Before joining Menara Networks Dr. Sri Nathan was an independent consultant, to small and medium size companies to create new market opportunities, evaluating efficiency of various large networks with detailed architecture analysis, and, guiding teams to build strategic planning and modeling tools. Prior to this he was the CEO and President of Jasmine Networks, a Metro Optics Sub-System Company. At the peak of operations Jasmine Networks had 300 people at four locations. He played a significant role in securing multi-million dollar contracts with leading system vendors. Prior to Jasmine Networks Sri served as the Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development for Qtera Corporation and secured multi-year contract totaling US $1B. He also played a key role in successfully selling the company to Nortel Networks for US $3.25B (January 2000). He also held various Engineering, Business Development and Management positions in MCI and Nortel Networks. Sri earned his Ph.D. in Management and Administrative Science and an advanced degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas. He has a B.S. in Engineering from Madras University (India). He holds twelve patents in optical technology applications, has many publications and is an avid speaker in various conferences. |