Subramaniam (SK) Vinod is the Senior Director of Platforms for the Datacenter Business Unit at Juniper Networks, a role he has held for the past 3.5 years. He is responsible for all the hardware and software that Juniper sells into datacenter opportunities across the globe to service providers, enterprises, and cloud/hyperscaler customers. He leads a team of 10 product managers who drive the portfolio from cradle to grave. In the last year, this team led the definition and delivery of the first 800G switch in the industry designed for AI/ML clusters with significant design wins, including one hyperscaler in the form of X.AI. Prior to Juniper, Vinod worked in marquee technology companies such as Xerox PARC, Sun Microsystems, and Oracle. He also founded two startups, one of which was acquired by Oracle.