John Bicket
Unicorn founderCo-founder & CTO at Samsara
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSamsara$12B
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About
Previously co-founded Meraki, where he served as CTO and VP of Engineering, and stayed on as VP of Engineering for Cisco's Cloud Networking Group following the company's acquisition. He conducted graduate research in computer networking at MIT from 2002 to 2006.
Co-founder & CTO at Samsara
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Sanjit BiswasCo-founder & CEO
Experience
- SamsaraCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Cloud Networking Group, Cisco SystemsVP of Engineering2012 — 2015San Francisco
- Meraki, IncCTO, VP Engineering, and Co-Founder2006 — 2012
- MITGraduate Student2002 — 2006
Skills & more
Cloud Computing12Distributed Systems5Network Security3Virtualization1Data CenterNetwork ArchitectureSecurityWireless NetworkingWireless1ScalabilityEnterprise Software5SaaS3
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Bicket?
- Previously co-founded Meraki, where he served as CTO and VP of Engineering, and stayed on as VP of Engineering for Cisco's Cloud Networking Group following the company's acquisition. He conducted graduate research in computer networking at MIT from 2002 to 2006.
- Where does John Bicket work?
- John Bicket is Co-founder & CTO of Samsara.
- What companies did John Bicket found?
- John Bicket founded Samsara.
- Where did John Bicket go to school?
- John Bicket studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M. S., Computer Science); Cornell University (B.S., Computer Science).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Samsara28
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