About
Sachin Thakkar is Co-Founder of Highway 9 Networks, a company focused on enterprise mobile cloud technology. He previously held engineering leadership roles at VMware, where he worked on 5G Telco Cloud platforms, hybrid cloud interconnection including VMware HCX, and network virtualization products such as VMware NSX, vCloud Networking & Security, and vSphere Networking. Earlier in his career, he worked on Cisco's Nexus software switching, UCS, and Nexus 1000v.
Co-founder & Sr. Dir R&D at Highway9
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Co-founders at Highway9
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Allwyn SequeiraCo-founder & CEO
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Debashis BasakCo-founder & CTO
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Serge MaskalikCo-founder & VP R&D
Experience
- Highway 9 NetworksCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentSaratoga, California, United States
- VMwareSr Director R&D - VMware Telco & Edge2018 — 2020Palo Alto, CA
- VMwareDirector R&D - VMware HCX & Telco NFV2017 — 2018Palo Alto
- VMwareDirector R&D - VMware HCX, VMware Hybrid Cloud2014 — 2017
- VMwareTechnical Leader, NSX - R&D2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- CiscoSoftware Engineer2009 — 2011
- eBay IncSoftware Engineer2007 — 2009
- UCLA CENSEmbedded Sensor Researcher2007
- ExpediaEngineering Intern2006
- Trimtech Inc.Software Development Intern2004
Skills & more
Virtualization54Distributed Systems28Software Development46Scalability14Cloud Computing30Web Services6Software Engineering7Programming4AMQP2Networking13Computer Science1API2
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Technical LeadershipSoftware DesignSDNNetwork VirtualizationHybrid CloudSecurityVMwareHybridityApacheRESTJavaXMLFrom Sachin's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sachin Thakkar?
- Sachin Thakkar is Co-Founder of Highway 9 Networks, a company focused on enterprise mobile cloud technology. He previously held engineering leadership roles at VMware, where he worked on 5G Telco Cloud platforms, hybrid cloud interconnection including VMware HCX, and network virtualization products such as VMware NSX, vCloud Networking & Security, and vSphere Networking. Earlier in his career, he worked on Cisco's Nexus software switching, UCS, and Nexus 1000v.
- Where does Sachin Thakkar work?
- Sachin Thakkar is Co-founder & Sr. Dir R&D of Highway9.
- What companies did Sachin Thakkar found?
- Sachin Thakkar founded Highway9.
- Where did Sachin Thakkar go to school?
- Sachin Thakkar studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Master of Science (MS)); UCLA (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science); Bellarmine College Preparatory.
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