Jay Iyer
Cybersecurity | Networking | AI/ML | Infrastructure. ( Coupang, Ex-Cisco)
- Role
- Sr Director, Coupang Intelligent Cloud at Coupang
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jay Iyer
Technology leader with 25+ years architecting and scaling AI datacenters, high-speed networking systems, multi-tenant cloud platforms, and security architectures. Expert in building next-generation platforms, driving multi-billion-dollar product strategy, and guiding organizations through technological and architectural transitions.Currently leading global networking and security for Coupang’s AI Infrastructure, delivering GPU fabrics, SDN-based VPC systems, high-performance routing, and AI datacenter networking at GPU scale.At Cisco, held leadership roles across Security, Mobile/Wireless, Video, Enterprise Networking creating new product lines, shaping Zero Trust and SSE/SASE evolution, designing breakthrough hardware/software platforms, and driving major acquisitions (Sourcefire, OpenDNS, Lancope, Starent).Inventor on 112 U.S. patents.
Experience
Sr Director, Coupang Intelligent Cloud
Jan 2025 — Present · Mountain View, CA, US
Coupang — Senior Director, Coupang Intelligent Cloud2025 – Present • Lead global teams responsible for all networking across Coupang’s AI Infrastructure—core routing/switching, GPU fabric networking, inter-DC connectivity, multi-tenant segmentation, and security. • Architect and operate large-scale AI datacenters, integrating compute, storage, routing, load balancing, and service networking for training and inference. • Driving SDN frameworks for VPCs, IP gateways, routing policies, service networking, and Kubernetes-integrated control planes. • Oversee Day-0/1/2 operations ensuring reliability, availability, and performance. • Define interworking patterns between AI applications, distributed services, and the underlying network fabric to optimize throughput, latency, and tenant isolation.
Education
HEC Paris
Master's degree
Indian Institute of Technologies
B.Tech
The Ohio State University
Master of Science
Skills
- Switching Qos Mobile Wireless Video Software Systems
- Wireless
- Product Management
- Technical Marketing
- IT Strategy
- Product Development
- Mobile Devices
- Strategy
- Network Architecture
- System Architecture
- Security
- Cloud Computing
- Tcp/Ip
- Cisco Technologies
- Software Development
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Architectures
- Cdma
- Business Strategy
- 4g
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