Akshay Singhal

Background

About Akshay Singhal

Currently a Principal Technical Account manager at Amazon Web Services, acting as the principal technical advisor and ‘voice of the customer’ to organizations ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 enterprises. Prior to this, worked at RIFT, a startup focused on developing the industry’s first and only open-source Network Functions Virtualization - Management & Network Orchestration (NFV-MANO) solution, which harnesses the best aspects of cloud computing, software defined networking, and network functions virtualization to deliver a complete, yet open, NFV Orchestration platform. In a previous role, I was also one of the founding engineers of the Cisco Smart Connected Vehicle team, leading the engineering efforts for creating innovative end-to-end solutions, proof-of-concepts & prototypes for Cisco's Internet connected vehicle concept & integrating them with the Automotive OEM platforms, as part of Cisco's next generation Internet-Of-Things(IoT) effort. Featured in Innovators@Cisco video series, highlighting engineers literally driving one of Cisco's newest businesses - the Smart Connected Vehicles. The Cisco Innovators series showcases the vast amount of engineering talent at Cisco by featuring top engineers, in their own environment, sharing their experiences and innovations.(http://newsroom.cisco.com/video-content?type=webcontent & articleId=1137826) Started my career at Cisco in 2007 working with the Cisco IOS Router & Switch Security group, developing the security & networking solutions like Flexible Packet Matching, Intrusion Prevention & Detection System, Cisco IOS Firewall etc. Before this, I worked at MediaDefender, a startup providing counter-piracy services designed to prevent alleged copyright infringement on peer-to-peer distribution networks. I am a geek to the core and a passionate technologist who likes to solve real-world problems using cutting-edge technology. I enjoy taking on ambiguous projects.