VP Products at Rubrik, Inc.
Palo Alto, California
Alcatel
Group Leader
August 1997 to July 1999
Friends for Youth
Board Member
2012 to 2014
Bain & Company
Consultant
2008 to September 2010
Merrill Lynch
Summer Associate - Investment Banking
June 2007 to August 2007
Force10 Networks (formerly Turin Networks)
Engineering Manager
January 2001 to July 2006
Cisco
Vice President - Corporate Strategy & Partnerships
September 2017 to May 2019
San Jose
Rubrik, Inc.
VP Products
Palo Alto, CA
Cisco
Vice President Corporate Strategy
September 2010 to May 2019
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
MBA, Finance
2006 to 2008
University of Colorado Boulder
MS
1999 to 2000
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Physics
1992 to 1997
Modern School
What company does Rama Naageswaran work for?
Rama Naageswaran works for Alcatel
What is Rama Naageswaran's role at Alcatel?
Rama Naageswaran is Group Leader
What industry does Rama Naageswaran work in?
Rama Naageswaran works in the Computer Software industry.
Who are Rama Naageswaran's colleagues?
Rama Naageswaran's colleagues are Matthew Hall, Funmi Beckley, Paul Fidler, Chris Detsicas, Sindhuri Siddireddy, Aaron A., Dennis Wang, Rahul Kumar Singh, Ryan Chapman, and Guhan Balasubramanian
💼 Past Experience
RamaNaageswaran has a BS in Business Administration from American University. He has experience in Business Strategy, Enterprise Strategy, and Innovation focusing on cloud, data center, andtelecommunications in the past. In different positions he has heavily relied on his creativity, strong managerial skills, and ability to work with various partners. He accumulates a lot of hard work, dedication, and experience over the years.Rama Naageswaran started his career at American University in School of Business Administration in 1995. He worked as an engineer at Force10 Networks (formerly Turin Networks) from January 2001 to July 2006. He then started working at Cisco in the Corporate Strategy and Partnerships section from September 2017 to May 2019. In this position, he led all innovation-focused alliances with industry leaders. He also established key new alliances with Cloud leaders such as Amazon, Google Cloud, and Apple. He also led a team driving overall alliances engagement with Microsoft, Ericsson, and IBM.Rama Naageswaran is currently a Group Leader at Alcatel from August 1997 to July 1999 (2 years). He is also Board Member at Friends for Youth from 2012 to 2014 (2 years). He has also been a Consultant at Bain & Company from 2008 to September 2010 (2 years). He has been a Spring Associate - Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch from June 2007 to August 2007 (3 months). He also has experience in Engineering Manager at Force10 Networks (formerly Turin Networks) from January 2001 to July 2006 (5 years 7 months). He has also been a Vice President - Corporate Strategy & Partnerships at Cisco from September 2017 to May 2019 (1 year 9 months) in San Jose. He has also been a Sr. Manager - Enterprise Strategy focused on Data Center & Cloud initiatives at Cisco since 2010.
🎓 Education
Rama Naageswaran has a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master's in Finance from the Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania. He has also studied at the Modern School, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1992.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Rama Naageswaran has a degree in engineering from Said Abdulrahman college in 1988. After completing his undergraduate studies, he worked as an engineer with a technology company before coming to Alcatel-Lucent. He worked at Alcatel-Lucent from 1988 to 1997, where he was in charge of product development and partnerships. He also worked as a board member at Friends for Youth from 1992 to 1997. From 1997 to 1998, he was the managing director of a engineering consultancy. From 1998 to 2000, he was the technical director at Force10 Networks. From 2000 to 2007, he was the vice president of corporate strategy and partnerships at Cisco. He replaced Chuck Robbins as the managing director at Cisco in 2007. He also had a role in driving alliances and engagement with Apple,Ericsson, Microsoft and other companies. From 2010 to 2019, he was the managing director at Cisco in Palo Alto, CA. He is also a member of theboard of directors at Alcatel-Lucent.
Extraversion (E), Sensing (S), Feeling (F), Judging (J)
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