Viral Hirpara

President Softweb Solutions

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Viral Hirpara is President of Softweb Solutions, a digital transformation, data and AI services company headquartered in Plano, Texas, with an office in Ahmedabad, India, that has been part of the electronics distributor Avnet since December 2018. He is a long-serving insider: the company says he joined as an engineer nearly two decades ago and rose through successive leadership roles before becoming president in April 2023. Softweb credits him with a central part in turning it from a custom software development firm into what it now calls a data and AI-first company, drawing on his background in enterprise ecommerce, Salesforce and CRM platforms, and manufacturing systems.

Career Highlights

• President of Softweb Solutions, an Avnet company, since April 2023.
• Joined Softweb as an engineer and advanced through progressive leadership roles over nearly two decades, according to the company.
• Spoke for Softweb on its consulting partnership with Salesforce and its partnership with DataRobot in September 2024.
• Writes publicly on AI in supply chains; Softweb highlighted his article on the subject in May 2025.

Professional Journey

Hirpara has spent essentially his whole career at Softweb Solutions. The company describes his time there as spanning nearly two decades, beginning as an engineer and advancing through progressive leadership roles; it does not name or date the intermediate positions. It highlights his expertise in enterprise-level ecommerce, Salesforce and CRM platforms, and manufacturing systems, and says he has led complex implementations integrating those technologies for clients.

The company changed hands during that time. Avnet, the electronic components distributor, acquired Softweb Solutions at the end of December 2018 to add AI software for IoT applications, data services and digital process capabilities to its hardware business, and Avnet’s 2026 annual report still lists Softweb Solutions Inc. and its Indian affiliate, Priya Softweb Solutions, among its subsidiaries.

He became president in April 2023. Softweb credits his engineering expertise, delivery discipline and strategic thinking with its evolution from a custom software development firm into a data and AI-first company, a transformation it says brought 20-fold growth. In September 2024 he was the company’s spokesman for Softweb’s consulting partnership with Salesforce, which he called “a significant milestone”, alongside a partnership with DataRobot for automated machine learning. He has since written on AI in supply chains, arguing that they “are no longer just moving products from point A to point B. They’re ecosystems of data, decisions, and disruptions.” The company’s current leadership page lists him at the head of its leadership team, alongside the heads of software engineering, global sales, and products and IoT strategy.

Education

No education record was found in any first-party source reviewed.