Vivek Agarwal

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ABOUT VIVEK AGARWAL

Highly driven software professional with 25+ years of track record of innovations, execution and business transformations. Have expertise in technologies Routing/SDWAN, SaaS, Distributed Systems, Security and AI/ML. Leading engineers global high performing teams to deliver complex Software solutionsDrive the innovation with over 50 World Wide patents—spanning areas such as Routing, Switching, Virtualization, Cloud Management, SaaS, Enhanced Developer Experience, SD-WAN, AI, AIOps, Security and more. Successfully converted innovations to real-world networking products and deliver with focussed execution and team work.Leading the growth of Cisco\'s SD-WAN and Routing business with over $3B revenue. Driving the technology transitions in Routing/SDWAN Market with Security First mindset, Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and SASE. Delivered the Next Generation Secure Routers and Unified Branch Architectures powered by Threat intelligence, AI powered workflows and ease of Management Pioneered AI/ML-powered SD-WAN Analytics SaaS with modern approach of Network Management. Analytics solutions delivers customer outcomes like Anomaly Detection, Bandwidth Prediction and Predictive Path Insights and closed loop with automated policy recommendations.Transforming the Development and Test for the organization infusing AI in day to day business. Introducing the Copilot tools for Code development, Code reviews and Test Automations. Improved the productivity over 25% in short time. Lead the development of AI assistant helping network operators in Configuration, Troubleshooting and Analytics. Track record in building scalable networking and security services (SaaS) on public cloud AWS and Azure. Spearheaded VMware NSX Cloud Solutions from inception to multi million dollar business. Successfully built global large teams to develop emerging Cloud technology.Lead development teams on VMWare NSX from inception to $1B business and establish Software Defined Networking as the core Enterprise technology.Dedication to customer success throughout career. Extensive experience in customer and partner management, customer interactions including Executive Briefings, customer escalation handling,Product definition, Project execution and Strategy planning. I believe in leading teams with empathy, fostering open and transparent communication, and provide a platform to collaborate, drive innovation and growth.