Leadership Team

Tom Savoie

Chief Executive Officer

Tom has 30 years experience in the networking and software domains that he brings to his role as President and CEO.  Having worked for Telecom Carriers, Network Equipment Manufacturers, as well as OS and middleware/protocol software companies, he has as a uniquely broad set of experiences and market perspectives. Tom is deeply passionate about the disruption of proprietary, closed, complex, and costly legacy networking systems and has focused his career on disaggregation, openness, and virtualization since the very beginnings of the Whitebox/NOS, SDN, and NFV movements.  The company’s objectives and Tom’s personal mission are well aligned. He previously worked at IP Infusion from 2009 to 2013, a period during which the company grew revenues 10X, as an Account Manager, then Vice President of the Americas, and ultimately as the Vice President of Global Sales. Tom rejoined IP Infusion 2019 to help write the next chapter in the company’s evolution. Prior to rejoining IPI, Tom held roles at Dell, where he was Open Networking Principal for U.S. Network Operators, and as Vice President of Sales at Intel/Wind River where he built a new networking focused sales team targeting TEMs and Network Operators. In both roles he was focused on network evolution via Whitebox NOS, SDN, and NFV. Tom also has held leadership positions at Nortel, Tasman Networks, Global Crossing, and Sprint. Tom holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Denver and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado.

Shaji Ravindra Nathan

Chief Technology Officer

As Chief Technology Officer, Shaji Nathan is responsible for leading IP Infusion’s technology direction. Shaji has extensive experience as an industry technology leader with a track record of bringing disruptive and innovative networking products to market focused on carriers and enterprises for startup and industry leading technology companies. Shaji has more than 18 years of experience in product management and technical marketing in the networking industry. Prior to joining IP Infusion, he was Director, Product Management at Nuvon Inc.; Product Line Manager at Cisco Systems for over 13 years working in Cisco’s Enterprise Networking group, for the multi-billion dollar ISR product portfolio. Shaji holds an MBA from the Lucas Graduate School of Business at San Jose State University; a Master of Science in Electronics, from Indiana State University; and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India.

Vinayak Kamat

Chief Engineering Officer

Vinayak Kamat is a seasoned networking technology executive with extensive experience in building Enterprise and Service Provider Class networking solutions. In his role as Chief Engineering Officer, he is responsible for technical leadership and management of the engineering teams to ensure that IP Infusion’s product vision is realized through excellent engineering execution. Prior to joining IP Infusion, Vinayak was founder of Sahasra Communication Systems, a company focused on next generation ultra-high capacity wireless technology. As Senior Director of Engineering at Cisco Systems, he was responsible for the IPSec, WAN, Load Balancer and Storage Services engineering groups, and integrating cisco and third party L4-L7 solutions as physical blades and virtualized services into data center switching products. During his 18-year career at Cisco Systems, he also served as Director of Software Engineering managing the entire enterprise L2-L4 switching software with an engineering team located worldwide. Vinayak has a B.E. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Bombay, India.

Vince Schuele

Chief Quality Officer

As Chief Quality Officer, Vincent Schuele is responsible for ensuring the highest standards of quality throughout IP Infusion. Previously, he served as a channel solutions engineer and later led both the global channel SE team and the customer engineering team. He has a diverse background, beginning with his service in the U.S. Army as a Signal Officer and Network Systems Engineer, where he spearheaded transformational projects in coalition networks and cybersecurity. In this capacity, he gained multinational leadership experience and worked with international organizations, including NATO. Following his military service, he became a consultant focused on service provider networks, managing mergers and acquisitions, network design, and migrations. Vince holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Abhijeet Prabhune

Chief Customer Success Officer

As Chief Customer Success Officer, Abhijeet Prabhune leads the pre-sales and customer support teams to help IP Infusion customers adopt open networking. Abhijeet is a seasoned leader with experience in solution architecture, product management, and marketing in diverse technical markets from embedded software to systems to cloud and SaaS. Abhijeet is deeply passionate about broadband for all and believes an open networking ecosystem is the way to achieve that goal. This mission brought Abhijeet back to IP Infusion in 2021 as the VP of Solutions Engineering. Abhijeet has led teams in multiple technology startups delivering 10X growth. Prior to joining IP Infusion Abhijeet led solution architecture at Elementum for a SaaS product, and product and solutions at Netronome for virtualized networking and SmartNICs. He started his career in Engineering at Ciena, and Cisco and then moved to sales engineering with IP Infusion and later WindRiver/Intel. Most recently he was in product marketing at Asana driving solutions and enterprise marketing to help it grow to $230 million in ARR. Abhijeet holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master’s in Computer Science from the State University of New York in Binghamton, New York.

