Find your path to Alok
220 people in our graph share verified history with Alok — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Mike VolpiunlockedAlok: together at Confluent (2020–2023)
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×5Alok: together at Cisco
Alok: together at University of Florida
About
Alok Nikhil is a cloud infrastructure engineer with experience in serverless systems, networking, and performance optimization. He was a technical author of Aurora Serverless at AWS, worked on networking infrastructure at Cisco, and contributed to scaling Confluent Cloud's throughput and reducing Kafka latencies.
Founder at OmnistrateYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Alok went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Omnistrate's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Alok can intro founders to Omnistrate's investors below.
Omnistrate's investors · 4
Co-founders at Omnistrate
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Kamal GuptaFounder
Experience
- OmnistrateFounder / CTOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ConfluentStaff Software Engineer2020 — 2023Mountain View, California, United States
- CiscoSenior Software Engineer2018 — 2020San Jose, CA
- Amazon Web ServicesLead Software Engineer2017 — 2018Greater Seattle Area
- Amazon Web ServicesAurora (RDS) Software Development Engineer2015 — 2017Greater Seattle Area
- AmpArmorEntrepreneur2013 — 2014Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Bharat Heavy Electricals LimitedIntern2013Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Skills & more
C++CJava19Algorithms8Software Development5Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)Process Automation3Agile MethodologiesDistributed Systems1Databases2GitLinux Kernel1
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Go (Programming Language)JSONC (Programming Language)Languages English · Kannada · Telugu
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alok Nikhil?
- Alok Nikhil is a cloud infrastructure engineer with experience in serverless systems, networking, and performance optimization. He was a technical author of Aurora Serverless at AWS, worked on networking infrastructure at Cisco, and contributed to scaling Confluent Cloud's throughput and reducing Kafka latencies.
- Where does Alok Nikhil work?
- Alok Nikhil is Founder of Omnistrate.
- What companies did Alok Nikhil found?
- Alok Nikhil founded Omnistrate.
- Where did Alok Nikhil go to school?
- Alok Nikhil studied at University of Florida (Master's Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering); M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Instrumentation Technology); St.Joseph's Boys' High School (Mathematics and Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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Cisco mafia166
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sujay JaswaCorporate DevelopmentFounded Superunlimited +2Russ d'SaEngineerFounded Meetyu +2Val AgostinoSr. Director, Head of Product and GrowthFounded Monarch +2Marc AustinHead of Automation Strategy and Growth for Cisco Internet for the FutureFounded Hedgehog +2Dug SongGeneral Manager, Zero Trust & Duo SecurityFounded Duo Security (Link +1Aye MoahUser Interface DesignerFounded Baydin +1
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Confluent mafia17
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Raquel BuendiaExecutive Assistant to the VP, Business DevelopmentFounded Chronosphere +1Kamal GuptaGeneral ManagerFounded Omnistrate +1Enes AkarEngineering LeaderFounded Hazelcast +1Aaditya TalwaiSite Reliability Engineer, Confluent CloudFounded Lariat DataChengjun YuanSoftware EngineerFounded SugerAlex MarantelosTeam Lead, Customer Success ManagementFounded Intryc
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Confluent mafia15
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Raquel BuendiaExecutive AssistantFounded Chronosphere +1Kamal GuptaGeneral ManagerFounded Omnistrate +1Enes AkarEngineering LeaderFounded Hazelcast +1Aaditya TalwaiSite Reliability Engineer, Confluent CloudFounded Lariat DataChengjun YuanSoftware EngineerFounded SugerAlex MarantelosEnterprise Customer Success ManagerFounded Intryc
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St. Joseph's Boys' High School mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended University of Florida397
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkLauren HolsingerChief Of Staff at March Capital PartnersAndrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at HeavybitAmy KalokerinosInvestor at Khosla VenturesBrendon SchmidtPrincipal & Head of Business Development at Sierra VenturesDavid CorreaChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Marlin Equity Partners
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Also attended M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology3
Also attended St.Joseph's Boys' High School7
Chiragh CInvestment Analyst at Titan CapitalSanjay SwamyFounder and Managing Partner at Prime Venture PartnersPranav PaiFounding Partner at 3one4 CapitalRajashekar VasanthaFounder at Synthio LabsAshwin RaoCo-Founder & CTO at OkkularBalaji SreenivasanExecutive Officer, Director at Aurigo Software Technologies
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Shared employers
Also worked at Omnistrate1
Also worked at Confluent43
Mike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesSangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Chiraag DeoraPrincipal at GreycroftJavier RedondoPartner at Scale Venture PartnersSahir AzamInvestor at Index VenturesShravan NarayenInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Also worked at Cisco713
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkCyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures
+ 707 more
Also worked at Amazon Web Services443
Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupKeerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesAdam NaorInvestor at CapitalGKen HowardVice President of Technology Services at Flare Capital PartnersEliya ElonInvestor at Notable Capital
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