Who is in the Juniper Networks mafia?

Notable members include RK Anand (Recogni), Barun Kar (Auradine), Charlie Franklin (Compa), Gideon Avida (Menlo Security), Changming Liu (Aerohive Networks), Swati Deshpande (Gruve), Apurva Mehta (Versa Networks), Kumar Mehta (Versa Networks), among 53 tracked members.

What companies did Juniper Networks alumni found?

Companies founded by Juniper Networks alumni include Recogni, Auradine, Compa, Menlo Security, Aerohive Networks, Gruve, Versa Networks, Nimbella, ThousandEyes, Flatiron Health.

The Juniper Networks Mafia

53 people came through Juniper Networks and went on to found or lead other companies.

RK AnandSenior Vice President, Foundation TechnologiesFounded Recogni +1 Barun KarSenior Systems ManagerFounded Auradine +1 Charlie FranklinDirector, Total RewardsFounded Compa +1 Gideon AvidaSoftware Engineering Sr. ManagerFounded Menlo Security +1 Changming LiuDistinguished EngineerFounded Aerohive Networks +1 Swati DeshpandeSr Staff EngineerFounded Gruve +1 Apurva MehtaCTO, Chief Architect, Mobility Business UnitFounded Versa Networks +1 Kumar MehtaVP EngineeringFounded Versa Networks +1 Anshu AgarwalVP, Product Management & Marketing, Content & MediaFounded Nimbella Ricardo OliveiraInternFounded ThousandEyes Carolyn StarrettStrategic AnalystFounded Flatiron Health Fahim SheikhDirector, Sales Engineering & Global Business DevelopmentFounded Trellis Denis LeClairSoftware Engineering DirectorFounded Trellis Spencer GreeneVP Product Management, JunosFounded GreenLight Workforce Solutions Sandeep LahaneSenior Software EngineerFounded VERCEPT Abilash MenonDirector of Software EngineeringFounded MaiaEdge Karim ToubbaVice President - Product & Strategy - Security Business UnitFounded Lastpass James DingSoftware Developer InternFounded Draftwise Rodny MolinaSr Focused Technical Support EngineerFounded Nestybox Declan ConlonPrincipal EngineerFounded Wagetap Thomas StephensPortfolio Management InternFounded Upfront Vikas ChoudharyASIC EngineerFounded Theya Aditya SoodML Researcher IIFounded Contrario Daniel KharitonovStaff Engineer, Core Routing ProductsFounded Vizco Will UppingtonProduct ManagementFounded Truera Patrick XuSoftware ManagerFounded Aurascape Sandeep JainEngineering ManagerFounded MonetizeNow Said OuissalVice President, Product ManagementFounded Zededa Etai BeckDir. Product Line Management and Marketing, Rich Media ConvergenceFounded Folloze Alex ShanResearcherFounded Judgment Labs Sanjay BeriDirector of Product Management, Emerging TechnologiesFounded Netskope Saurabh SandhirDirector, Junos Developer Network (aka Junos SDK)Founded Kipling Secure Ritesh KapahiHardware Engineering Manager, Security Products GroupsFounded Lumilens Ariful HuqSenior Product Line ManagerFounded Exaforce Damien GarrosSr Technical Marketing EngineerFounded Opsmill Vyas SekarSr. Director, Corporate Business Development, Corporate Development & StrategyFounded Rockfish Data PJ KirnerDistinguished EngineerFounded Illumio Yoav LevySoftware Group ManagerFounded Upstream Security Hannes GredlerCustomer Support Escalation EngineerFounded RtBrick Pravin BhandarkarDirector of Product Management & India Site Lead (Product Management)Founded RtBrick Chandra PandeyDirector Solutions Engineering and ArchitecturesFounded Seceon Viswesh AnanthakrishnanDirector of Product ManagementFounded Aurascape Ajay JainSoftware EngineeringFounded Genmo Sunil BakhruSoftware Engineer/Technical LeadFounded Kipling Secure Poornima DeBolleSr. Director, PLM, Cloud Security and Security ManagementFounded Menlo Security Mahantesh PattanshettiProduct Delivery LeadFounded Procyon Sukhesh HalemaneStaff EngineerFounded Procyon Kannan KothandaramanVice President, Product Line ManagementFounded Selector AI Nitin KumarNetOps EngineerFounded Selector AI Kartik CDSStaff EngineerFounded WideField Ashutosh DasDirector of Engineering, Advanced TechnologyFounded SMART David WeinbergDirector, Corporate DevelopmentFounded Vervoe Future of Work AI-based recruitment platform Rupesh MishraStaff Software EngineerFounded Instasecure

Frequently asked questions

What is the Juniper Networks mafia?: The Juniper Networks mafia is the network of 53 people who came through Juniper Networks and went on to found or lead other companies, including Recogni, Auradine, Compa, Menlo Security, Aerohive Networks.
Who is in the Juniper Networks mafia?: Notable members include RK Anand (Recogni), Barun Kar (Auradine), Charlie Franklin (Compa), Gideon Avida (Menlo Security), Changming Liu (Aerohive Networks), Swati Deshpande (Gruve), Apurva Mehta (Versa Networks), Kumar Mehta (Versa Networks), among 53 tracked members.
What companies did Juniper Networks alumni found?: Companies founded by Juniper Networks alumni include Recogni, Auradine, Compa, Menlo Security, Aerohive Networks, Gruve, Versa Networks, Nimbella, ThousandEyes, Flatiron Health.