Kamakshi Sridhar
About Kamakshi Sridhar
Kamakshi Sridhar serves as the VP of R&D Innovation at Sandvine and has held various academic and industry roles, including adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University and member of the Electrical Engineering Executive Board. With extensive experience in telecommunications and network security, she has authored several whitepapers on 5G technologies and has contributed to strategic partnerships and product development.
Work at Sandvine
Kamakshi Sridhar serves as the VP of R&D Innovation at Sandvine, a position she has held since 2020. In this role, she has been instrumental in forming strategic partnerships and engaging with customers to enhance Sandvine's product roadmap. She has also played a significant role in integrating machine learning-enabled network optimization and predictive analytics into Sandvine's product offerings, contributing to the advancement of cloud-native products and network security solutions.
Education and Expertise
Kamakshi Sridhar holds a B.Tech in Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), which she completed from 1985 to 1989. She further pursued her studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she earned an S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1991 and a Ph.D. in 1995. Additionally, she obtained an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from MIT's Sloan School of Management in 2012.
Background
Kamakshi Sridhar has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry, having worked at Nokia in various roles from 2001 to 2018. Her positions included Senior Research Scientist, Manager of Research and Innovation, Principal, and Director in the Wireless Chief Technology Office. She also worked at Nortel as an Individual Contributor in Wireless Systems Engineering. Her academic involvement includes serving as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Southern Methodist University since 2013 and as a member of the Electrical Engineering Industrial Advisory Council at the University of Texas at Dallas since 2016.
Achievements
Kamakshi Sridhar is the lead author of several industry whitepapers that focus on 5G cloud-native products and network security solutions. Her contributions to the field have helped shape the understanding and development of advanced telecommunications technologies. She has also held leadership roles in various capacities, including serving as President of the Electrical Engineering Industrial Advisory Council at the University of Texas at Dallas from September 2019 to 2021.