Srinivasa M Kona
( Cisco Systems Inc )
Srinivasa Kona is a Senior Technical Lead Engineer at Cisco Systems Inc, with 23 years of experience in data networking and telecommunications. He specializes in NX-OS platform-independent infrastructure, and serviceability in Cisco Nexus data center switches. Previously, at Ericsson, he contributed to IP-OS routers and developed Virtual data-plane using DPDK under Technology leadership research, earning the prestigious Ericsson President Award. He has solid hands-on experience in design and development, At Ixia he led BNG protocol development for traffic generation portfolio, receiving the Ixia Engineering Master Award, given to less than 2% of engineers. He holds a master’s degree from BITS Pilani, a bachelor’s from Andhra University, and is a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).