Summary
Sandeep Puri is a seasoned enterprise technology and architecture leader with over 25 years of experience (12 years in senior roles) building scalable cloud, platform and integration solutions across Cisco, LinkedIn and Ciena. As VP of Enterprise Technology & Architecture at Ciena he blends first-principles problem solving, systems thinking and cultural design to drive digital strategy, reduce technical debt and scale organizational reuse. He’s equally comfortable coding, architecting platforms, running SRE practices and steering long-term institutional memory, with a penchant for automation and human-centered outcomes like dignity guarantees. A practicing cyberneticist and avid sci‑fi reader, Sandeep pairs strategic vision with hands-on pragmatism and a habit of challenging orthodoxies to unlock creative, long‑horizon solutions.
12 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer