About
Mallik Mahalingam is a Founder Advisor at Decibel. He co-founded Springpath Inc., serving as its CEO and CTO until the company was acquired by Cisco in 2017, and now works as a Cisco Distinguished Engineer and CTO of the HyperFlex product line. Before Springpath, he was a Principal Engineer at VMware leading networking and storage product development, and he holds close to 80 patents and has authored six academic papers. He is a graduate of the University of Madras.
Invests in
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Experience
- IntuitVice President of Technologycurrent2020 — present
- Decibel PartnersFounder Advisorcurrent2019 — presentPalo Alto, California
- StartupsInvestor / Advisorcurrent2015 — presentSunnyvale, California
- CiscoCTO, DE, HyperFlex2017 — 2019San Jose, California
- Springpath (Acquired by Cisco)CEO, Founder and CTO2012 — 2017Sunnyvale, California
- VMwarePrincipal Engineer2002 — 2012Palo Alto, California
- Hewlett Packard LabsResearcher1998 — 2002Palo Alto, California
- NETFRAME SYSTEMS INCORPORATEDSoftware Architect1995 — 1998Milpitas, California
- Intel CorporationSoftware Engineer1994 — 1995Hillsboro, Oregon
- HCL - Hewlett Packard R&DSoftware Engineer1992 — 1994Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurResearch Engineer1991 — 1992Kanpur
Skills & more
Virtualization19Storage9Data Center3Networking3Pppp9Linux15Operating Systems2GRIN1
From Mallik's professional profile.
Colleagues at Decibel Partners
Alessio Fanelli
Partner at Decibel Partners
Amy Chang
Founder, Accompany at Decibel Partners
Andrew Peterson
Founder, Signal Sciences at Decibel Partners
Bhaskar Sunkara
Founder, AppDynamics at Decibel Partners
Dan Nguyen-Huu
Partner at Decibel Partners
Dug Song
Founder, Duo Security at Decibel Partners
Jess Leão
Partner at Decibel Partners
Jon Oberheide
Founder, Duo Security at Decibel Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mallik Mahalingam?
- Mallik Mahalingam is a Founder Advisor at Decibel. He co-founded Springpath Inc., serving as its CEO and CTO until the company was acquired by Cisco in 2017, and now works as a Cisco Distinguished Engineer and CTO of the HyperFlex product line. Before Springpath, he was a Principal Engineer at VMware leading networking and storage product development, and he holds close to 80 patents and has authored six academic papers. He is a graduate of the University of Madras.
- Where does Mallik Mahalingam work?
- Mallik Mahalingam is Founder Advisor at Decibel Partners.
- What does Mallik Mahalingam invest in?
- Mallik Mahalingam invests in Cloud Computing, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software.
- Where did Mallik Mahalingam go to school?
- Mallik Mahalingam studied at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (Bachelors in Computer Engineering, Computer Hardware/Software).
Same school
Also attended Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering4
Shared employers
Also worked at Intuit113
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Also worked at Cisco395
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkCyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone
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Also worked at VMware126
Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMichael DellFounder & CEO of Dell TechnologiesJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesBogomil BalkanskyHome chef and food blogger, venture capital partner, and wildlife photographer
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Also worked at Intel Corporation404
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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