| Follow @KashShaikhKash Shaikh is President and CEO of Virtana, AI-powered unified observability for migrating, optimizing, and monitoring hybrid and public cloud.
Kash has more than 25 years of experience in the data center and cloud software and hardware industry. He has experience in all aspects of the business. Kash joined Virtana from Dell Technologies. More recently, at Dell, Kash was the Global Vice President and General Manager of the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions business, which included technology partner alliances. Under his leadership, the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions business grew by 28% to $1.77B. Kash has a track record of improving results in small and large fortune 100 companies by making necessary strategic calls to drive profitable growth.
Before Dell, Shaikh served as Vice President, Global Marketing and Business Development of Ruckus Wireless (acquired by Brocade), Corporate Vice President Platform Marketing and Business Development of Riverbed Technology (acquired by private equity firm, Thoma Bravo), and held executive leadership roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Earlier in his career, he held marketing and engineering leadership positions with Cisco and Nortel Networks.
Kash also serves as a Board Member of Ignited, a non-profit that provides unique professional development opportunities around STEM for teachers. When he is not working, Kash enjoys modern minimalist home designs, traveling, learning new things, cycling, and coaching his 12 years old daughter Zara. Kash is an avid social media user. Connect with Shaikh for real-time industry insight on LinkedIn and Twitter.
