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
Education
- Sri Venkateswara College of EngineeringBachelors in Computer Engineering, Computer Hardware/Software1987 — 1991
Skills & more
Virtualization19Storage9Data Center3Networking3Pppp9Linux15Operating Systems2GRIN1
From Mallik's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering2
Shared employers
Also worked at Intuit61
Nate WangVP of Investments at Plum Alley InvestmentsDavid HahnCISO Operating Partner at Ballistic VenturesGregory BillingtonResearch at Transform Capital ManagementArjun AroraInvestor at Streamlined VenturesAdam CoccariManaging Director at HubSpot VenturesTekedra MawakanaCo-CEO, Waymo at Operator Collective
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Also worked at Cisco249
Cyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures
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Also worked at VMware78
Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesBogomil BalkanskyHome chef and food blogger, venture capital partner, and wildlife photographer
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Also worked at Intel Corporation261
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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Partner at Decibel Partners
Amy Chang
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Andrew Peterson
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Bhaskar Sunkara
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Dan Nguyen-Huu
Partner at Decibel Partners
Dug Song
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François Dufour
Founder Advisor at Decibel Partners
Jess Leão
Partner at Decibel Partners