Nikhil Jagtap

Nikhil Jagtap is an accomplished Principal Architect at A5G Networks, Inc., specializing in the development of cloud-native and highly scalable 5G User Plane Function (UPF) solutions since October 2021. Prior experience includes a role as Principal Software Engineer at Exium, where Nikhil focused on VPP and DPDK-based datapath solutions, cloud infrastructure across multiple platforms, and security implementations. Nikhil also served as Technical Lead at Parallel Wireless, with expertise in mobile communication technologies and virtualization, and held positions as Senior Software Engineer at Cisco Systems and Software Engineer Staff at Juniper Networks, contributing to significant projects in packet forwarding and security. Nikhil began a career in software engineering at Blue Coat Systems, concentrating on policy frameworks for web proxies. Educational credentials include a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and dual Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science from Savitribai Phule Pune University and Pune Institute of Computer Technology.