Accomplished, results-oriented product management professional with 15 years of experience in product management, technical marketing, and software engineering within a global, high-tech environment. Proven ability to build and lead cross-functional, multi-location and international teams. Excellent knowledge of product development lifecycle and managing growth and transitions in a multi-billion dollar business. **Recipient of "Cisco Pioneer Award 2011" Specialties: • Product Definition, Strategy, Planning and Life Cycle Management • Cloud Computing • WAN optimization • OpenFlow & SDN architecture • Switching, security, APM and virtualization. • P & L Management of Software and hardware platforms, • Expertise in developing partner eco-system (contract negotiations and royalty's) • SMB, Enterprise, & Service Provider Markets • GTM Activities, Product Launches & Sales Training • Organize, Collaborate & Lead cross-functional teams

Senior Director of Product Management @ From January 2012 to Present (4 years) San Francisco Bay AreaSr. Product Manager - OpenFlow/SDN and Cloud Services @ From February 2007 to December 2011 (4 years 11 months) Sr. Software Engineer @ From October 2000 to February 2007 (6 years 5 months) Sr. Software Engineer @ From April 1998 to September 2000 (2 years 6 months) Trainee engineer @ From 1995 to 1996 (1 year) Software Engineer @ From 1995 to 1996 (1 year)

Amit Datar is skilled in: Cloud Computing, Open Flow, LAN Switching, Cloud Services, Application Performance Management, VDI, Virtualization, Data Center, Product Management, Network Security, Firewalls, Web Application Security, Switches, Security, SaaS