About Ennetix

Our Mission

“Enable excellence in our customers’ digital transformation journey”

Ennetix was founded by a group of renowned researchers and innovators in computer science and computer networking from University of California, Davis. Over the years, the xVisor platform has evolved with the help of several Ph.D. level network engineering professionals with deep knowledge in AI/ML technologies and observability and monitoring domains.

The company was funded over the years by the US Department of Energy’s  SBIR (Small Business Innovation and Research) program. 

xVisor, our AIOps platform, was designed and built foundationally to address the most-challenging aspects of IT operations management by creating bridges among various observability and monitoring solutions from Application/Network performance monitoring vendors, security solutions, and threat intelligence companies. The platform offers “Native Observability” with most types of infrastructure data sources powered by pioneering research based on AI/ML approaches.

With a vision to “Deliver predictive and progressive performance in digital operations”, Ennetix takes a holistic approach to deliver high impact solutions at an affordable cost. 

We welcome you to experience the value of xVisor for AIOps!

Executive Team

Ennetix Founder & president - Prof. Dr. Bis Mukherjee

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:

First design/proposal/prototype for:

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


Ennetix Founder & CTO - Dr. Pulak Chowdhury

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.


 

Ennetix Advisory Board Member Ashok Madanahalli

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.


 

Ennetix Vice President of Engineering Todd Heberlein

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 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.