Cloudify Appoints NFV and SDN Pioneer Krish Prabhu as Strategic Advisor

Cloudify, provider of cloud-native software for automating operations for application and network services, today announced that Dr. Krish A. Prabhu has joined the company as a special strategic advisor.

Prabhu most recently served as president of AT&T Labs and chief technology officer, where he led the flagship network transformation project. Previously, Prabhu was chief executive officer of Tellabs.  He held several management positions at Alcatel in Paris, including serving as chief operating officer from 1999 to 2001.

Prabhu earned his Master of Science degree and doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. He received his Master of Science in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology and his Bachelor of Science in physics from Bangalore University. Prabhu has received a number of industry recognitions and accolades, including being inducted into the University of Texas at Arlington’s Engineering Hall of Achievement in 2016.

In his capacity as strategic advisor to Cloudify, Prabhu will leverage more than 35 years of technological leadership in the networking industry and provide guidance on delivering the next generation of NFV and SDN innovation.

“Krish brings to Cloudify decades of experience driving top-tier networking companies with a deep market understanding of the need for open, agile networks, having experienced the limitations of static networking firsthand,” say Zeev Bikowsky, CEO of Cloudify. “With his wealth of first-hand knowledge, he can contribute immensely to our efforts to architect future-proof and innovative networking solutions to face the challenges yet ahead of scale, distribution, edge and security.”