The Silicon Valley Tech Podcast | Oct 15, 2020

Part 1: Interview of Prem Jain, CEO at Pensando Systems

Prem Jain, CEO at Pensando Systems

Prem Jain is currently CEO at Pensando Systems. Previously at Cisco for +20 years, Prem developed and honed many key innovations that helped the company evolve, including Routing & Switching capabilities and Software Defined Networks Most recently served as SVP / General Manager…

Part 1: Interview of Prem Jain, CEO at Pensando Systems — with Prem Jain and Sunil S Ranka

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Show host

Sunil S Ranka

Executive Producer & Co-Host

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Guest

Prem Jain

CEO at Pensando Systems

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About Prem

Co-founded Pensando Systems in 2017 and was its CEO at the time of the interview.
AMD completed its acquisition of Pensando in May 2022, valued at about $1.9 billion.
Spent more than 20 years at Cisco, including as SVP and General Manager of a business unit.
Part of the founding teams of Cisco spin-ins Andiamo Systems, Nuova Systems and Insieme Networks; was CEO of Insieme.
Worked at Crescendo, which Cisco acquired, before joining Cisco.

In this episode:

Prem’s journey from handling his family business in India, aim to become a teacher to becoming founders of companies in Silicon Valley?
Prem shared about changing the philosophy, changing notion within the industry, catching the wave, journey of creating the most talked startup in Silicon Valley with John Chambers as chairman of the board.
Silicon Valley and startups are all about taking a new risk and favors young blood, how to be always motivated.
Key ingredient of Silicon Valley bootstrapping, cultural differences transition or pivot, learning experience of Prem.
Being a business leader, equally contributing to the local communities and education institutions, how did he strike this balance?
Word of wisdom to leaders and building entrepreneurs, how the decisions are made to implement things in the future & plan in the business.

Part 1: Interview of Prem Jain, CEO at Pensando Systems

Most recently served as SVP / General Manager of Cisco INSBU.

Co-founder and part of the unprecedented spin-in team for Andiamo Systems, Nuova Systems (CFO) and Insieme Networks (CEO), which were acquired for an aggregate amount >$2bn

Prior to Cisco, worked at Crescendo Systems (acquired by Cisco) and David Systems

In Education, Prem Jain did B. Tech in EE from Birla Institute of Technology (BITS Pilani) one of the premium institutes of India & after that did M.S. in EECS from UC Davis

He is a great business leader, who has equally contributed to the local community and education institute.

In this interview we talked about:

Prem’s journey from handling his family business in India, aim to become a teacher to becoming founders of companies in Silicon Valley?
Prem shared about changing the philosophy, changing notion within the industry, catching the wave, journey of creating the most talked startup in Silicon Valley with John Chambers as chairman of the board.
Silicon Valley and startups are all about taking a new risk and favors young blood, how to be always motivated.
Key ingredient of Silicon Valley bootstrapping, cultural differences transition or pivot, learning experience of Prem.
Being a business leader, equally contributing to the local communities and education institutions, how did he strike this balance?
Word of wisdom to leaders and building entrepreneurs, how the decisions are made to implement things in the future & plan in the business.

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