Shashi Kumar

Shashi Kumar is currently a Managing Director of Network Engineering at CloudScale Technologies, based in San Jose, California. He previously served as a Senior Network Architect at Cisco Systems, where he directed a 45-person global engineering team and managed enterprise infrastructure projects generating over $120 million in annual recurring revenue. Prior to his tenure in hardware development, Kumar worked as a Technical Solutions Consultant at Google, overseeing the deployment of advanced cloud networking solutions for over 200 enterprise clients across North America. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Texas. Kumar leverages his extensive dual expertise in complex network architecture and corporate finance to focus on scaling enterprise cloud infrastructure and strategically advising early-stage networking startups.