PP

Pankaj Patel

Founder of Nile

San Jose, California

Overview 

Pankaj Patel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Nile, a successful entrepreneur, investor, and board member based in San Jose, California. With a background that includes executive roles at Cisco and Redback Networks, Patel has invested in notable companies like Suki and SparkCognition, focusing on sectors such as TransportationTech and Cloud Infrastructure in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

N

Nile

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2018 - Current

Nile provides secure connectivity and network independence through a fully automated, wired and wireless LAN deployed entirely as a service

Raised $300,000,000.00 from Liberty Global Ventures, STC Ventures, Sanabil, March Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Aramco Ventures, Prosperity7 Ventures, Geodesic Capital, 8VC and U First Capital.

nilesecure.com

Self-Employed

  • Entrepreneur, Investor, & Board Member

    2016

    Pankaj Patel was Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer at Cisco Systems,Inc. where he reported into the CEO as the Engineering head of the company’s $38 billion product and solution portfolio. He drove the business and technology strategy across Cisco’s Routing, Switching, Wireless, Security, Mobility, Video, Collaboration, Data Center and Cloud offerings delivered by a global team of over 26,000 engineers. Mr. Patel is a proven results-oriented and seasoned technology leader with 25+ years of experience developing highly scalable products and services by building and leading large, high-performance global engineering organizations, setting clear vision, directing strategy and delivering against goals. He is passionate about translating strategy to execution, and delivering the best experience for the customer. Mr. Patel retired from Cisco in October of 2016 and now serves on the Board of Directors of several startups. He is focused on incubating, investing, and advising startups with their strategy, product development, and go-to-market as well as helping them scale. Patel is also a mentor and sponsor to numerous employees throughout the industry.

C

Cisco

  • Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer

    2013 - 2016

    Leader of development and execution of Cisco’s $36.3 billion technology portfolio across a global team of more than 26,000 employees.

  • Senior Vice President and General Manager, Service Provider Business and Development Council

    2008 - 2013

  • Senior Vice President, Service Provider Routing Technology Group

    2005 - 2008

  • Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Edge and Mid-range Routing Group

    2003 - 2005

  • Vice President and General Manager, Cable and Wireless Platform Division

    2003 - 2003

Cisco DevNet is your source for everything developer at Cisco Systems.

developer.cisco.com
RN

Redback Networks

  • Senior Vice President of Engineering

    2000 - 2003

Redback Networks is a provider of advanced telecommunications networking equipment in North America.

Raised $30,000,000.00 from TCV and Nokia.

ericsson.com

Siara Systems, Acquired by Redback

  • Senior Vice President of Engineering

    1999 - 2000

Stratacom, Acquired by Cisco

  • Senior Director of Engineering

    1996 - 1999

Education 

Investments 

Suki

Series C

Total funding: $95M

SparkCognition

Series B

Total funding: $250M

Tetrate

Series A

Total funding: $53M

Balbix

Series B

Total funding: $100M

Latest Articles 

Articles About Pankaj

Relevant Websites