Dr. Mihir A. Parikh is Strategic Thought Leader at Nishith Desai Associates--a research-based global legal and tax counseling firm. He heads the firm’s initiative of setting up Palo Alto Center for Excellence (PACE) situated in the Silicon Valley and leads its Strategic Consulting practice. As a technology strategist, he focuses at the intersection of strategy, technology, and law. With expertise in innovation management, and decision-making, he helps companies understand strategic implications of technologies and use law as a strategic asset.