Hossam Salib

Chief Sales Officer

Hossam Salib brings more than 25 years of experience across the telecom, cable, and networking industries. He currently serves as Chief Sales Officer at IP Infusion, leading the global sales organization and driving the worldwide adoption of open, disaggregated networking solutions. In this role, he oversees global revenue strategy, customer engagement, channel development, and market expansion across service providers, data centers, and enterprises. Under his leadership, IP Infusion is accelerating commercial growth and scaling deployments across Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 operators worldwide.

Before becoming CSO, Hossam served as Vice President at IP Infusion, helping shape the company’s product and market strategy for disaggregated networking. Previously, he was Vice President of Access Technology Strategy at Comcast, where he focused on next‑generation access technologies across fiber, coax, and wireless, leading teams that developed the architectures and products powering Comcast’s network evolution.

Hossam also served as Vice President of Cable & Wireless Strategy at ADTRAN, guiding global strategy for the cable industry and overseeing the development of new technologies, including ADTRAN’s fixed‑wireless product portfolio.

Earlier, Hossam co‑founded Aktino, where he helped create the industry’s first 4‑ and 8‑pair bonded ADSL2/VDSL2 solutions with Vectoring and MIMO, working closely with major global carriers to deploy these innovations.

He also held leadership roles at ADC (PairGain), directing product management and engineering teams responsible for broadband access platforms, high‑density DSL systems, and advanced networking modules.

Hossam holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of New York (now NYU).

Miguel Alonso

Chief Product & Marketing Officer

Miguel is the Chief Product and Marketing Officer at IP Infusion, responsible for product and go-to-market strategy and execution. With more than 30 years of experience in cloud, software, and networking innovation, Miguel brings deep expertise to his role.

Prior to joining IP Infusion, Miguel was Chief Business Officer at AXON Networks and Chief Product Officer at DZS, where he led product strategy, technology, engineering, quality, and customer success. Miguel also served as Vice President of Cloud Products at Calix and has held multiple senior product management, marketing, and sales executive positions at Nortek Control, mandal.ai, and Advanced Fibre Communications (AFC).

Miguel holds an engineering degree in Telecommunications from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain).

Marina Rombakh

Vice President, Corporate Controller

Marina Rombakh brings over 20 years of deep financial and accounting expertise to her role as Vice President, Corporate Controller at IP Infusion. She is responsible for the financial oversight of the company’s global operations, leveraging an extensive background in both the public and private sectors to drive fiscal excellence. Prior to joining IP Infusion, she served as Corporate Controller at MetricStream Inc., a leader in GRC software and solutions. Her career also includes a significant tenure as a Technical Accounting Senior Manager at Acilon Consulting, where she guided high-tech and biotech clients through the complexities of SEC filings and IPO readiness. She also contributed to Cisco’s Global Revenue Group and began her career at Ernst & Young, specializing in the high-tech industry. Marina holds a Master of Business Administration in Accounting from California State University, East Bay.  She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Tiffany Merola

Vice President, Global Human Resources

Tiffany Merola brings a diverse background in Human Resources, Operations, Finance, and Department of Defense (DoD) Security. With over 18 years of HR leadership experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, she has a proven track record of managing complex organizational processes and driving strategic initiatives that enhance workforce engagement and operational efficiency.

Recognized for a collaborative and empowering leadership style, Tiffany fosters trust, accountability, and innovation across global teams. Committed to integrity and operational excellence, she focuses on aligning people, processes, and technology to achieve strategic goals. Passionate about building inclusive, high-performing teams, Tiffany champions transparency and continuous improvement to ensure long-term organizational success.

Sudarsan Naganathan

Managing Director

Sudarsan comes with a rich experience of more than 22 years in the R&D in the communications and networking industry. He has built and managed vast Delivery teams, spanning across Product Design, Development, Solution Engineering and Customizations. In the current role, he is heading IP Infusion Software India Private Limited, which is a fully owned subsidiary of IP Infusion Inc. His previous work experience includes leadership roles at Aricent, wherein he worked as Director-Engineering. Here, he played an anchoring role in building an Offshore Development Centre for a leading OEM, growing the account size to 150+ engineers. He was also leading the Products Team at Aricent, focusing on OEMs and Service Providers. In his position at Wipro, he was working in the Center of Excellence, wherein new product ideas were incubated. He has also published IETF drafts in an endeavour to standardize implementations. Sudarsan has a B.E degree from University of Madras.