Prem Jain Indians Connecting People (iCON)Prem Jain is currently the Senior Vice President of the Server Access Virtualization Business Unit for Cisco Systems, Inc. Jain is also serves as one of the member's on Cisco's Development Council. In 2005, Mr. Jain co-founded Nuova Systems, which was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. in 2008. He served as one of the Chief Development Officers for Nuova as well as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to co-founding Nuova Systems, Inc., Mr. Jain was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Router Technology Group at Cisco Systems, which includes all Cisco routers and access products. He also held the position of Vice President of New Business Ventures. In this capacity, he was responsible for exploring new technologies that aligned and positioned Cisco's business strategies. Previous to working with New Business Ventures, Mr. Jain held the position of Vice President and General Manager within Enterprise Line of Business where he was responsible for the Voice, Wireless Telephony, WAN Edge, VPN & Security, and Metro Services Business Units. He was instrumental in continuously growing the Enterprise market segments, and maintaining Cisco's leadership position as it relates to WAN edge backbone routers, ATM switching products, Enterprise voice solutions and firewall equipment. Mr. Jain joined Cisco in 1993 as Director of Engineering when Cisco acquired Crescendo Communications. At Crescendo, Mr. Jain was Vice President of Systems Architecture, and was responsible for the design and development of Crescendo's FDDI products as well as the first LAN switch, now known at the Cisco Catalyst 1200. Prior to Crescendo, Mr. Jain was Director of Engineering for David Systems, where he architected and developed third-generation integrated Data and Voice PABX equipment. He also worked at BNR as a member of the Scientific Staff, where he was responsible for the architecture, design and development of small and large integrated PABXs. Mr. Jain is the recipient of two patents and is a member of the IEEE organization. He holds a B.E. degree with honors from BITS Pilani, India and a Masters degree in EECS from U.C. Davis. In his spare time, Mr. Jain enjoys snow skiing, hiking and playing Bridge. He is actively involved in volunteer work for non-profit organizations, fundraising for the homeless and helping San Francisco Bay Area schools. |
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