Bhanu Parlapalli

Bhanu Parlapalli is an experienced software engineering leader currently serving as Senior Director of Software Engineering at Gigamon since November 2013. In this role, Bhanu oversees the software engineering of Gigamon's Cloud Suite across various virtual platforms, managing a large distributed team and engaging with customers while collaborating on product roadmaps. Previous positions at Gigamon include Director and Senior Manager of Software Engineering, with responsibilities ranging from overseeing the Fabric Manager team to leading systems software development. Prior to Gigamon, Bhanu worked at Broadcom Corporation as Principal Systems Software Engineer, where work included leading SDK driver development for network switches. Bhanu's career began as a Software Engineer at Accenia Inc and as an Embedded Software Design Engineer at Wind River. Educational credentials include a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.