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Koichi Narasaki, President and CEO
Koichi Narasaki has more than 25 years of experience in the global Information Technology markets as a business and corporate development executive. Prior to joining IP Infusion, he was senior vice president of corporate development and finance at ACCESS Co. Ltd. (IP Infusion's parent company), a global provider of advanced software for communications markets. At ACCESS, he drove the 3 major acquisition deals, i.e. PalmSource, Inc. (U.S.A.), Naraworks, Inc. (Korea), and IP Infusion Inc. Previously, he held senior business and corporate development positions at Lineo, Inc. (U.S.A.) and Mitsubishi International (U.S.A.) Mr. Narasaki started his business career with Mitsubishi Corporation, one of the largest conglomerates in the world, where he was the senior manager of Telecomm Network Systems Dept, Information Systems Marketing Dept. as well as many other managerial positions for 17 years. While at Mitsubishi, he led a strategic founding investment deal into an emerging PCS carrier Go Communications Corporation (VA, U.S.A.) and was seconded there as the Director of Corporate Development, and participated in the world's first radio spectrum auction organized by F.C.C.
Mr. Narasaki holds Bachelor's degree from Waseda University, and an U.S. CPA certificate. He also is the Japanese Government certified Chief Transmission And Switching Engineer (Densou Koukan Shunin Gijutusha) as well as Chief Radio Technical Operator (Dai 1-kyuu Rikujou Musen Gijutsushi).
Kunihiro Ishiguro, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
Kunihiro Ishiguro is a leading Internet engineer, and has particular expertise in domains and Internet Protocol routing. Mr. Ishiguro is an active member of the JPNIC, which is the Internet domain and IP address management body for Japan. He is the founder and chairman of Japan Network Operators Group (JANOG), a regular participant on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) committees and has submitted several draft RFCs. Prior to establishing IP Infusion Inc. in San Jose, Mr. Ishiguro worked for Software Research Associates as a Senior Engineer at NIS, a joint venture between British Telecom and Marubeni, and Digital Magic Labs, Inc. Mr. Ishiguro holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Hokkaido University.
Vividh Siddha, Vice President of Engineering
Vividh Siddha brings over 14 years of software engineering experience in networking systems and software products. Vividh joined IP Infusion in 2001 as a Principal Engineer and was involved in the architecture and development of ZebOS®. Since June 2006 he has been working as a Director of Engineering successfully delivering Metro Ethernet and High Availability solutions for ZebOS.
Prior to IP Infusion, Vividh acquired a range of experiences developing solutions in routing and wireless technologies. At Coree Networks, Vividh worked as part of the architecture team designing a highly scalable core router. Vividh has worked at Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs Innovations working on the design and development of 3G wireless and multimedia systems. Vividh started his career at Siemens AG working on the design of GSM network infrastructure equipment.
Vividh graduated with a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Pune, India. He is a member of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies and the ACM.
K. Ramesh Babu, Vice President of Professional Services and Support
K. Ramesh Babu Ramesh joined IP Infusion in February 2006, and has progressed to the role of ensuring satisfactory professional services experience among IP Infusion's clients. Ramesh comes from a versatile background, having worked in startups as well as in large companies, in engineering as well as in marketing roles.
Before joining IP Infusion, Ramesh was Vice President of Engineering at Excellarc Internetworks and Cambira, both Silicon Valley startups involved in creating application level intelligence in IP-based next generation networks. His previous experience includes engineering management and product management roles at Jasmine Networks, Mayan Networks, FORE Systems (now Ericsson-Marconi), Luxcom, Novell, and Rolm (now Siemens).
Ramesh has several contributions to public domain standards in the IEEE and the IETF. He is a life member of the ACM .
In addition to his duties at IP Infusion, he serves as a Treasurer of the Road to 100G Alliance, of which IP Infusion is a founding member.
Ramesh holds Masters degrees in Computer Science from University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and in Electrical Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India .
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