Balaji Iyer

Balaji Iyer possesses extensive experience in technical program management and engineering operations, currently serving as a Technical Program Manager at Cerebras Systems since March 2025. Prior roles include Senior Staff Technical Program Manager at Demandbase, Senior Director of Engineering Operations and Director of Engineering Operations at Illumio, and Director of Program Management at Nuage Networks from Nokia. Balaji began a career at Juniper Networks as a Senior Program Manager, followed by a Program Manager position at VMware, and a combination of Program Manager and Senior QA Engineer roles at BMC Software. Balaji holds a Master of Science in Management Engineering from Montana State University-Bozeman and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from the University of Mumbai.