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Rashesh Jethi

Cisco Services

Jethi is the portfolio marketing and management lead for Cisco Services in the areas of Security and Mobility. He earlier held similar roles for Data Center and Cloud Services. Prior to joining Cisco, he was the CTO and CIO at Visage Mobile, a San Francisco based SaaS platform for mobile virtual operators and service providers, where he managed an engineering services and product portfolio, technology architecture, systems development, data centers and IT operations.

Jethi previously held consulting and technology management roles in the Telecom, Finance and Travel industries. His experience spans multiple international stints and blue chip companies such as AT&T, Lufthansa, American Express, American Airlines, and Wells Fargo Bank, as well as successfully scaling start-up technology platforms at NorthPoint Communications and Virgin Mobile.

Jethi holds a master's degree in Industrial Engineering. He has served as a visiting faculty member for technology and operations courses and holds a patent in the area of web services for multi-tenant BSS and OSS platforms.

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August 3, 2015

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SECURITY

We Who Cut Mere Stones Must Always Be Envisioning Cathedrals

The well-known Quarry Worker’s Creed, called out in prefaces to books such as “The Pragmatic Programmer” and “Ship While you Sleep”, posits the notion of IT done right as more than simple engineering discipline – good software development, for example, should not “preclude individual craftsmanship”.…

September 18, 2014

SECURITY

Step Up to a New Standard in Threat Defense

The 135 Spanish Steps are perhaps one of the most popular tourist attractions in Rome—and this in a city where your alternatives include stunning options like visiting the Vatican, the Colosseum or the Trevi Fountain. And yet, a visitor to the Spanish Steps today is first—and ahead of any chance to…

August 28, 2014

SECURITY

You’re Only as Secure as Your Weakest Link: Operationalizing Security

I am reminded of the wisdom of the old saw that “no news is good news” as almost every day brings us headline after headline highlighting that yet another company has experienced a systems breach and valuable data has been compromised. Companies continue to increase the amount of money spent on cybe…