About

Prasenjit Sarkar is a highly accomplished Product Management Leader with over 15 years of experience in the technology industry. He is currently serving as the Director of Product Management at Cisco for their Emerging Technologies and Incubation venture, where he is responsible for defining and leading the overall product strategy and roadmap. Prasenjit's primary focus is on Cloud Native Application Networking and Security, and he is a seasoned product leader in the cloud native space. Prasenjit is an expert in anything and everything to do with Kubernetes, Containers, Container & Kubernetes Networking, Service Mesh, and more. He has authored seven industry-leading books on Virtualization, SDN, Physical Compute, Cloud, and also runs a Virtualization blog http://blog.kube-mesh.io. He has 12 Granted Patent in US PTO and authored numerous research articles. Prior to joining Cisco, Prasenjit worked at Oracle and VMware, where he served as Senior Principal Product Manager - Developer Adoption & Experience and Staff Solutions Architect, respectively. In these roles, he worked on emerging solutions, services, and escalations, and provided expert technical architectural support and guidance for cloud in the product incubation phase. Prasenjit holds a BSc in Information Technology from Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology and a Higher Secondary degree in Science from Jagacha High School. He is a Research Scientist and Senior Software Engineer with a strong tech stack that includes product management, Kubernetes, and more. Overall, Prasenjit is a highly skilled and experienced product management leader with a proven track record of success in the technology industry. He is a startup advisor and has helped build several successful ventures from scratch. He is passionate about Cloud Native Application Networking, API Management, and Metaverse, and is always looking for new and innovative ways to solve complex business problems.