Viswanathan Iyer is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in the technology sector, particularly in the service provider domain. Currently serving as President for APJ Service Provider at Cisco, Viswanathan has held several notable positions, including Vice President of Architectures and Director of SP Architectures Video & NGN for the Asia Pacific region at Cisco. Prior to Cisco, Viswanathan worked as Regional Networking Manager at HCL Comnet. Viswanathan holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science & Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, completed between 1988 and 1992.