Where does Sailesh Kumar work?

Sailesh Kumar is Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Baya Systems.

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Sailesh Kumar founded Baya Systems.

Where did Sailesh Kumar go to school?

Sailesh Kumar studied at Washington University in St. Louis (PhD, Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (B.S., Electrical Engineering).

Sailesh Kumar

Founder

Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Baya Systems

Los Altos, California, United States

FoundedBaya Systems

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Intel CapitalSanta Clara · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025 MatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025 Maverick SiliconSan Francisco · since 2025

Experience

Baya SystemsCEOcurrent2023 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
Intel CorporationIntel Fellow2018 — 2023Santa Clara, California
NetSpeed SystemsFounder and CTO2011 — 2018San Jose, CA
Huawei, USAChief Architect2009 — 2011
Cisco SystemsSoftware Engineer2008 — 2009
Washington UniversityGraduate Research Assistant2004 — 2007
Cisco SystemsIntern2005
Paxonet CommunicationsDesign Engineer2000 — 2003

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AlgorithmsArchitectureSoCHigh Performance ComputingDeep Packet InspectionComputer ArchitectureSystem ArchitectureQoSNetwork ProcessorsTCP/IPC++

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Who is Sailesh Kumar?: Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Baya Systems
Where does Sailesh Kumar work?: Sailesh Kumar is Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Baya Systems.
What companies did Sailesh Kumar found?: Sailesh Kumar founded Baya Systems.
Where did Sailesh Kumar go to school?: Sailesh Kumar studied at Washington University in St. Louis (PhD, Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (B.S., Electrical Engineering).

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