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AdamunlockedRonak: together at Cisco (2014–2020)
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Ronak: together at Andiamo Systems (acquired by Cisco)
Ronak: together at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
About
Ronak Desai is co-founder and CEO of Ciroos, a company developing multi-agentic AI for IT investigation aimed at SRE, DevOps, and operations teams. He previously spent over 20 years at Cisco, including a role as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco Full-Stack Observability and AppDynamics. He holds 50 patents.
President and Chief Executive Officer at Ciroos
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Co-founders at Ciroos
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Amit PatelFounder
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Ananda RajagopalFounder
Experience
- CiroosCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- CiscoSVP & GM AppDynamics and FSO2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- CiscoSenior Vice President2021 — 2022San Jose, California, United States
- sken.ai (acquired by Fortinet NASDAQ: FTNT)Investor/Advisor2019 — 2022
- CiscoVP Engineering2014 — 2021San Jose, CA
- Insieme Networks (acquired by Cisco)Sr. Director of Engineering and Founding employee2012 — 2013San Jose, CA
- Arista NetworksDirector and MTS2012United States
- Cisco SystemsDirector, Engineering2005 — 2011
- Andiamo Systems (acquired by Cisco)Technical Lead2002 — 2005
- Jasmine NetworksSr. Manager, Director, Engineering2001 — 2002
- Cisco SystemsTechnical Lead/Engineering Manager1996 — 2001San Jose, CA
Skills & more
FCoE8High Availability48Forwarding2IPC4Switches22VoIP4ATM1IP Networking2Fibre Channel12Ethernet57Cloud Computing42
Languages Gujarati, Hindi, English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ronak Desai?
- Ronak Desai is co-founder and CEO of Ciroos, a company developing multi-agentic AI for IT investigation aimed at SRE, DevOps, and operations teams. He previously spent over 20 years at Cisco, including a role as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco Full-Stack Observability and AppDynamics. He holds 50 patents.
- Where does Ronak Desai work?
- Ronak Desai is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ciroos.
- What companies did Ronak Desai found?
- Ronak Desai founded Ciroos.
- Where did Ronak Desai go to school?
- Ronak Desai studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (Master's degree, ECE); The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics And Communication).
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Cisco mafia166
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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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Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur mafia141
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Kumar SaurabhBTechFounded LogicHub +2Raj Shekhar SinghBachelor of Technology (BTech)Founded Z21 +1Sudarshan Ravi JhaDual DegreeFounded Z21 +1Surojit ChatterjeeB. Tech (Honors)Founded Ema +1Nalin GuptaB.Tech + M.Tech (Dual Degree)Founded Cignara +1Ankit ParasherBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) honsFounded LetsTransport +1
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Arista Networks mafia10
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Geoffrey WooSoftware Engineer (Research)Founded Ketone-IQ +2Ken J CarpenterSenior Software EngineerFounded Foundation Devices +1Anshul SadanaChief Operating OfficerFounded NexthopArash KhazaeiSoftware EngineerFounded StradaPrerit OberaiSoftware Engineer InternFounded Prototyping.ioMohamed HosnySoftware EngineerFounded Kebra
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The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda mafia9
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Brajesh MishraMBAFounded VarthanaMihir ShuklaComputer SoftwareFounded Automation AnywhereTanuj GulatiB.ScFounded SecuronixSundari MitraBSFounded AsatoAnkur TeredesaiB.E.Founded CueZenVenu RamanMaster’s DegreeFounded Natsar Pharmaceuticals
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Shared employers
Also worked at Ciroos4
Also worked at Cisco587
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
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Also worked at Arista Networks17
Curtis McKeePartner at Third Point VenturesAnshul SadanaCEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURESDan ScheinmanBoard Director: Zoom, Arista, Sentinel One at Operator CollectiveJeff KarrasGeneral Partner at America's Frontier FundGeoffrey WooInvestor at AntiArash KhazaeiFounder at Strada
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