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Sumeet Arora

SVP Engineering

Core Software Group - US

Sumeet is senior vice president and general manager of SP Network Systems at Cisco. In this role, he leads the engineering, development, and product management team for the Service Provider network systems portfolio. He has been with Cisco since 1997, and during this time, has driven a number of industry-leading transitions across a breadth of Cisco products and technologies.

His team delivers innovation for Service Provider networking across routing, optical transport, and new business models. In addition, they develop products and capabilities for mass scale networking with focus on developing open, adaptive, modular, and programmable products enabling web speed of development and web scale deployment.

During his 20 years at Cisco, Sumeet has led the development and delivery of flagship Service Provider routing products such as the Cisco 12000, CRS-1/3, and the NCS 1K/5K/5500/6000. His work has included driving the early evolution of IOS-XR operating system to the edge of the networks. He has worked closely with many customers in helping them build world-class networks and thereby earning their trust and confidence. Sumeet has also been a key member of the Data Center team at Cisco and has led the strategy and development of NXOS to better meet the needs of the business under disruptive market transitions. His team has also led the delivery of many software capabilities across the Nexus 3K/5K/7K and Nexus 9K product families.

Sumeet has a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Communications from Indian Institute Of Technology at Varanasi, India and MBA in Global Management. He also has a Certificate in Advanced Software Systems from Stanford University.

When Sumeet isn’t working, he spends time reading, hiking, working on home improvements, and spending time with his wife and their two children.

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September 25, 2017

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SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Advancing your programmability journey with latest IOS XR innovations

I’m happy to welcome NANOG (October 2-4, 2017) back to Cisco’s hometown, San Jose. It’s only the fourth time in its history that NANOG is hosting its major event here—the last time was in 2008. Cisco has always been a strong supporter of NANOG, and again we’re all in. Let me give you some insight in…

February 25, 2017

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SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Radical Transformation of Network Operations – Transformation Through Automation

It is a disruptive time for communications service providers, and more is coming along the way. So why not disrupt it ourselves? Service providers must contend with rising costs due to applications’ explosive bandwidth consumption, commoditization and erosion of traditional business, new business mo…

February 25, 2017

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SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

WAN Automation–Not Just Another New Release, but a Game Changer

Cisco WAN Automation Engine (WAE) is enabling real-time network planning. WAE 7.0 is a game-changer release, and we are thrilled to announce its general availability. You’re likely familiar with WAE Design application, which has been the market leader in network modeling and capacity planning for ye…

November 30, 2016

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SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Oh, How Far We’ve Come in Building Cloud-Scale Networking

It’s been a year since I wrote this blog detailing our software innovations aimed at helping Service Providers address the ever-increasing challenges imposed by digitization. IOS XR for cloud-scale networking has really taken flight since then and I am proud to share with you some highlights from th…

August 18, 2016

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EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Charting New Paths the Cisco Way

Large companies are often associated with complexity, lack of speed, and even obsolescence. Creating a start-up like ecosystem deep within the bowels of a large company calls for disruptive people practices and non-linear improvements. It also requires a trade-off between current business priorities…

November 19, 2015

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SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Software Innovations for Cloud Scale Networking

Back in 2011, web pioneer Marc Andreessen wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, entitled “Why software is eating the world”. I couldn’t agree more! First, let’s have a look at what’s going on in the industry at large. Every company in every vertical industry is facing unprecedented competitive…