Dushyant Sukhija spent fourteen years at Cisco, the $50 billion worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. He immigrated to the United States with a degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, four hundred dollars, and the drive to make a mark on the world. While earning an MBA with honors from Santa Clara University, California, he worked at Hewlett-Packard before moving to Cisco. At Cisco, he held several senior executive positions, including owning and operating profit and loss responsibilities. Dushyant and his teams helped transform more than sixty-five telecommunication service providers and enterprise businesses across 142 countries, impacting 1.9 billion users. As a Silicon Valley and Cisco thought leader and insider, Dushyant has spoken at several prestigious industry and leadership forums. During his Cisco tenure, Dushyant was a member of the Cisco Service Provider Services Board and the Cisco Service Provider Business Council.