Infinera named Srikanth (Sri) Hosakote as senior vice president, head of engineering, responsible for leading the Infinera Systems Engineering organization.
Hosakote He has been involved in the development of industry-leading and disruptive products, including Cisco’s Carrier Routing System (CRS) core router and its Aggregation Services Edge Router ASR9000. Prior to joining Infinera, he was the executive vice president and general manager for cloud systems and solutions at Seagate. Prior to Seagate, Hosakote served in various leadership roles at Cisco Systems, including senior vice president for the switching business in the Data Center Group.
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Hosakote He has been involved in the development of industry-leading and disruptive products, including Cisco’s Carrier Routing System (CRS) core router and its Aggregation Services Edge Router ASR9000. Prior to joining Infinera, he was the executive vice president and general manager for cloud systems and solutions at Seagate. Prior to Seagate, Hosakote served in various leadership roles at Cisco Systems, including senior vice president for the switching business in the Data Center Group.
