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Sujith Babu

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Director - Software , Services, AI/DC - Asia Pacific & Japan at Ciena
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sujith Babu is a sales leader at Ciena, directing the Software, Services, and AI/DC verticals across the Asia Pacific & Japan region. With over 26 years in technology, he focuses on digital transformation for telecom, enterprise, and government clients. Colleagues describe him as passionate, action-oriented, and customer-centric, and he holds an MBA from Christ University.

He recently spoke at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 on a panel about the future of AI compute beyond just GPUs.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Director - Software , Services, AI/DC - Asia Pacific & Japan
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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AI at Scale
Spoke at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, arguing that scaling AI requires intelligent networking and resilient infrastructure, not just more GPUs.
Telecom Transformation
Drives solutions for Telcos, focusing on OSS transformation and modernizing ISP networks to handle surges from 5G, broadband, and cloud applications.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Director - Software , Services, AI/DC - Asia Pacific & Japan
Ciena
8-2024 - 11-2025
Director , Sales - Enterprise and Public Sector
Ciena
8-2022 - 5-2024
Country Sales Head , Commercial Enterprises & Service Providers : Cyber Security
Cisco
2-2016 - 10-2022
Country Sales Head - Cloud, Software & Services
Cisco
11-2010 - 2-2016
Manager
Cisco
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Ciena India appoints Sujith Babu to lead enterprise and government portfolio. Featured in Communications Today
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Education
1999 - 2001
MBA
Christ University, Bangalore
1999 - 2001
MBA
Bangalore University
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