Arun Arunkumar
Vice President, Engineering - Data Center Networking
- Role
- Vice President, Engineeering at Cisco
- Location
- Saratoga, California, United States
About Arun Arunkumar
Results driven senior executive. Strong technical background with experience in delivering Hardware/Embedded systems and Enterprise Application Software products. Managed a wide range of team sizes/types in start-up and large corporation environments. Created and managed a large off-shore development team. Experience in business planning, strategy formation and translating plans into timely execution of short terms plans while maintaining long term objectives. Specialties: 20+ years experience in the networking industry and 7+ years in software
Experience
Vice President, Engineeering
Cisco
May 2020 — Present · San Francisco Bay Area
Responsible for Data Center Switching Solutions for ACI and NX-OS Fabrics.
Senior Director, Engineering, Data Center Switching
Cisco
Apr 2018 — Jun 2020
Senior Director, Engineering, Cloud Ready Networks
Cisco
Sep 2017 — Apr 2018 · San Francisco Bay Area
Senior Director, SD-WAN
Cisco
Sep 2016 — Sep 2017 · San Francisco Bay Area
Engineering Director for SD-WAN solutions from Cisco
Senior Director, Cloud, Data Plane & Virtualization Technology
Cisco
Nov 2014 — Sep 2016
Director Cloud SW Engineering
Cisco
Jul 2013 — Nov 2014 · San Francisco Bay Area
Engineering Director responsible for CSR 1000v as the primary component of Cisco's NFV solution to deliver Routing,VPN, Firewall, QoS and BRAS functions. Developed overall product as well as orchestration via OpenStack, RESTFul API's and Cisco Policy agents. Responsible for Cisco Cloud Connector strategy and products to enable enterprise networking equipment to interact with Cloud based services.
Director Engineering, Platforms
Cisco Systems
Aug 2012 — Jul 2013 · San Jose, CA
Responsible for platform software for complete range of Modular and Fixed configuration Branch office routers. Responsible for hardware and software architecture for next gen modular routers. Defined Architecture for 3rd generation of fixed configuration branch routers. Responsible for delivery of CSR (Cloud Services Router) - Virtual Secure Gateway for connectivity from enterprises to cloud. Owner of product from concept to General Availability.
Director, Engineering, Router Security and Services
Cisco Systems
Dec 2007 — Aug 2012 · San Jose, CA
Responsible for product delivery of IP Security, VPN and Layer 2 security technology in US and India. Led a team of engineers responsible for innovative VPN technologies. Established collaborative, productive working relationships with 4 Business Units to deliver a complete security solution spanning Layer 2 and 3. Transitioned ownership of technologies to India to improve overall effectiveness while continuing to improve team morale and develop new features in both locations. Revamped teams and reinvigorated the team with aggressive college hiring.
Senior Vice President, Product Development
Ensim Corporation
Nov 2005 — Sep 2007
Oversee Product Development: - Product Management, Development, QA and Technical Publications. - Lead 130+ person team of Product Management, Technical Writing and Engineering with teams in multiple locations (US and India). Products related to Enterprise IT Automation, Service Provider SAAS infrastructure for orchestration, delegated multi-tier & multi-tenant management
Vice President, Engineering
Ensim Corporation
Apr 2000 — Nov 2005
Developed Virtualization, Containers, App Store, SAAS infrastructure Responsible for Engineering as well as IT infrastructure in US and India
Sr Director, Engineering
3Com Corporation
1997 — Feb 2000
Responsible for all product development (hardware and software) for Enterprise Wan / Wan Access Products Divisions. Developed Pathbuilder 4xx and 5xx products - Enterprise Routing, VPN and VoIP gateway.
Director, Engineering
3Com Corporation
1993 — 1997
Led a 3Com-wide initiative to implement a Virtual Private Networking (VPN) product family. Involved in system design, resource planning, marketing launch, sales force training and customer presentations. Author of L2TP over FUNI/AAL5 Internet Draft for PPP extension working group in the IETF.
Software Engineer
Bridge Communications
1987 — 1988
Software Engineer
Bridge Communications / 3Com
1987 — 1993
System Software Architect - reviewed all aspects of router design in system and protocol software. Work closely with the hardware team in defining and bring-up of new platforms. BGP4 Protocol Implementer - designed and implemented BGP4 for 3Com's WAN routers. Member of IETF BGP working group Lead Engineer TCP/IP - lead engineer for first generation 3Com multi-protocol router
Education
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
BE · Chemical Engineering
1981 — 1985
New Jersey Institute of Technology
MS · Computer Science
1985 — 1987
Skills
- Distributed Systems
- Product Management
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Agile Methodologies
- Ethernet
- SaaS
- Pre-sales
- Scrum
- IP
- Start-ups
- Wireless
- Software Project Management
- TCP/IP
- Voice over IP (VoIP)
- Thought Leadership
- Integration
- Software Engineering
- VoIP
- Leadership
- Wireless Technologies
- Executive Management
- Internet Protocol (IP)
- Enterprise Software
- Business Communications
- Security
- BGP
- Go-to-market Strategy
- Strategy
- Virtualization
- Software Development
- Data Center
- System Architecture
- Product Development
- Routing
- Cloud Computing
- Scalability
- Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)
- Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- Management
- Telecommunications
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