Overview
Dr. Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja serves as CTO & Vice President at Pure Storage[1][3]. Ahuja has conceived, invented, brought to market and successfully exited 4 startups[2], including ShieldX Networks, where Ahuja served as Founding CEO, Chief R&D Officer, and Board Chairman before the company's acquisition by Fortinet[2][4][5]. Prior experience includes roles as CTO & VP of Mobile & Network Business Units at McAfee[7], VP Technology at Extreme Networks[9], and President & CEO at Webstacks[10]. Ahuja holds a Ph.D. and MS in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University[11] and a BSc in Electronics from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology[12]. Ahuja has 71 issued patents[2].
Profile introduction
Conceived, invented, brought to market and successfully exited 4 startups. My passion is identifying change, the opportunity that is thus created, inventing and bringing solutions to market that address the needs of the markets impacted by those shifts. - 71 Issued Patents - 6th Degree Blackbelt in TaeKwonDo. An avid practitioner of QiGong, weight training and running. - An ardent student of SunTzu's Art Of War. - ShieldX Networks Founding CEO, Chief R&D Officer, Board Chairman. Acquired by Fortinet. A Multi-cloud elastically scaling containerized microservices based network security p…
Career history
- CTO & Vice PresidentMay 2021 to presentPure Storage
- Chairman Of The Board & Chief R&D OfficerAug 2019 to Mar 2021ShieldX Networks
- CEO & Co-founderNov 2015 to Dec 2019ShieldX Networks
- Investor & Board MemberMar 2014 to Dec 2020RaGaPa Inc.
- CTO & VP , Mobile & Network Business UnitsSep 2008 to Oct 2015McAfee
- CTO & Founder2003 to 2008Reconnex
- VP Technology2001 to 2003Extreme Networks
- President & CEO1999 to 2001Webstacks
Education
- MS & Ph.D. Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering1986 - 1990Iowa State University
- BSc Electronics, Electronics & Electrical Engineering1982 - 1986Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
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