Executive Team
Mohammad Darwish
CEO and Director
Mohammad Darwish is the chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors at Aplicata. Mohammad is responsible for Aplicata’s business strategy which is focused on breaking down barriers to adopting data acceleration through integrated solutions. He has a deep understanding of the cloud services market and the technology required to deliver value to customers. .
Prior to Aplicata, Mohammad was CEO of AdvancedIO Systems where he led a ground-breaking team to introduce the first 10GE FPGA Commercial off-the-Shelf (COTS) accelerator solutions. Under Mohammad, the company significantly expanded its market share and technology leadership.
Prior to that, Mohammad served in various engineering roles with Spectrum Signal Processing where he designed real-time software-defined radios (SDRs) for the defense and commercial markets.
Mohammad is an economic advisor to the City of Coquitlam. He holds a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering (EECE) from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
Paul Russell
CTO and Director
Paul Russell is the chief technology officer and a member of the board of directors at Aplicata. A visionary and technology innovator, Paul is responsible for Aplicata’s technology strategy and driving product development to meet market needs.
Prior to Aplicata, Paul was the chief technology architect at AdvancedIO System where he led a team of over 20 professionals to deliver programmable 10GE FPGA products to defense and financial customers worldwide.
Prior to that, Paul was the director of hardware engineering at Convedia, acquired by Radisys, where he created technologies that are the basis for major conferencing systems used today in North America.
Paul is the author of patents in field of telecommunications. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (EE) from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.