Kumar Malavalli Explained

Kumar Malavalli
Birth Date:1943 2, mf=yes
Birth Place:Mysore, Karnataka, India
Occupation:Chairman of C3DNA Inc.
Co-founder, CTO Brocade Communications
Alma Mater:National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, India
Cal State East Bay Honorary Doctorate of Science
Boards:Glassbeam, Inc.
AlephCloud
C3DNA Inc.
Father:Narayanaswamy Malavalli
Spouse:Vijayalakshmi Malavalli
Children:Ranjini Malavalli
Relatives:Dr. Seetharam Malavalli
Dr. Shivaram Malavalli

Kumar Malavalli is an Indian American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] In 1995, he founded Brocade Communications Systems with Paul Bonderson Jr. He currently serves as chairman of C3DNA Inc. and as a partner at VKRM Services, a boutique investment firm.[2] [7] He has also served on the boards of the Storage Networking Industry Association and the Fibre Channel Industry Association.[10] [11]

Malavalli was presented with an honorary doctor of science degree by California State University, East Bay in 2013.[7] The Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair in Storage Systems Research at the University of California Santa Cruz's Jack Baskin School of Engineering was established in 2004 following a $1 million donation from Malavalli.[7] [12] [13] Professor Darrell Long currently holds the Kumar Malavalli Chair.[13]

Malavalli is a member of the Silicon Valley Hall Engineering Hall of Fame.[6] [14]

Early life and education

Malavalli was born in early February 1943 in Mysore, Karnataka, India. He moved to Düsseldorf, Germany in 1972 following his graduation from the National Institute of Engineering with a bachelor's degree in engineering.[12] After graduating from the Institute of Engineering in Düsseldorf with a master's degree in industrial electronics, Malavalli moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[12]

Career

In Toronto, Malavalli worked for Canstar Communications’ fibre channel group, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard.[12] While at Hewlett-Packard, he served on American National Standards Institute's T11 Technical Committee, which established universal standards for fibre channel.[10] [13] [15]

Malavalli co-founded Brocade Communications, a producer of storage area networks, with Paul Bonderson, Jr. in 1995.[1] [3] [4] [16] Brocade launched in 1998 and went public in May 1999, and its CEO was convicted for illegal backdating of options in January 2008. In addition to being a co-founder, Malavalli served as CTO of Brocade.[17]

In 2001, Malavalli co-founded InMage, an independent software company.[2] [9] [17]

He was awarded the International Committee for Information Technology Standards’ 2002 Gene Milligan Award for his work chairing an INCITS committee, which developed 17 standards for storage area networks.[10] [18] [19]

In 2003, Malavalli became the first Indian member of the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame.[6] [14]

Malavalli co-founded Glassbeam, a software-as-a-service vendor, in 2009 with Puneet Pandit.[20] He also serves as chairman of the company.[20]

Malavalli was appointed InMage CEO in 2011.[2] [9]

Other companies whose boards Malavalli has served on include CryptoMill Technologies and LeadFormix (then-known as LeadForce1).[21] [22] He was also an investor in Edurite Technologies, which was later acquired by Pearson Education.[23] [24]

Philanthropy

In 2004, Malavalli donated $1 million toward the creation of the University of California at Santa Cruz’s endowed Kumar Malavalli Chair in Storage Systems Research.[7] [12] [13] He is also a benefactor of Stanford University’s Institute for Economic Policy Research, with donations totaling over $500,000.[25]

Malavalli is a co-founder and trustee of the Indus Trust, which builds schools that are not affordable by the middle class population of India.[4] [8] [15] Hindu BL, The Indus Trust is headed by Lt. Gen. Arjun Ray.[4] [8] [15] [26] He is also the principle investor of TeleVital, a company that provides telemedicine services to rural areas in India.[1] [27]

Malavalli is the chairman and a funder of the India Community Center in Milpitas, California.[5] [28] [29] He also serves as a trustee of the American India Foundation and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.[12] [30] [31] He sits on the board of The Indus Entrepreneurs’ Silicon Valley Chapter and the San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative.[13] [32] [33]

