Kumar Malavalli

Kumar Malavalli is an <a href="/facts/Indian_Americans/7GkRE0Ps">Indian American</a> technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1995, he founded <a href="/facts/Brocade_Communications_Systems/tMNHxMLm">Brocade Communications Systems</a> with Paul Bonderson Jr. He currently serves as chairman of C3DNA Inc. and as a partner at VKRM Services, a boutique investment firm. He has also served on the boards of the <a href="/facts/Storage_Networking_Industry_Association/nWXbIQI2">Storage Networking Industry Association</a> and the Fibre Channel Industry Association.
Malavalli was presented with an honorary doctor of science degree by <a href="/facts/California_State_University%2c_East_Bay/NxTbolnh">California State University, East Bay</a> in 2013. The Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair in Storage Systems Research at the <a href="/facts/University_of_California_Santa_Cruz/ez1IKCYp">University of California Santa Cruz's</a> <a href="/facts/Jack_Baskin_School_of_Engineering/V3sFwlWz">Jack Baskin School of Engineering</a> was established in 2004 following a $1 million donation from Malavalli. Professor <a href="/facts/Darrell_Long/vCBP8STM">Darrell Long</a> currently holds the Kumar Malavalli Chair.
Malavalli is a member of the Silicon Valley Hall Engineering Hall of Fame.

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Kumar Malavalli