Kumar Malavalli is the Co-founder and former CTO of Brocade Communications, and the Co-founder and former CEO and Chairman of InMage Systems, Inc. He is the co-author and driving force behind Fibre Channel, an evolutionary technology that enabled the development of a multi-million dollar industry based on storage area networks (SAN’s) and holds several patents in Fibre Channel technology.

Kumar’s philanthropy in the field of education extends from digital learning centers in rural India, under America India Foundation, to the US based institutions of higher education. He established the Endowed Chair in Storage Systems Research at U.C. Santa Cruz. He serves on the Foundation Board of U.C., Santa Cruz and Education Foundation Board of Trustees of C.S.U, East Bay. He co-founded the Indus Scholastic Management Services and serves as a trustee of the Indus International Schools in India.