In 2013, Malavalli was awarded the Immigrant Heritage Award for his philanthropic work in the United States and India.[34]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Remote Retirement. Daniel Fisher. June 8, 2005. September 22, 2013. Forbes.
  2. Web site: InMage dumps CEO. Chris Mellor. August 15, 2011 . The Register . September 22, 2013.
  3. Web site: Small-town India goes to big-time America. Chidanand Raighatta. Indian Express . July 23, 2000. September 22, 2013.
  4. Web site: NRI to fund Indus school in Bangalore . Fakir Chand in bangalore. January 14, 2003. September 22, 2013.
  5. Web site: The Social Entrepreneur. Nitya Ramanan. June 1, 2005. India Currents . September 22, 2013.
  6. Web site: Kumar Malavalli makes it to Silicon Valley Hall of Fame. January 21, 2003. The Economic Times. September 22, 2013.
  7. Web site: Entrepreneur, philanthropist Kumar Malavalli to be presented Honorary Doctorate by Cal State East Bay. Barry Zepel. May 13, 2013. California State University East Bay. September 22, 2013.
  8. Web site: Indus International School Plans Engagement with Civil Society. July 6, 2011. Seasonal Magazine. September 22, 2013.
  9. Web site: InMage names Kumar Malavalli as new CEO. August 15, 2011 . Silicon Valley Business Journal. September 22, 2013.
  10. Web site: Major gift from Kumar Malavalli establishes endowed chair in storage systems. UC Newsroom. November 5, 2011. September 22, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130926211840/http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/6742. September 26, 2013. dead.
  11. Web site: Major gift from storage industry leader Kumar Malavalli establishes endowed chair in storage systems at UC Santa Cruz. Tim Stephens. November 4, 2004. University of California-Santa Cruz Newsroom . September 22, 2013.
  12. Web site: Brocade founder follows gut into ventures. IndUS Business Journal. September 22, 2013. Naomi Grossman. September 18, 2006.
  13. Web site: Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair. September 22, 2013. South Asia Studies Initiative.
  14. Web site: In Focus. India Currents. April 21, 2003. Nitya Ramanan. September 22, 2013.
  15. Web site: Indus International School Expands World Class Facilities. Financial Express. September 24, 2013.
  16. Web site: Brocade Communications Systems Inc.. September 24, 2013. SEC.
  17. Web site: Brocade Co-Founder Returns In Backup Role. Enterprise Storage. September 24, 2013. Paul Shread. September 15, 2004.
  18. Web site: PR 2002-11 Awards. September 24, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104052200/http://www.incits.org/press/2002/pr200211awards.htm. November 4, 2012. dead.
  19. Web site: Awards . September 24, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130801094436/http://www.incits.org/Awards/honor.htm . August 1, 2013 .
  20. Web site: Glassbeam cuts time for product analysis with cloud. September 24, 2013. Silicon Valley Business Journal. Aug 29, 2010.
  21. Web site: Kumar Malavalli Profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20121105081240/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=233710&privcapId=9019758&previousCapId=7728426&previousTitle=TeleVital,%20Inc.. dead. November 5, 2012. Bloomberg Businessweek. September 24, 2013.
  22. Web site: LeadForce1 Ropes In $1.6M. Silicon Tap. September 24, 2013.
  23. Web site: Edurite Bags E-learning Contract Worth $30 M. May 29, 2002. The Financial Express. September 24, 2013.
  24. Web site: Pearson acquires e-tutoring venture TutorVista, appoints Srikanth B Iyer as CEO. India Digital Review. February 23, 2013. September 24, 2013.
  25. Web site: Stanford Institute for EconomIc Policy Research Annual Report. September 24, 2013. Stanford Institute for EconomIc Policy Research. https://web.archive.org/web/20120118034513/http://siepr.stanford.edu/system/files/shared/people/homepage/SIEPR%20Annual%20Report%20Animated%20v3.pdf. January 18, 2012. dead.
  26. Web site: Indus schools to expand network. BusinessLine. September 24, 2013.
  27. Web site: Ensuring quality healthcare to rural people at a low cost. https://web.archive.org/web/20090622230721/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/12/stories/2006121201560500.htm. dead. June 22, 2009. The Hindu. 2006-12-12. September 24, 2013.
  28. Web site: K Malavalli donates $1 m to Indian community centre. The Economic Times. May 31, 2004. September 24, 2013.
  29. Web site: ICC Marks 10th Anniversary as Model for Community Center. IndiaWest. Richard Springer. March 13, 2013. September 24, 2013.
  30. Web site: Asian Art Museum Appoints Seven New Trustees. September 24, 2013. July 8, 2012. Asian American Press.
  31. Web site: China Comes To San Jose. Gerrye Wong. AsianWeek. October 4, 2013. October 14, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131128104535/http://www.asianweek.com/2013/10/04/china-comes-to-san-jose/. November 28, 2013. dead.
  32. Web site: San Francisco, Bangalore to become tech 'sisters'. https://web.archive.org/web/20110912202624/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-12/bangalore/27939193_1_sister-city-cm-yeddyurappa-bangalore. dead. September 12, 2011. Anil Kumar. September 24, 2013. The Times of India. September 12, 2008.
  33. Web site: S.F. sustains ties with Bangalore. Andrew S. Ross. SFGate. October 18, 2009. September 24, 2013.
  34. Web site: Kumar Malavalli Honored with Immigrant Heritage Award. India West. November 12, 2013.

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