Cisco SVP Murali Gandluru Reimagines Data Center Infrastructure with AI

Murali Gandluru is Senior Vice President of Cisco Data Center Networking, overseeing product strategy and driving innovation for the multi-billion-dollar data center networking business. His team develops solutions for demanding environments, leveraging AI to reduce operational complexity and improve efficiency, security, and agility.

Gandluru's vision goes beyond building faster networks, reimagining how data center infrastructure is designed, secured, and operated. Under his leadership, Cisco has introduced innovations in AI-native infrastructure, workload-aware fabrics, secure networking, and AgenticOps for data centers.

Gandluru started his career as a development test engineer at Cisco before building and leading product teams at various global companies and startups, including IBM's Hybrid Cloud Automation Group, Insieme Networks (acquired by Cisco), Arrcus, and DuploCloud, which he co-founded. This experience informs his leadership approach, combining startup speed with the discipline required to deliver at enterprise scale.