Chitresh Yadav

Chitresh Yadav has a strong and diverse work experience spanning over several years. Chitresh began their career at Tata Consultancy Services in 1994 as a System Analyst before moving on to Alcatel-Lucent in 1997. At Alcatel-Lucent, they held various senior software professional and leadership positions for over a decade. In 2010, Chitresh joined Juniper Networks as a Senior Manager of Software Engineering, where they led a multi-site software development team and also managed customer interaction and business development activities in the APAC market. In 2013, they joined Cisco as a Senior Manager in the Product Architecture Team for the Mobility Business Unit. In this role, they led a team responsible for building the next generation platform for mobility and cloud solutions. Chitresh then became the Head of India R&D and Operations at Versa Networks, a fast-growing startup disrupting network infrastructure technology. In this position, they played a key role in establishing Versa Networks as a leader in the Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) segment while also leading in areas such as SD-Security, vCPE, and NFV. Currently, they hold the position of Head of Sales Engineering at Versa Networks, where they continue to contribute to the company's growth and success.

Chitresh Yadav obtained their Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Telecom from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology between 1990 and 1994. Following this, they pursued a Master's degree in Computer Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology from 1999 to 2000.