Kannan Natesan

Kannan Natesan is a Solutions Consultant at Cataleya. Kannan has over 19 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, specializing in IP platforms, network function services, traffic steering, service chaining, TCP optimization, and video optimization. Prior to joining Cataleya, Kannan was a Solution Manager at Alcatel-Lucent, where they were responsible for consultative pre-sales and hands-on customer delivery. Kannan has also held positions as an R&D Manager at Asgent Technology Pte Ltd and a VoIP Practice Manager at Megasoft. Kannan began their career as a Software Engineer at Siemens Communications Software in 1996.

After completing their MSc in Computer Science from Pondicherry University, Kannan Natesan went on to obtain various certifications from Cisco, Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenStack, and Cisco. Kannan is now a certified OpenStack administrator and a Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA Routing and Switching).

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