Technology >> CEO Interviews >> July 2, 2004
NAVEEN S. BISHT is the Founder, President and CEO of Nayna Networks
Naveen has over 15 years of experience in business development,
marketing, strategy, engineering and general management in storage,
networking and the telecommunication industry. Previously he was the
Founder, President and CEO of Ukiah Software, Inc. - a leader in policy-
based bandwidth and security management software systems for service
provider and enterprise networks. Ukiah received a number of awards
including Top 10 companies to watch in 1999, Top 25 Hot Startups of
1998, 1999 Telecommunications Product of the Month Award, 1999 and 1998
Hot Product Awards and was acquired by Novell, Inc., in 1999. Prior to
that, he was founder and President of a consulting services company
focused on telecommunication and networking market. He is also
Founder/Partner of Luxmi Ventures LLC - a seed stage venture fund
focused on network infrastructure market. Naveen attended the Ph.D.
Program at University of California, Santa Barbara; holds a MS from
Texas Tech University and a MS and BSME from the Birla Institute of
Technology & Science, Pilani. He holds three patents in the area of
Quality of Service and security management in IP Networks. Profile
then give us a sense of the things you're doing now?
Mr. Bisht: We founded the company in 2000 with a focus on
