Pradeep Sindhu

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Pradeep Sindhu
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Born (1953-09-04) 4 September 1953 (age 72)
Varanasi, India
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater IIT Kanpur
University of Hawaiʻi
Carnegie Mellon University
Employer(s) Juniper Networks, Fungible Inc.
Known forCo-founder, Juniper Networks
TitleChief Scientist, Juniper Networks, CEO & Founder, Fungible

Pradeep Sindhu is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chairman, chief development officer (CDO) and co-founder of data center technology company Fungible. Previously, he co-founded Juniper Networks, where he was the chief scientist and CEO until 1996.

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Biography

Sindhu holds a B.Tech. in electrical engineering (1974) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, M.S. in electrical engineering (1976) from the University of Hawaiʻi, and a PhD (1982) in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University [1] where he studied under Bob Sproull.

Work

Sindhu had worked at the Computer Science Lab of Xerox PARC for 11 years. [1] Sindhu worked on design tools for very-large-scale integration (VLSI) of integrated circuits and high-speed interconnects for shared memory architecture multiprocessors.

Sindhu founded Juniper Networks along with Dennis Ferguson and Bjorn Liencres in February 1996 in California. [1] The company was subsequently reincorporated in Delaware in March 1998 and went public on 25 June 1999. [2]

Sindhu worked on the architecture, design, and development of the Juniper M40 data router. [3]

Sindhu's earlier work at Xerox PARC influenced the architecture, design, and development of Sun Microsystems' first high-performance multiprocessor system family, which included systems such as the SPARCcenter 2000 and SPARCserver 1000. [4]

Sindhu is the founder and CEO of data center technology company Fungible. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "On the record: Scott Kriens and Pradeep Sindhu". The San Francisco Chronicle. 14 March 2004. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
  2. ↑ "Juniper Networks Shares Soar on First Trading Day". wsj.com. 28 June 1999. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Juniper Co-Founder Sindhu Steps Back". lightreading.com. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Juniper founder, CTO Sindhu cuts role to focus on startup". networkworld.com. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Juniper Networks co-founder steps aside to lead cloud startup". www.bizjournals.com. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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