Ash Bhalgat

Ash Bhalgat is the senior director of AI networking and security solutions, ecosystem and marketing at NVIDIA, responsible for the market strategy and revenue growth of NVIDIA's data center and AI products into the 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’s dabbled in various technologies including data center, cloud computing, software-defined networking (SDN), cybersecurity and AI.   Ash holds an master’s in computer engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship from Santa Clara University. Ash has presented at numerous events and received the Open Networking Foundation's outstanding contribution award for advancing SDN adoption.