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Murali Gandluru

Judge · DISC type Dc
Vice President of Product Management, Technical Marketing and Strategy at Cisco
📍 Saratoga, California, United States

Murali leads Cisco’s multi-billion dollar Data Center Networking business, focusing on creating secure, AI-ready infrastructure. His career spans large public companies like IBM and startups, including DuploCloud, which he co-founded. Colleagues describe him as passionate, visionary, and an invaluable asset with tons of energy.

Outside of work, Murali is a family man and an avid sports fan, actively supporting Liverpool Football Club and the Ohio State Buckeyes. He is also a musician with a passion for singing and playing the guitar, and he enjoys hiking in his spare time.

Unique fact: In addition to being a tech executive and startup co-founder, Murali is also a musician who sings and plays the guitar.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Vice President of Product Management, Technical Marketing and Strategy
Job Level
Senior
Location
Saratoga, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Murali shows up

Generally Skeptic
Quality Focused
Demanding

They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They respond well to strong and respectful communication.

Priorities

Topics Murali cares about

AI Infrastructure
His primary focus at Cisco is building the next generation of secure, AI-ready infrastructure and unifying networks for AI workloads, a topic he frequently discusses publicly.
Data Center Networking
He leads Cisco's multi-billion dollar business in this area, driving strategy across the Nexus portfolio and shaping partnerships with major tech providers like NVIDIA.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
Vice President of Product Management, Technical Marketing and Strategy
Cisco
10-2023 - 4-2024
Vice President Automation Strategy and New Product Incubation
IBM
6-2021 - 4-2024
Vice President of Product Management and Strategy
IBM
1-2018 - 6-2021
Vice President Of Product Management and Marketing
Arrcus, Inc.
1-2018 - 1-2020
Advisor (and Co-Founder)
DuploCloud Inc
In the press

Media appearances

Matthew Landry & Murali Gandluru, Cisco | Networking for AI Summit. Featured in YouTube
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Education
2012 - 2012
Venture Creation
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
1998 - 2000
M.S
The Ohio State University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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