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Gavin Cato

Commander · DISC type D
SVP and GM Portfolio Solutions & AI Platform Engineering at Celestica
📍 Los Gatos, California, United States

Gavin Cato is the SVP and GM of Portfolio Solutions & AI Platform Engineering at Celestica, where he also serves as CTO. He is a technology executive with a history of leadership at Dell, Marvell, and Extreme Networks. He holds a Ph. D. from North Carolina State and an MBA from Duke.

There is no publicly available information regarding Gavins personal life or hobbies. His educational background at Duke and North Carolina State University, however, places him in a region known for its passionate collegiate sports culture, particularly basketball.

He was instrumental in establishing Dell EMCs Open Networking and OpenSwitch approach, driving the industrys transformation to disaggregated networking solutions.

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Current Role
SVP and GM Portfolio Solutions & AI Platform Engineering
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Los Gatos, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Gavin shows up

Candid & Clear
Strong-Willed
Decisive

They respond better to strong and respectful interactions. They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms. They like to move fast and expect the same from others.

Priorities

Topics Gavin cares about

AI Platform Engineering
His current role as SVP & GM at Celestica is focused on building and managing AI platform and portfolio solutions for the enterprise.
Open Networking
He was a key figure in driving Dell's Open Networking initiatives, showing a long-standing interest in disaggregated and software-defined networking.
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Career

Work history

1-2021
SVP and GM Portfolio Solutions & AI Platform Engineering
Celestica
12-2019 - 1-2021
Board Member
DENT under Linux Foundation
9-2019 - 1-2021
Vice President Product Management and Marketing
Marvell Semiconductor
12-2013 - 7-2019
Senior Vice President, Engineering
Dell
6-2011 - 12-2013
Vice President, Engineering / Section 16 Corporate Officer
Extreme Networks
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2000 - 2002
M.B.A.
Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
1992 - 1996
Ph.D.
North Carolina State University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

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