Solana Networks
Company
Management Team
Nabil Seddigh - President
Nabil Seddigh has over 14 years industrial experience working for companies such as Nortel Networks, Tropic Networks, Telesat and Canadian Federal Government departments including Industry Canada, PSEPC and NRCan.
Nabil's background includes expertise in the area of Internet architecture and protocols with special focus on routing, switching, congestion control and network management. During his career, he has held key positions in product development, advanced technology, consulting services as well as research and development organizations, working in the roles of project manager, system architect, researcher and software developer. Prior to co-founding Solana Networks, Nabil led efforts at Tropic Networks to implement MPLS and GMPLS on its flagship product. While at Nortel, Nabil was the system architect for one of the first Diffserv IP QoS implementations in the world.
Nabil holds a B.Eng (Computer Engineering) from the University of Waterloo with an option in Management Science as well as a M.A.Sc (Systems and Computer Engineering) from Carleton University. He is the holder of 10 patents in the area of IP networking with over 25 publications in conference proceedings and IETF drafts/RFC.
Dr. Biswajit Nandy - Chief Technology Officer
Biswajit, a co-founder of Solana Networks, brings 15 years of experience in the area of data communication. He has worked at Nortel Networks, Bell Northern Research, Tropic Networks and Belair Networks. The primary focus of his work has been in the area of IP networking protocols and architecture.
As an Independent Contributor at Nortel Networks, he spearheaded various
advance technology programs and R&D projects in IP networking. He worked as
a Network Architect with the MPLS team and as a member of the architecture
team at Tropic Networks to address complex optical networking issues. He
worked as a System Architect on WLAN mesh networking products at BelAir
Networks.
Dr. Nandy has a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the
University of Waterloo and has been an Adjunct Research Professor with
Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University since 2001. He holds
an M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur and a B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from
Jadavpur University, Calcutta. He has authored and presented over 25
research papers in International conferences and holds 10 US patents. He has
actively participated in various Work Groups in IETF and author of several
IETF proposals in the form of Internet Drafts and RFC.
Nisan Rowhani - VP Product Management
Nisan Rowhani has more than 10 years experience in product management and
product marketing in the telecommunications industry.
Prior to founding Solana Networks Nisan served as a Product Line Manager at
JDS Uniphase. He successfully managed the introduction of many new optical
components from product launch to full-scale production. He has a proven
record of capturing and delivering on new business opportunities having
managed product lines with revenues of over US$100 million annually. Nisan
holds a B.A.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Ottawa and is a member
of the Associations for Professional Engineers of Ontario.