Rahul Vaidya

Rahul Vaidya has over 20 years of work experience in the technology industry. Rahul is currently the Director of Product Management at Versa Networks since October 2022. Prior to this, they served as a Sr. Product Manager at Versa Networks from February 2019 to October 2022, where they were responsible for pricing, competitive analysis, licensing, feature prioritization, and go-to-market strategies for the VSA and SWG product lines, which experienced triple-digit growth rates annually.

Before joining Versa Networks, Rahul worked at Cisco Systems as a Product Manager from July 2013 to June 2017, where they focused on Internet of Everything (IoT) Core solutions. Rahul was involved in developing end-to-end solutions for customers in the IoT domain, including 3GPP Core Network Access products, SCEF, and Data Management layer based on OneM2M specification.

Prior to their role at Cisco, Rahul worked at Juniper Networks as a Member of Technical Staff from November 2010 to July 2013. In this role, they had the responsibility of analyzing customer requirements, ensuring standards support, and providing detailed inputs for product development.

Rahul's career started at Samsung India in 2004, where they worked as a Standards Engineer until October 2010. Rahul then joined Samsung Electronics as an Engineer, representing Samsung in 3GPP SA2 meetings and contributing to the development of 3GPP EPC Rel-8 features, including LTE, S4-SGSN, and non-3GPP interworking.

At the beginning of their career, Rahul worked as a Software Engineer at IBM Global Services from August 2001 to July 2002.

Rahul Vaidya's education history includes a Bachelor's degree (BE) from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. The specific field of study during this time is not provided. Additionally, Rahul Vaidya also holds a Master's degree (MSc) in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), with a specialization in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications. The years of enrollment and graduation for both degrees are not mentioned.