Raj Yavatkar, Chief Technology Officer, Juniper Networks
- Raj Yavatkar is the Chief Technology Officer of Juniper Networks.
- He is a board member and advisor to startups and an angel investor.
Podcast
Overview
In this episode, Raj Yavatkar, Chief Technology Officer of Juniper Networks, imparts his wisdom on fostering innovation, navigating the future of networking technologies, and nurturing tech leadership. He elucidates the key qualities required for tech leaders, such as humility, constant learning, and fostering connections with engineers. Raj illuminates his approach to balancing innovation with security imperatives, emphasizing the integration of security architects from the onset. He expounds on the pivotal role of AI and machine learning in evolving network security while highlighting the potential threats posed by generative AI. He further delves into strategies for delivering cloud networking infrastructure, emphasizing systematic capacity planning and cultivating technical leadership within teams.
00:35- About Raj Yavatkar
- Raj Yavatkar is the Chief Technology Officer of Juniper Networks.
- He is a board member and advisor to startups and an angel investor.
- He has earlier worked with Google and Intel.
10:38- How do you envision the future of networking technology in the context of the Internet of Things and smart devices?
- With billions of Internet of Things and smart devices already online at home, there is a need for edge clouds or infrastructure closer to the IoT devices, like smart cities and airports happening in India.
- The future is the network moving from centralized infrastructure to more decentralized distributed infrastructure.
- With machine learning, there is a need to do inferencing across devices at the edge of the cloud, leading to thousands and tens of thousands of edge clouds and more decentralized infrastructure.
20:21- What would you say are three lessons you would give to young engineers and aspiring individuals?
- The number one is constant learning – every three or four years, you have to be ready to move into an adjacent area from where you are and learn new technologies.
- Focusing on what I call stakeholder management, learning the stakeholders around you and why they are needed for your success.
- The third one is to be extremely focused on collaboration and teamwork – very few people succeed on their own, a lot of success comes from serendipity which happens because you work with others who inject new ideas you did not think about.
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- Raj Yavatkar is the Chief Technology Officer of Juniper Networks.
- He is a board member and advisor to startups and an angel investor.
- He has earlier worked with Google and Intel.
