Apurva Mehta

Founder and CTO, Versa Networks

Follow Apurva on LinkedIn

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

In the News

CTO Talk: Q&A with Versa Networks’ Apurva Mehta

Verdict, October 29, 2020

Publications

SASE For Dummies

eBook By Kumar Mehta & Apurva Mehta

Want to learn about secure access service edge (SASE) but not sure where to start? Download Versa’s free SASE for Dummies e-book and start learning today!