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# Deepak Bhagat on Tal

## Headline

High Tech Leader \| SAP \| SUN \| HP \| Sambanova \| StarSpark \| SiVa\-ACCESS \|Startups \|

## About

High Tech Executive and a Leader An accomplished product & technology engineering leader with experience at a Private Cloud based software company, Computing & Storage Infrastructure Companies and Startups in Silicon Valley\. A senior engineering product and technology leader with a proven track record of driving Cloud & Computing infrastructure directions and corresponding products and technology programs at SAP, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett\-Packard\. Some of these technologies have set industry directions, generated revenues in billions of dollars and contributed significantly to financial success of SAP, Sun & Hewlett\-Packard\. Some of the key products were SAP Private Cloud: \(Compute, Storage, Cloud Software, Conversational AI Software\); SUN: \(Servers, Workstations, Operating System, Networking, Security products and Systems Engineering\); Hewlett\-Packard: Operating Systems and Systems Engineering\. Additional experience includes leading a top\-tier startup as a CEO in the field of data center automation and service provisioning platform and providing high\-end consulting with tier 1 high\-tech companies in the areas of computing, storage and cloud network services\. Some of the clients were: Cisco, Huawei, BMC, startups\. AREAS OF EXPERTISE \| Product And Technology Strategy \| Product/Technology Capabilities, Architecture, Roadmaps \| Strategic Engineering Partnership Management \| Product Development \- Concept to Delivery \| Building , Leading and Management of World Class Multi\-Level Global Engineering Teams \| Deepak received his Bachelors of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India and Masters of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland\. He is the recipient of the prestigious IIT Kanpur Distinguished Alumnus Award \(2001\) and IEEE Outstanding Paper Award \(1979\)\. He is also a core member of SV Think Tank of Case Western Reserve University\.

## Location

San Francisco Bay Area

## Work experience

Partner at StarSpark\.AI, Mar 2026 \- Present · 5 mos, StarSpark\.ai is an AI Math and Science Coach for students from Grade 4th till Grade 12th\. It has developed a patented technology and is based on Socratic method of teaching\.

Sambanova Partner at SiVa\-Access, Sep 2024 \- Present · 1 yr 11 mos, www\.sambanova\.ai

Co\-Founder & Managing Partner at SiVa\-Access, May 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 3 mos, San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States, Headquartered in Silicon Valley, our global presence includes a strategic partner with engineering teams worldwide\. SiVa ACCESS is a leading technology solutions provider specializing in AI/ML, Cloud Computing, EDA, Semiconductor, and System engineering, including strategy, product development, quality, reliability, and operations\. With a strong focus on startups, academic institutions, global partnerships, and government initiatives, we are dedicated to empowering innovation and growth worldwide\. https://siva\-access\.com/ Vikroon Systems evolved to SiVa\-ACCESS in Aug 2023\. SiVa\-ACCESS: Silicon Valley AI, Cloud Computing, EDA, Silicon, Systems Focus Areas: Cloud and Edge Computing: \(Infrastructure & SaaS\); AI \(AI OPS, AI Apps, AI Infrastructure\), EDA, Silicon, Systems, Startups\. Partner: SambaNova; \(www\.sambanova\.ai\)

