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About the Author
Kelly Ahuja, CEO of Versa Networks is a seasoned industry veteran with
more than 20 years of experience in networking and telecommunications.
He currently serves on the board of directors for two startups in
Silicon Valley. Kelly spent 18 years at Cisco rooted in the design and
deployment of telecommunications networks. He was most recently SVP
of Service Provider Business, Products and Solutions at Cisco where he
was responsible for developing and managing the service provider
segment strategy and portfolio. Kelly held several other senior executive
roles at Cisco, including SVP and GM of the Mobility Business Group,
Chief Architect for the Service Provider business, and SVP and GM of
the Service Provider Routing Technology Group.
Earlier in his career, Kelly served as VP of Marketing at optical networking startup BlueLeaf Networks
and product management leader at Stratacom. He also managed the design and deployment of data and
voice networks for AT&T Canada, Bank of Canada and Telesat Canada. Kelly holds a Bachelor of
Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-ahuja-5820772
https://twitter.com/kahuja
Company website: https://versa-networks.com/
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