The Silicon Valley Tech Podcast | Oct 9, 2020

Teaser - Interview of Prem Jain, CEO at Pensando Systems

Prem Jain, CEO at Pensando Systems

We are excited to announce that next week we are going to release the episode of our special guest Prem Jain, CEO at Pensando Systems. Prem Jain has overall 35+ years of vast experience in IT industry in which he worked more than 18 years for Cisco. He was also founder of…

Teaser - Interview of Prem Jain, CEO at Pensando Systems — with Prem Jain and Sunil S Ranka

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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.

Teaser - Interview of Prem Jain, CEO at Pensando Systems

We are excited to announce that next week we are going to release the episode of our special guest Prem Jain, CEO at Pensando Systems.

Prem Jain has overall 35+ years of vast experience in IT industry in which he worked more than 18 years for Cisco. He was also founder of Insieme Networks. Prem did his B. Tech from one of the premium Institutes of India, BITS Pilani and then MS from USA, University of California, Davis. A business leader, you have equally contributed to the local community and education institute.

In the interview, Prem Jain has 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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