Profile
Mallik is a Founder Advisor at Decibel.
Mallik was the co-founder, CEO and CTO of Springpath Inc. which was acquired by Cisco in 2017.
He is now a Cisco Distinguished Engineer and the CTO of the HyperFlex product-line.
Prior to founding Springpath, Mallik was a Principal Engineer at VMware where he led the networking and storage product development and delivered industry breakthrough technologies.
He holds close to 80 patents and authored six published papers in leading academic conferences and journals.
His personal time is spent playing with (or playing pranks on!) his children and competing on the badminton court.
A graduate of the University of Madras, Mallik’s passion is providing educational opportunities to the children of underserved communities.
Mallik Mahalingam active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| INTUIT INC. | Private Equity Investor | 01/05/2020 |
Decibel Partners LLC
Decibel Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Decibel Partners invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of cybersecurity, developer platforms, data, ML/AI infra, offensive AI/offensive Security and autonomous software sectors. It provides financing for early stage capital transactions. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/03/2019 |
Former positions of Mallik Mahalingam
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 01/12/2019 |
Springpath LLC
Springpath LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Offers a software-defined data platform that provides management and storage services | Chief Executive Officer | 20/05/2015 |
| VMWARE, INC. | Private Equity Investor | 01/04/2012 |
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| Private companies | 7 |
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Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Designs and sells networking, security, collaboration, cloud management hardware & applications to securely connect industries and communities | Electronic Technology |
Intuit, Inc.
Intuit, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides software products for businesses | Technology Services |
VMware, Inc.
VMware, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops software for cloud computing, security and app modernization services | Technology Services |
University of Madras
University of Madras Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Springpath LLC
Springpath LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Offers a software-defined data platform that provides management and storage services | Technology Services |
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Decibel Partners LLC
Decibel Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Decibel Partners invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of cybersecurity, developer platforms, data, ML/AI infra, offensive AI/offensive Security and autonomous software sectors. It provides financing for early stage capital transactions. | Finance |
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