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Kumar Malavalli

Kumar Malavalli is an Indian American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In 1995, he founded Brocade Communications Systems with Paul Bonderson Jr. He currently serves as chairman of C3DNA Inc. and as a partner at VKRM Services, a boutique investment firm.[2][7] He has also served on the boards of the Storage Networking Industry Association and the Fibre Channel Industry Association.[10][11]

Kumar Malavalli
Born (1943-02-09) February 9, 1943 (age 81)
Mysore, Karnataka, India
Alma materNational Institute of Engineering, Mysore, India
Cal State East Bay Honorary Doctorate of Science
Occupation(s)Chairman of C3DNA Inc.
Co-founder, CTO Brocade Communications
Board member ofGlassbeam, Inc.
AlephCloud
C3DNA Inc.
SpouseVijayalakshmi Malavalli
ChildrenRanjini Malavalli
Parent
  • Narayanaswamy Malavalli (father)
RelativesDr. Seetharam Malavalli
Dr. Shivaram Malavalli

Malavalli was presented with an honorary doctor of science degree by California State University, East Bay in 2013.[7] The Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair in Storage Systems Research at the University of California Santa Cruz's Jack Baskin School of Engineering was established in 2004 following a $1 million donation from Malavalli.[7][12][13] Professor Darrell Long currently holds the Kumar Malavalli Chair.[13]

Malavalli is a member of the Silicon Valley Hall Engineering Hall of Fame.[6][14]

Early life and education edit

Malavalli was born in early February 1943 in Mysore, Karnataka, India.[15] He moved to Düsseldorf, Germany in 1972 following his graduation from the National Institute of Engineering with a bachelor's degree in engineering.[12] After graduating from the Institute of Engineering in Düsseldorf with a master's degree in industrial electronics, Malavalli moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[12][15]

Career edit

In Toronto, Malavalli worked for Canstar Communications’ fibre channel group, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard.[12] While at Hewlett-Packard, he served on American National Standards Institute's T11 Technical Committee, which established universal standards for fibre channel.[10][13][16]

Malavalli co-founded Brocade Communications, a producer of storage area networks, with Paul Bonderson, Jr. in 1995.[1][3][4][17] Brocade launched in 1998 and went public in May 1999, and its CEO was convicted for illegal backdating of options in January 2008.[15] In addition to being a co-founder, Malavalli served as CTO of Brocade.[18]

In 2001, Malavalli co-founded InMage, an independent software company.[2][9][18]

He was awarded the International Committee for Information Technology Standards’ 2002 Gene Milligan Award for his work chairing an INCITS committee, which developed 17 standards for storage area networks.[10][19][20]

In 2003, Malavalli became the first Indian member of the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame.[6][14]

Malavalli co-founded Glassbeam, a software-as-a-service vendor, in 2009 with Puneet Pandit.[21][22] He also serves as chairman of the company.[22]

Malavalli was appointed InMage CEO in 2011.[2][9]

Other companies whose boards Malavalli has served on include CryptoMill Technologies and LeadFormix (then-known as LeadForce1).[23][24] He was also an investor in Edurite Technologies, which was later acquired by Pearson Education.[25][26]

Philanthropy edit

In 2004, Malavalli donated $1 million toward the creation of the University of California at Santa Cruz’s endowed Kumar Malavalli Chair in Storage Systems Research.[7][12][13] He is also a benefactor of Stanford University’s Institute for Economic Policy Research, with donations totaling over $500,000.[27]

Malavalli is a co-founder and trustee of the Indus Trust, which builds schools that are not affordable by the middle class population of India.[4][8][16] Hindu BL, The Indus Trust is headed by Lt. Gen. Arjun Ray.[4][8][16][28] He is also the principle investor of TeleVital, a company that provides telemedicine services to rural areas in India.[1][29]

Malavalli is the chairman and a funder of the India Community Center in Milpitas, California.[5][30][31] He also serves as a trustee of the American India Foundation and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.[12][32][33] He sits on the board of The Indus Entrepreneurs’ Silicon Valley Chapter and the San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative.[13][34][35]

In 2013, Malavalli was awarded the Immigrant Heritage Award for his philanthropic work in the United States and India.[36]

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c d Chris Mellor (August 15, 2011). "InMage dumps CEO". The Register. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
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  4. ^ a b c d Fakir Chand in bangalore (January 14, 2003). "NRI to fund Indus school in Bangalore". Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Nitya Ramanan (June 1, 2005). "The Social Entrepreneur". India Currents. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Kumar Malavalli makes it to Silicon Valley Hall of Fame". The Economic Times. January 21, 2003. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d e Barry Zepel (May 13, 2013). "Entrepreneur, philanthropist Kumar Malavalli to be presented Honorary Doctorate by Cal State East Bay". California State University East Bay. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
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  22. ^ a b "Glassbeam cuts time for product analysis with cloud". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Aug 29, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
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  24. ^ "LeadForce1 Ropes In $1.6M". Silicon Tap. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  25. ^ "Edurite Bags E-learning Contract Worth $30 M". The Financial Express. May 29, 2002. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  26. ^ "Pearson acquires e-tutoring venture TutorVista, appoints Srikanth B Iyer as CEO". India Digital Review. February 23, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  27. ^ "Stanford Institute for EconomIc Policy Research Annual Report" (PDF). Stanford Institute for EconomIc Policy Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 18, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
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  29. ^ "Ensuring quality healthcare to rural people at a low cost". The Hindu. 2006-12-12. Archived from the original on June 22, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  30. ^ "K Malavalli donates $1 m to Indian community centre". The Economic Times. May 31, 2004. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  31. ^ Richard Springer (March 13, 2013). "ICC Marks 10th Anniversary as Model for Community Center". IndiaWest. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  32. ^ "Asian Art Museum Appoints Seven New Trustees". Asian American Press. July 8, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
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  36. ^ "Kumar Malavalli Honored with Immigrant Heritage Award". India West. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
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