Kumar Malavalli

Kumar Malavalli (born February 9, 1943) is a noted techonology entrepreneur and philanthropist,

Kumar is the co-author and driving force behind Fibre Channel, an evolutionary technology that enabled the development of production-class storage area networks (SAN's). Co-founder and former CTO of Brocade Communications; Co-founder, Chairman and CSO of InMage Systems; and CSO of LeadFormix.

Early life and education

Kumar, whose last name Malavalli is a village in Karnataka's Mandya district was born in Mysore. He is the son of Sri M.S Narayanaswamy, Retired Deputy Commissioner and mother, Smt. Indiramma Narayanaswamy.

He often spent his younger days listening and singing to The Beatles with his two younger brothers, Prof. Shivaram Malavalli and Dr. Seetharam Malavalli.

Kumar attended Mysore's distinguished National Institute of Engineering (also alma mater of Infosys's N.R. Narayana Murthy) and gained two degrees, one in Physics and another in Engineering.

In 1971, Kumar went on to marry a local girl from......
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