Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
  • Primary Job Title CEO & President, North America
  • Primary Organization 
    Enel X
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel

Surya Panditi joined Enel X as CEO and President in 2019. Surya Panditi is the Senior Vice President and General Manager, Service Provider Networking Group at Cisco.

He is responsible for the strategy, engineering, and marketing direction of Cisco's comprehensive family of service provider networking platforms, including

core/edge/access routing, optical, and mobility. He manages strategic architectural convergence and alignment of innovative technologies across market segments to leverage investments in hardware, ASICs, and software to ensure that Cisco products meet customer needs.

Panditi joined Cisco in 2005 and has served as Vice President and General Manager for a variety of Cisco engineering organizations. These include the Core Technology Group, the Service Provider Routing Technology Group, as well as the Access and Transport Technology Group, which included Cisco's portfolio of optical products, cable modem termination systems, quadrature amplitude modulation, and access transmission business units. His responsibilities included profit and loss, overall strategy, product development and positioning, and the introduction of leading-edge technologies and competitive products.

With more than 25 years of senior leadership experience with several public and private data and telecommunications equipment provider companies, Panditi brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Cisco.

He served as President and CEO of Polaris Networks, a provider of optical transport switches.

He also held the CEO position for Convergent Networks Inc., a provider of broadband voice infrastructure products for cable and telecom service providers.

Panditi also served as Chairman, President, and CEO of Avici Systems Inc., where he successfully managed the company's growth and transition from a private to a public company.

Earlier in his career, Panditi was Vice President and General Manager of the local area network infrastructure business unit at USRobotics.

He also worked for,

Intel Corporation,

Ungermann-Bass,

Telco Systems .

Panditi has served on the Boards of,

enKoo, a developer of remote access products now part of SonicWALL,

Internet Photonics, a company acquired by Ciena Corporation in 2004,

Avici Systems .

Panditi holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

Number of Investments 1
Surya Panditi invested in Praan on Jan 12, 2022. This investment - Pre Seed Round - Praan - was valued at
$1.9M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jan 12, 2022
Praan
Pre Seed Round - Praan
$1.9M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 5
Surya Panditi is the CEO & President, North America at Enel X. Additionally, Surya Panditi has had 5 past jobs including Chief Executive Officer at AirGrub.
  • Enel X CEO & President, North AmericaJul 2019
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
AirGrub
Chief Executive OfficerJan 2015Jul 2016
Cisco
SVP / GM Service Provider Networking GroupMay 2011Nov 2014
Polaris Networks
President / CEOJan 2003May 2005
Convergence Networks
CEOJan 7, 2002Dec 2002
US Robotics
VP/ General Manager
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Surya Panditi holds 2 board and advisor roles as Advisor at StageOne Ventures and Board Member at Preen.Me.