Murtaza Bawahir — CTO

Specialties : Software Architecture & Design ~ Strategic Planning & Execution ~Leadership & Team Building ~ Cloud ~ Distributed Systems ~ Virtualization ~ Networking ~ Middleware Applications ~ Visibility and Analytics~ Change Evangelist Summary :  20+ years of hands-on experience in building highly scalable software products for IP Networking, Cloud, SDN, Analytics, Orchestration, Automation/Intent, Storage, Virtualization, SAN, Telecom/OSS, Enterprise Applications, etc.  Proven track record in leading global engineering teams and products having revenues of $200m+ from concept to deployment/transition. Proven record in hiring, mentoring, and retaining world-class Engineering teams with leadership depth.  Pivotal role in building cloud-native middleware/gateway (SDI – SDN & NFV) for Networking & Automation solutions using opensource technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, etc. with DevOps. Led the transformation journey from On-prem to Cloud for Product as well as Team Culture.  Highly Adaptive in business transformations (Amalgamation of acquired product lines, Global transitions, etc.). Played a key role in building R&D centers from ground-up as a part of Brocade (20 to 900+) and Huawei (40 to 2000+) journey in India.  Customer & Partner Engagement: Represented Engineering for APJ and EMEA region for the Sales/SE community. Delivered Product presentations and demos for Customers and Partners visiting India COE.  India Site Lead (220+ engineers). Member of India COE Leadership team; Driving cross product-line initiatives, Innovations, Cross pollinations, Employee engagements, and CSR.  Excellent Learning agility in grasping of technology, business, and market trends. Strong skills in collaboration and driving products cross-functionally and multi-site.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Telecommunications expert with extensive experience in cloud-native and networking solutions.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 26 yrs 11 mos