Ash Bhalgat

Ash Bhalgat is the senior director of AI networking and security solutions, ecosystem and marketing at NVIDIA. He is responsible for market strategy and revenue growth of NVIDIA's data center and AI products into cloud, telco and enterprise markets. Ash joined NVIDIA through the Mellanox acquisition, bringing 25 years of high-tech experience from roles at Cisco, Polycom, and other industry leaders. Throughout his career, he dabbled into various technologies including data centers, cloud computing, Kubernetes, software defined networking (SDN), routing, WiFi, cybersecurity, and AI. Ash holds an M.S. in computer engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship from Santa Clara University. He is a recognized industry leader, has presented at numerous events and received the Open Networking Foundation's outstanding contribution award for advancing SDN adoption.