BOARD OF ADVISORS

Jim Olson

Jim Olson served as a Business Specialist at the Engineering Translational Technology Center (ETTC) at University of California, Davis, advising on company formation, strategy,and financing. He also taught classes as an Adjunct Faculty in the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis for over a decade. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of video compression systems at TANDBERG Television and CEO of SkyStream. At TANDBERG, he focused on building and marketing video compression offerings. Jim has held leadership roles at 3Com Corporation and Hewlett-Packard, where he led several successful product launches. He is an active angel investor and a guest lecturer at Stanford University and UC Davis. Jim holds a BSEE from UC Davis, and MSEE and MBA degreesfrom Santa Clara University.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Prem Jain

Prem Jain was CEO and Co-Founder of Pensando Systems, a cloud and enterprise data center startup, which was founded in 2017 and acquired by AMD in 2023. Before Pensando, Prem spent 23 years at Cisco Systems, where he was known as the “heart, soul, and brains” behind several successful startups. As the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Insieme BU, he developed Software Defined Networking (SDN/ACI) products and next-generation data-center switches. Prem joined Cisco in 1993 after it acquired Crescendo Communications, where he was Vice President of Systems Architecture. He holds a B.E. from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, and a Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of California, Davis.

CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER (ACTING)

Ashok Madanahalli

Ashok Madanahalli brings 30+ years of experience in networking and cybersecurity at industry leaders such as Riverbed, Check Point, Extreme Networks, and FORE Systems where he built and led high-performance teams delivering product and market share leadership. At Riverbed, Ashok served as Vice President of Product Management (WAN Optimization and SD-WAN) leading the business transformation to Cloud and SaaS. He has also led Firewall/VPN/UTM and IDS/IPS solutions. Ashok holds a master’s degree in engineering from University of Oklahoma and a bachelor’s degree from National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India.

FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

Trevor Gudmundsen

Trevor leads Ennetix’s efforts on full-stack design and development of the company’s analytics pipeline. He manages the operations of Ennetix platforms across its customer base.

VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING

Todd Heberlein

Todd pioneered the field of network security monitoring in the 1990s with the development of the first widely deployed intrusion detection system, the Network Security Monitor (NSM). In addition to network-based security, he has developed intrusion detection sensors for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Todd is currently focused on bringing innovative network and endpoint security monitoring solutions to Ennetix’s xVisor platform.

FOUNDER AND CTO

Dr. Pulak Chowdhury

Pulak Chowdhury, Founder and CTO, Ph.D., Computer Science, UC Davis

Pulak brings a unique combination of deep networking technology background with advanced research work in Computer Sciences. He provides overall architectural direction and drivers the development activities on xVisor with a highly talented team.

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT

Prof. Dr. Bis Mukherjee

Prof. Dr. Bis Mukherjee, Founder and President (also Distinguished Professor, UC Davis), Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, B.Tech. (Hons.), Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Acknowledged authority in pioneering network technologies for 35+ years. His pioneering contributions in the networking world include:

• Network Intrusion Detection System (1990)
• Firewall (1989)
• Dynamic bandwidth allocation for EPON/FTTH (2002)
• Optical-wireless integration (2007), now 5G Fronthaul