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词条 Kumar Malavalli
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Philanthropy

  4. References

{{Infobox person
| name =Kumar Malavalli
| image = Mr Malavalli 1 FINAL.jpg
| birth_name = Kumar Malavalli
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1943|2|9}}
| 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
| residence = Los Altos Hills, California, US
}}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 Mavalli 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 Mavalli 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 Mysore, Karnataka, India.[15] 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][15]

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][16]

Malavalli co-founded Brocade Communications, a producer of storage area networks, with Paul Bonderson, Jr. in 1995.[1][3][4][17] Brocade launched in 1998 and went public in May 1999, and its CEO was convicted for illegal backdating of options in January 2008.[15] In addition to being a co-founder, Malavalli served as CTO of Brocade.[18]

In 2001, Malavalli co-founded InMage, an independent software company.[2][9][18]

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][19][20]

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.[21][22] He also serves as chairman of the company.[22]

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).[23][24] He was also an investor in Edurite Technologies, which was later acquired by Pearson Education.[25][26]

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 thousand.[27]

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][16] Hindu BL, The Indus Trust is headed by Lt. Gen. Arjun Ray.[4][8][16][28] He is also the principle investor of TeleVital, a company that provides telemedicine services to rural areas in India.[1][29]

Malavalli is the chairman and a funder of the India Community Center in Milpitas, California.[5][30][31] He also serves as a trustee of the American India Foundation and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.[12][32][33] He sits on the board of The Indus Entrepreneurs’ Silicon Valley Chapter and the San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative.[13][34][35]

In 2013, Malavalli was awarded the Immigrant Heritage Award for his philanthropic work in the United States and India.[36]

