Rohit Kalbag

VP Product Marketing And Alliances at OpenVPN Inc.

Rohit Kalbag has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. Rohit began their career at Verizon Wireless Laboratories in 1997 as a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, where they contributed to wireless standards and carried out various technical assessments. Rohit then joined Verizon Wireless in 2004 and held multiple managerial positions, including Manager of New Product Development and Manager of Network Applications Development. In these roles, they were responsible for product planning, development, and lifecycle management. Rohit also played a key role in deploying services such as enabling Verizon Wireless customers to use Wi-Fi hotspots at premium locations.

In 2010, Rohit took on the role of Director (Interim) of New Product Development, overseeing the technical realization of new products in areas like LTE, Femtocell, and Wi-Fi technologies. Rohit effectively managed a capital budget of $10M and provided oversight for a team of product engineers.

In 2015, Rohit joined Sandstorm Ventures as a Technical Associate, where they led technical due diligence investigations on next-gen technologies. Rohit then transitioned to OpenVPN Inc. in 2018, initially working as a Full-time Consulting Senior Product Manager. Rohit later moved up to roles such as Senior Manager of Product Management and Product Marketing, Director of Product Management, and currently serves as the Vice President of Product Marketing.

Rohit Kalbag's education history includes a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Missouri, which they obtained from 1995 to 1997. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from the University of Bombay, where they studied from 1990 to 1994. Additionally, Rohit attended Rutgers Business School, although the specific degree and field of study are unknown as there is no information regarding start and end years.

On top of their formal education, Rohit has obtained several certifications. In 2022, they became certified in Cybersecurity (CC®) from (ISC)². In 2019, they achieved the Marketo Certified Associate certification from Marketo, an Adobe Company. The year before, in 2018, they obtained the Salesforce Administrator certification from Salesforce. Prior to that, in 2016, they completed the Software Defined Networking with OpenDaylight certification offered by The Linux Foundation. In 2015, they received a Certificate of Completion in AutoCAD from Autodesk and completed the Customer-Focused Product and Service Design certification from eCornell. In 2014, they obtained certifications in Advanced Marketing Research and Data-Driven Marketing, both from eCornell. In addition, Rohit completed a Mini-MBA program in Strategic Marketing from the Rutgers Center for Management Development in 2013 and a Mini-MBA™ program in Entrepreneurship from the same institution in 2012. Rohit also received training in Agile Fundamentals from Verizon Classroom Training in 2012. Lastly, they obtained the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification from Amazon in 2018. The completion or achievement dates are not available for the Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship certification from Stanford University.

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New York, United States

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OpenVPN Inc.

OpenVPN Technologies provides premier VPN security software and web-scale VPN service based on open source innovation. Spurred by the launch of its enterprise software (Access Server) targeting all size of Businesses and Private Tunnel service targeting Consumers, the Company is experiencing rapid growth of business customers and consumers for itsproducts and services.The Company supports a thriving open source community which has been the core of the network transport and security models used by the enterprise software and the web-scale private tunnel service. The OpenVPN open source can be downloaded for free and is a widely deployed, full-featured VPN software solution accommodating an extensive range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls.The Company was founded by Francis Dinha and OpenVPN open source project was founded by James Yonan. Francis Dinha is a highly accomplished executive with domestic and international experience in operations, P&L management, strategic product positioning, technology development, and business planning with both startup and growth organizations. James Yonan is the author of the OpenVPN software package, and has since established OpenVPN as an award-winning offering in the Open Source security space.


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51-200

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