# Praveen Kariyanahalli > SDWAN Security Lead Location: San Ramon, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/praveenkariyanahalli ## Work Experience ### Principal Engineer @ Cisco Jan 2025 – Present | Milpitas, CA ### Principal Architect @ Graphiant Jan 2022 – Present | San Jose, California, United States ### Principal Architect @ Aviatrix Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Santa Clara County, California, United States ### YACC (Yet Another C Coder) @ Cisco Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Jose, CA ### Chief Security Architect & Distinguished Engineer @ Viptela Jan 2012 – Jan 2017 | San Jose, CA We have built groundbreaking Software-Defined WAN solution. Checkout www.viptela.com for more details. ### Principal Engineer @ Wichorus, A Tellabs Company Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 | Santa Clara, CA, USA ### Software Engineer @ Cisco Systems (San Jose) Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 ### Software Engineer @ Cisco Systems India Jan 2000 – Jan 2004 ## Education ### M.Tech in Parallelizing Compilers Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ### B.E in Computer Science Karnatak University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/praveen-kariyanahalli-b276652 --- Source: https://flows.cv/praveenkariyanahalli JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/praveenkariyanahalli/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12