Pradeep Sindhu
Pradeep Sindhu | |
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| Born | September 4, 1953 Mumbai, India |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | IIT Kanpur University of Hawaii Carnegie Mellon University |
| Employer | Juniper Networks |
| Known for | Co-founder, Juniper Networks |
| Title | CTO , Juniper Networks Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Pradeep Sindhu is Indian American entrepreneur who is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer/Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Juniper Networks Inc.[1] He was also the CEO of the company until 1996.
Biography
Sindhu holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering (1974) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, M.S. in Electrical Engineering (1976) from the University of Hawaii, and a Ph.D (1982) in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University[2] where he studied under Bob Sproull.
Work
Sindhu had worked at the Computer Science Lab of Xerox PARC for 11 years.[2] Sindhu worked on design tools for very-large-scale integration (VLSI) of integrated circuits and high-speed interconnects for shared memory multiprocessors.
Sindhu founded Juniper Networks along with Dennis Ferguson and Bjorn Liencres in February 1996 in California.[2] The company was subsequently reincorporated in Delaware in March 1998 and went public on the 25th of June, 1999.
Sindhu was instrumental in the architecture, design, and development of the Juniper M40 data router.[3]
Sindhu's earlier work was to subsequently influence the architecture, design, and development of Sun Microsystems' first high-performance multiprocessor system family, which includes systems such as the SS1000 and SC2000.
References
- ^ "Juniper Networks provides information on Juniper Networks Leadership /Pradeep Sindhu". Retrieved 2008-06-11.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b c "On the record: Scott Kriens and Pradeep Sindhu". The San Francisco Chronicle. March 14, 2004. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Juniper Networks Ships the Industry's First Internet Backbone Router Delivering Unrivaled Scalability, Control and Performance". juniper.net. September 16, 1998. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- American technology chief executives
- American manufacturing businesspeople
- Carnegie Mellon University alumni
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur alumni
- Juniper Networks
- People associated with networking industry
- University of Hawaii alumni
- American chief technologists
- American businessmen of Indian descent