AI models and applications are introducing new challenges for telecoms, enterprises, and organizations as they move from experimentation to full production. These challenges include the need for faster processing, addressing security vulnerabilities, and managing AI workloads as compute demands grow, especially across multicloud environments. Scaling infrastructure while ensuring reliable application delivery is crucial.
AI applications also bring security and operational issues, such as new attack vectors, limited control over public AI usage, and the complexity of securely connecting apps to data across multicloud setups. Managing AI infrastructure further compounds these challenges.
Join this session to learn how F5 is transforming its portfolio to accelerate and secure AI application delivery across private, public, and multicloud environments, optimizing high-traffic data flows from edge to back-end systems.
Pranav is a VP of Products at F5, leading F5’s Distributed Cloud SaaS Platform. Pranav joined F5 through the Volterra acquisition where he led Product Management and was one of the first hires. At F5, Pranav leads a portfolio of products including Secure Multi-Cloud Networking, App Performance (GSLB, CDN, DNS), Edge Compute, Telco Cloud Platform, and SaaS Platform. Prior to Volterra, he led Connected Car Product Management at Jasper which was acquired by Cisco. Prior to Jasper, Pranav led Product Strategy and Optimization at PayPal helping drive improvements in the conversion rate for PayPal’s core checkout product. Prior to PayPal, Pranav led Corporate Strategy for Cisco’s Enterprise collaboration technology group. He holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, an MS in Computer Engineering from Purdue University, and a BS in Electronics Engineering from the VJTI, University of Mumbai. He was awarded six patents in the field of Internet Routing Technology. His research studies have been published in several publications including the IEEE Distributed Computing Systems and IEEE InfoComm. In his personal time, Pranav enjoys playing basketball, golf and badminton while coaching his daughters’ robotics team.