Sumesh Mannenkunnath
Sr. Director @ Cisco | Cybersecurity, Network Access
- Role
- Sr Director at Cisco
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sumesh Mannenkunnath
As Sr. Director at Cisco, I focus on advancing network access control solutions, including driving NACaaS from the Cloud and modernizing ISE with data grid technology and AI/ML integrations. My work emphasizes delivering innovative device profiling and endpoint analytics capabilities across hybrid, on-prem, and Cloud modelsLeveraging a strong background in Tech including AI and Cloud platforms, I lead engineering efforts to build resilient and scalable solutions. Passionate about fostering talent, I am an executive sponsor for Emerging Talent Recruitment at Cisco India Engineering, reflecting a commitment to developing inclusive and collaborative teams.Also Director in the Board for IMImobile Cloud Communications (India) Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cisco Systems Inc
Experience
Sr Director
Oct 2021 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN
In addition to the responsibilities that were held as Director, Leading ISE modernization with the introduction of data grid, best-in-class device profiling and resiliencyDrove the conceptualization, architecture, delivery and adoption of the Endpoint analytics consumption models on Cloud, Hybrid and on-premDriving the delivery of Network access control as a service(NACaaS) offering from Cloud Leading the Assurance, App visibility, AI/ML and all Security apps on Cisco Catalyst CentreExec Sponsor for Emerging Talent Recruitment for Cisco India EngineeringEngineering leader for all deployment models of ISE – on-prem, ISE on Cloud(Customer managed), and NAC as a service(Access Manager)Drove Gen AI capabilities in ISE through regular brainstorming, hands on sessions, ideation in hackathons, Show and Tell sessions etcDrove adoption of AI coding tools like co-pilot, sourcegraph, windsurf etc resulting in >95% of adoption in the team
Education
University of Calicut
B.Tech, Electronics and Communication
1992 — 1996
Skills
- Program Management
- Automotive
- Software Engineering
- Medical Devices
- Healthcare
- Six Sigma
- Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
- Sdlc
- Requirements Analysis
- People Development
- Agile Methodolgy
- Leading Global Teams
- Agile Methodologies
- Software Project Management
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