Balaji Padnala

Balaji Padnala is an accomplished Director of Engineering at Infoblox, with a focus on managing and leading global product development and R&D teams for Service Provider Networks and Cloud Product Development since January 2017. Prior to this role, Balaji held the position of Senior Engineering Manager at Infoblox, driving product development and support for both Service Provider and Cloud product lines. With prior experience as Technical Engineering Manager at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Balaji led R&D efforts for Helion OpenStack, and as Principal Staff Systems & Architecture at Freescale Semiconductor, contributed to cloud computing and SDN technologies. Early career roles include Technical Lead at Intoto Software, Senior Software Engineer at TMP Worldwide, and Software Analyst at DSQ Software, showcasing extensive expertise in software engineering and product development. Balaji holds an M.Tech in Computer Science Engineering and a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering, both from Acharya Nagarjuna University.