# Prasanth Gopalakrishnan

> Prasanth Gopalakrishnan is the founder, president and CEO of Kalkitech, an energy and utility communications technology company founded in May 1998. An engineer educated at NIT Calicut and Colorado State University, he works on standards-based protocols, utility interoperability and the integration of operational technology with computing. His public writing covers distributed energy, cybersecurity, cloud architecture and data-center power flexibility.

- **Role:** Founder, President & CEO at Kalkitech
- **Organizations:** Kalkitech, Applied Systems Engineering Inc., Robert Bosch, Colorado State University
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, MS in Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University
- **Known for:** Founded and continues to lead Kalkitech., Built a career specializing in utility communication protocols and energy optimization., Led Kalkitech during its acquisition of Applied Systems Engineering, announced January 2015.

## Career timeline

- **1995-1996** — Software engineer at Robert Bosch, as listed on his Wellfound profile.
- **1997-1998** — Research assistant at Colorado State University.
- **1998** — Founded Kalkitech in May, according to the current company biography.
- **2006** — Kalkitech obtained a ₹2.5 crore KSIDC loan for a Kochi campus, according to 2011 reporting.
- **2015** — ASE acquisition announced in January; the current Kalkitech company history dates the acquisition to 2014.
- **2019** — Published essays on cloud protocol processing, AI project ROI, smart inverter access, DER security and energy autonomy.
- **2020** — Appeared in the company video The story of Kalkitech, published May 31.
- **2023** — RE+ presentation on telemetry gateways and Rule 21 integration experience, September 12.
- **2026** — Kalkitech hosted his white paper on OT/IT integration and data-center power flexibility in January.

## Achievements

- Founded and continues to lead Kalkitech.
- Built a career specializing in utility communication protocols and energy optimization.
- Led Kalkitech during its acquisition of Applied Systems Engineering, announced January 2015.
- Participated in utility communications standards work; IEEE P1547.10 meeting minutes list him as a Kalkitech/ASE attendee.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — A white paper bearing his name, Bridging the OT/IT Gap to Unlock Capacity, Revenue, and Flexibility in Modern Data Centers, is hosted in Kalkitech’s January 2026 uploads directory. The upload month is used here; a separate publication date was not established.

## Links

- Website: https://kalkitech.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prasanthgopalakrishnan

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