Vice President, Cloud Architecture & Engineering at SAP, Jan 2013 \- Apr 2023 · 10 yrs 4 mos, Palo Alto, CA, Focus Area: Cloud Architecture and Engineering \(CAE\), Global Cloud Services \(GCS\) Group, Palo Alto, CA\. The Mission was to architect and engineer an SAP Private Cloud which got rolled out to all 60\+ data centers world\- wide\. SAP's mission critical Cloud Applications run on the private cloud and are used by over 300 Million world\-wide mission critical users\. SAP is the largest Enterprise Application Company in the world\. Over 75% of world's GDP transactions touch some SAP application in its life\-cycle\. I managed SAP Cloud Architecture & Engineering \(CAE\) group's New Products and Technology Innovation Programs within GCS with select Tier1 Cloud Infrastructure Companies and startups with an objective to continually evolve SAP's Cloud Infrastructure Platform to meet SAP Applications Requirements and make it competitive to Hyper\-scalers\. The Most impactful program I led at SAP: Evaluation of SGI and HPE Scaleup systems, catalyst for HPE acquiring SGI and creating a SDFlex line of Scaleup Servers with support for 32 Sockets and 48TB of memory\. Now they are number 1 servers for use of SAP HANA in\-memory data base for SAP applications\. Tier 1 Companies: Compute \(HPE, Lenovo, Dell\), Virtualization \(VMware\), AI \(Nvidia, BMC\), Storage \(NetApp\), Hyper\-scalers \(Google Anthos, Azure Edge, AWS Outpost\), Security \(Fortinet\) Startups: Focus areas: Conversational AI, AI OPS, AI Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure Innovation, Multi\-Cloud Networking, Edge to Cloud Data Management Solutions\. Startups: Moveworks, SambaNova, Alkira, Aviatrix, Akridata, Cribl, Pulumi, StorJ, Fungible, MapR

Founder at Vikroon Systems \(www\.Vikroon\.com\), 2007 \- 2012 · 5 yrs, San Francisco Bay Area, Focus: Next Gen Data Center and Cloud Services; Consulting in Strategy, Architecture, Technology and Product Development and Management, Go\-to\-Market, Strategic Partnerships, Acquisitions, Startup evaluation and funding, Organizational Building\. Some clients: \(1\) Huawei Innovation Center \('11\-'12\); POC for 128 node horizontally scalable flexible cluster computing platform and software for parallel compute, scalable storage and Big data workloads\. SDN Strategy\. \(2\) Cisco Server Program \('10\-'11\): RISC to x86 Migration\. \(3\) Cisco Tele\-Presence Systems \('07\-'09\) \(4\) BMC Proactivenet product line \('10\) \(5\) Startups: strategy, due\-diligence, Series A Funding, advisory/board positions: \(Vigilent \- data center energy management; Niksun \- Network Security; Yume \- video ad delivery platform\) \(6\) TiE Angels \- Co\-founder and a core member of Steering Committee and Screening Committee\.

Senior Director of Engineering at Sun Microsystems, Mar 1993 \- Dec 2006 · 13 yrs 10 mos, Menlo Park, CA, Leadership in strategy, technology/product roadmaps, system software and systems products development management, architecture, acquisitions, technology evaluation, technology partnerships, eco\-system development, multi\-layer global team of 200\+ world\-class engineering professionals and senior managers for the following programs: \(1\) Solaris/Ultrasparc Systems with direct attached storage \(first 3 generations, Sun's most successful 64 bit product line in its history which generated tens of billions in revenues and enabled Sun stock to split 5 times in 90s\)\. \('93\-'01\) \(Solaris platform kernel and IO development, Firmware, performance engineering, test and QA, Processor bring up for Ultra 1, Ultra 2, Ultra 5, Ultra 10, Ultra 60, Ultra 80 workstations\)\. Grew team from 8 engineers to over 200\+ world class engineers and a management layer\. Technologies created in the group was leveraged by high end Solaris/Ultrasparc servers\. \(2\) Sun Grid Solution \(SPF 100\) including evaluation, acquisition, integration of Sun N1 Grid Management Engine \(industry's largest installed base\) from Regensburg, Germany\. \('99\- 2000\) \(3\) Network and Security products \(load\-balancer, encryption, 10G solution\) for converged infrastructure based Server\. \(industry's first\) \('02\-'06\) using Niagara 1/2 processors\. \(4\) Next\-Gen ATCA Telco Server for data and control plane applications\. \(industry's first\)\. Technology and business partnership with Monta\-Vista for Linux and a startup\. \('05\-'06\) using Niagara 1 and Niagara 2 processors\. \(5\) Co\-Founder of Sun India Engineering Center in Bangalore \('98\- 2000\) \(6\) Highly rated presenter of Sun's strategy and technology roadmaps to customers visiting Sun's Executive Briefing Center in Menlo Park\. \('02\-'06\) \(7\) Taught portion of 'Leadership courses'​ to Sun's new Directors \('98\-'06\)

## Education

M\.S\., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

B\.Tech, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

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