References

1. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/2005/06/08/cz_df_0608telemedicine.html|title=Remote Retirement|author=Daniel Fisher|date=June 8, 2005|accessdate=September 22, 2013|publisher=Forbes}}
2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/15/inmage_dumps_ceo/|title=InMage dumps CEO|author=Chris Mellor|date=August 15, 2011 |publisher=The Register |accessdate=September 22, 2013}}
3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/ie/daily/20000724/iin24047.html|title=Small-town India goes to big-time America|author=Chidanand Raighatta|publisher=Indian Express |date=July 23, 2000|accessdate=September 22, 2013}}
4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/jan/14indus.htm|title=NRI to fund Indus school in Bangalore |author=Fakir Chand in bangalore|date=January 14, 2003|accessdate=September 22, 2013}}
5. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.indiacurrents.com/articles/2005/06/01/the-social-entrepreneur|title=The Social Entrepreneur|author=Nitya Ramanan|date=June 1, 2005|publisher=India Currents |accessdate=September 22, 2013}}
6. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-01-21/news/27526661_1_kumar-malavalli-silicon-valley-hall-storage-networking-summit|title=Kumar Malavalli makes it to Silicon Valley Hall of Fame|date=January 21, 2003|publisher=The Economic Times|accessdate=September 22, 2013}}
7. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www20.csueastbay.edu/news/2013/05/honorary-degree-malavalli-051313.html|title=Entrepreneur, philanthropist Kumar Malavalli to be presented Honorary Doctorate by Cal State East Bay|author=Barry Zepel|date=May 13, 2013|publisher=California State University East Bay|accessdate=September 22, 2013}}
8. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.seasonalmagazine.com/2011/07/indus-international-school-plans.html|title=Indus International School Plans Engagement with Civil Society|date=July 6, 2011|publisher=Seasonal Magazine|accessdate=September 22, 2013}}
9. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/08/15/inmage-names-kumar-malavalli-as-new-ceo.html|title=InMage names Kumar Malavalli as new CEO|date=August 15, 2011 |publisher=Silicon Valley Business Journal|accessdate=September 22, 2013}}
10. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/6742|title=Major gift from Kumar Malavalli establishes endowed chair in storage systems|publisher=UC Newsroom|date=November 5, 2011|accessdate=September 22, 2013}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.ucsc.edu/2004/11/590.html|title=Major gift from storage industry leader Kumar Malavalli establishes endowed chair in storage systems at UC Santa Cruz|author=Tim Stephens|date=November 4, 2004|publisher=University of California-Santa Cruz Newsroom |accessdate=September 22, 2013}}
12. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://wwfefw.indusbusinessjournal.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=F9892A269A244976B126E430E5112249&AudID=ikxzmtqlu|title=Brocade founder follows gut into ventures|publisher=IndUS Business Journal|accessdate=September 22, 2013|author=Naomi Grossman|date=September 18, 2006}}
13. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://southasia.ucsc.edu/endowed-chairs/kumar-malavalli.html|title=Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair|accessdate=September 22, 2013|publisher=South Asia Studies Initiative}}
14. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.indiacurrents.com/articles/2003/04/21/in-focus|title=In Focus|publisher=India Currents|date=April 21, 2003|author=Nitya Ramanan|accessdate=September 22, 2013}}
15. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.siliconindia.com/magazine_articles/Kumar_Malavalli-LKV323830771.html|title=Kumar Malavalli|publisher=SiliconIndia Magazine|accessdate=September 23, 2013}}
16. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://hospitality.financialexpress.com/20040315/avenues03.shtml|title=Indus International School Expands World Class Facilities|publisher=Financial Express|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1207/89161899001026/filing-main.htm|title=Brocade Communications Systems Inc.|accessdate=September 24, 2013|publisher=SEC}}
18. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/news/article.php/3408121/Brocade-Co-Founder-Returns-In-Backup-Role.htm|title=Brocade Co-Founder Returns In Backup Role|publisher=Enterprise Storage|accessdate=September 24, 2013|author=Paul Shread|date=September 15, 2004}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.incits.org/press/2002/pr200211awards.htm|title=PR 2002-11 Awards|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.incits.org/Awards/honor.htm |title=Awards |accessdate=September 24, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801094436/http://www.incits.org/Awards/honor.htm |archivedate=August 1, 2013 |df= }}
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconindia.com/magazine_articles/Glassbeam_Big_Data_Applications_on_Machine_Data-UTKV327153465.html|title=Glassbeam: Big Data Applications on Machine Data|publisher=SiliconIndia Magazine|date=November 2, 2012|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
22. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2010/08/30/smallb3.html?page=all|title=Glassbeam cuts time for product analysis with cloud|accessdate=September 24, 2013|publisher=Silicon Valley Business Journal|date=Aug 29, 2010}}
23. ^{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=233710&privcapId=9019758&previousCapId=7728426&previousTitle=TeleVital,%20Inc.|title=Kumar Malavalli Profile|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
24. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.silicontap.com/leadforce_ropes_in___6m/s-0028171.html|title=LeadForce1 Ropes In $1.6M|publisher=Silicon Tap|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
25. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/edurite-bags-elearning-contract-worth-30-m/47709|title=Edurite Bags E-learning Contract Worth $30 M|date=May 29, 2002|publisher=The Financial Express|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.indiadigitalreview.com/news/pearson-acquires-e-tutoring-venture-tutorvista-appoints-srikanth-b-iyer-ceo|title=Pearson acquires e-tutoring venture TutorVista, appoints Srikanth B Iyer as CEO|publisher=India Digital Review|date=February 23, 2013|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://siepr.stanford.edu/system/files/shared/people/homepage/SIEPR%20Annual%20Report%20Animated%20v3.pdf|title=Stanford Institute for EconomIc Policy Research Annual Report|accessdate=September 24, 2013|publisher=Stanford Institute for EconomIc Policy Research}}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2007/12/13/stories/2007121350532300.htm|title=Indus schools to expand network|publisher=BusinessLine|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
29. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/12/stories/2006121201560500.htm|title=Ensuring quality healthcare to rural people at a low cost|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
30. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2004-05-31/news/27374925_1_icc-indian-community-kumar-malavalli|title=K Malavalli donates $1 m to Indian community centre|publisher=The Economic Times|date=May 31, 2004|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
31. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.indiawest.com/news/9643-icc-marks-10th-anniversary-as-model-for-community-center.html|title=ICC Marks 10th Anniversary as Model for Community Center|publisher=IndiaWest|author=Richard Springer|date=March 13, 2013|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
32. ^{{cite web|url=http://aapress.com/arts/asian-art-museum-appoints-seven-new-trustees/|title=Asian Art Museum Appoints Seven New Trustees|accessdate=September 24, 2013|date=July 8, 2012|publisher=Asian American Press}}
33. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.asianweek.com/2013/10/04/china-comes-to-san-jose/|title=China Comes To San Jose|author=Gerrye Wong|publisher=AsianWeek|date=October 4, 2013|accessdate=October 14, 2013}}
34. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-12/bangalore/27939193_1_sister-city-cm-yeddyurappa-bangalore|title=San Francisco, Bangalore to become tech 'sisters'|author=Anil Kumar|publisher=The Times of India|accessdate=September 24, 2013|date=September 12, 2008}}
35. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/S-F-sustains-ties-with-Bangalore-3214257.php|title=S.F. sustains ties with Bangalore|author=Andrew S. Ross|publisher=SFGate|date=October 18, 2009|accessdate=September 24, 2013}}
36. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.indiawest.com/news/14700-kumar-malavalli-honored-with-immigrant-heritage-award.html|title=Kumar Malavalli Honored with Immigrant Heritage Award|publisher=India West|accessdate=November 12, 2013}}
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