Nikhil Kelshikar

Nikhil Kelshikar is an experienced technology leader currently serving as the Director of Product Management for Enterprise and Anthos Networking at Google since August 2020. Prior to joining Google, Nikhil held the position of Vice President of NSX Product Management at VMware from June 2013 to August 2020, where responsibilities included leading the NSX product management team and shaping the vision for networking and security. Nikhil's prior experience at Cisco Systems spanned from May 2005 to June 2013, including roles as Director of Product and Technical Marketing for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Data Center Switching product line and as a Product Manager for the InfiniBand Switching line. Earlier positions include pre-sales roles at Applications Engineered Intelligence and software engineering at Mission Critical Technologies, Inc. Nikhil holds an MS in Computer Science from the University of South Florida and a B.E. in Electronics Engineering from the University of Mumbai.