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Vijoy Pandey

Senior Vice President

Outshift by Cisco

Vijoy Pandey is Senior Vice President, Outshift by Cisco. Outshift’s mission is to build what’s next and new in emerging tech for Cisco and for tomorrow’s customer needs. What sets us apart is our focus on turning ideas into action and creating new products regularly in emerging areas such as cloud native applications, security, edge native, quantum, and AI. Outshift includes the entire pipeline of building a product and bringing it to market (product, software development, marketing, sales, customer success). In addition, Vijoy runs Cisco Open Source, Cisco Research and the Responsible AI charter for Cisco. Vijoy has held various strategy, product, and engineering leadership roles and has over 20 years of expertise in planet-scale distributed systems, cloud, and application-first software infrastructures which serve to complement his role as a technology visionary for a software-focused AI-first digital future. Before joining Cisco, he served as head of engineering at Google for the company’s global cloud networks, where he was responsible for developing software systems for intent-driven automation, observability, AI/ML-based insights, and application-level awareness. Vijoy has held various CTO roles, and has led large geo-diverse, agile product and engineering teams at both large organizations and startups. Vijoy has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis. He currently holds over 80 patents in cloud, AI/ML, and distributed systems.

Articles

June 5, 2024

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Outshift by Cisco Releases Motific’s AI Capabilities with the Power of Mistral AI Behind It

4 min read

At Cisco Live 2024, Outshift by Cisco announces two major milestones — Motific's limited availability and a new collaboration with Mistral AI — that will accelerate the reliable delivery of new Generative AI (genAI) solutions.

April 8, 2024

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Quantum Security and Networking are Emerging as Lifelines in Our Quantum-powered Future

6 min read

A metamorphosis continues to take shape with the rise of Post-Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Key Distribution, and the brave new world of Quantum Networking.

February 6, 2024

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Unlock Rapid, Trusted Delivery of Generative AI Applications

2 min read

Outshift by Cisco introduces Motific, its first SaaS product for rapid and trusted delivery of GenAI applications, empowering central IT and security teams.

January 26, 2024

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

The world convenes to discuss AI protections and policies amid growing data asymmetries

5 min read

This year we’ll see a movement for responsible, ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) that begins with clear AI governance frameworks that respect human rights and values.

June 6, 2023

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Outshift by Cisco Announces its Latest Cloud Native Application Security Strategy with Panoptica

3 min read

Panoptica, a product from Outshift by Cisco, helps customers secure cloud native applications, prioritize risks with precision, and accelerate development, deployment, and production across teams.

April 20, 2023

DEVELOPER

Modernizing Your Applications with Open Source? Yes, It Can Be Done!

2 min read

Learn about new additions to open source projects led by the Cisco Engineering team that are contributing more security features and functionality for Kubernetes and cloud native environments.

March 29, 2023

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces its Intent to Acquire Cloud Security Software Company Lightspin

2 min read

Cisco Emerging Technologies & Incubation (ET&I) intends to bolster its cloud-native portfolio with Lightspin focused on end-to-end security and observability.

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