Apurva Mehta
Founder and CTO, Versa Networks
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Apurva brings technical leadership with over two decades of experience leading complex development products creating billion dollar revenue streams. Prior to Versa, he was CTO and Chief Architect for Juniper Networks Mobility Business Unit where he led and delivered the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) product line. Apurva was also the Chief Architect for the MX series, one of the most successful products in Juniper’s history and establishing the company as the market leader in Metro and Carrier Ethernet solutions. For his contributions, Apurva was awarded Juniper Network’s prestigious Founder’s Award for technical leadership.
Before Juniper, Apurva was the Chief Architect and Director of Software at Riverstone Networks and YAGO Systems. Prior to YAGO, Apurva was Architect for all ATM software at Centillion Networks. Apurva has a Master of Science in Computer Science from University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology.
62 Patents, Most recent include:
- 10,972,387 Application performance based path-selection using dynamic metrics
- 10,972,380 Method for configuring a connection using redundant service nodes
- 10,972,379 Application performance based path-selection
- 10,972,337 Method and apparatus for split-brain avoidance in sub-secondary high availability systems
- 10,795,894 Hybrid facet counting using different sampling rates
- 10,771,382 Method and system for balancing network load in a virtual environment
- 10,693,775 Method and system for providing automatic router assignment in a virtual environment
- 10,523,570 Method and system for shaping traffic from an egress port in a software-defined wide area network
- 10,523,556 Method and system for routing connections in a software-defined wide area network
- 10,148,456 Connecting multiple customer sites over a wide area network using an overlay network
Credentials
University of Pittsburgh
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Software Engineering
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eBook By Kumar Mehta & Apurva Mehta
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