Former Cisco Executive Brings Strong Pedigree in Strategy and Operations to Expand Global Business
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – January 15, 2019 – Cavirin Systems, Inc., the only company providing risk, cybersecurity and compliance posture for the enterprise hybrid cloud, today announced the appointment of seasoned executive Praveen Jain as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As CTO, Praveen will be responsible for developing and delivering the organization’s strategic technology plan as the company embarks on its next phase of growth in 2019 and beyond. Praveen will focus on strategy and customer relations, elevating Cavirin’s value proposition and strategic positioning in the growing hybrid cloud security market.
“Hybrid cloud security is a red-hot space and I’m pleased to be joining the Cavirin team to continue the global momentum the company has already demonstrated, pushing their leadership in the market to the next level,” said Praveen Jain, CTO, Cavirin. “Cavirin has secured its place as the industry’s leading provider of risk, cybersecurity and compliance posture for the enterprise hybrid cloud by developing an exceptional product that removes security compliance as a barrier to cloud adoption. Together with the team, we look forward to continuing our momentum, solving customer’s most significant security pain points.”
Praveen brings more than 25 years of leadership in innovation, strategy, and execution of products in the data center infrastructure space, creating customer success stories around the world. Previously, he has been a business leader and also a co-founder of several successful startups including Insieme Networks, which was acquired by Cisco for $863 million. While at Cisco, Praveen, as a Senior Vice President, led the engineering team in developing a massively scalable and revolutionary SDN product, the Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), helping customers build hybrid cloud (IaaS) solutions. ACI is now deployed in enterprise datacenters worldwide, generating revenues in the billions.
“Praveen is a well-respected leader in the industry who brings outstanding expertise in both innovation and strategy in the cloud and data center markets,” said Dr. Rao Papolu, CEO, Cavirin. “Paired with exceptional technical excellence and delivery, Praveen has a track record of proven success time and time again with the teams he leads. His established expertise and technology leadership will be a valuable advantage to our organization and will greatly help us to execute our vision in 2019 and beyond.”
Prior to Insieme Networks, Praveen also led UCS server engineering at start-up Nuova Systems, while prior to Nuova Systems, he was a Director of Engineering at Andiamo Systems, also acquired by Cisco.
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