross-functional teams, coordinated multi-vendor automation platforms, and oversaw technical lifecycle execution for chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing systems.

Education & Certifications

Electrical Engineering
Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering

Professional Certifications
Certified in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Project Management (PMP), and advanced industrial automation platforms.