Sujai Hajela | Executive Vice President
Juniper Networks

Sujai Hajela is currently Executive Vice President, AI-Driven Enterprise at Juniper Networks
and is focused on ushering in the network for the next decade. Prior to Juniper, he was cofounder,
president and CEO of Mist Systems, a pioneer in AI-Driven operations for Wi-Fi.
Prior to Mist, Hajela held senior-level roles across data center networking, campus
networking (including wired and wireless LAN), and enterprise routing.
Previously, Hajela was Senior Vice President of Product Management and Strategy for
Cisco’s Enterprise Networking Group and he was responsible for the vision, solutions, and
product strategy of Cisco’s enterprise routing, switching, and mobility portfolios. Hajela also
served as Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Wireless and Cloud Networking
Group, and he led Cisco’s acquisitions of ThinkSmart and Meraki.
Before Cisco, Hajela was Vice President and General Manager at Motorola, where he was
responsible for the wireless network solutions business. In that role, he established
Motorola’s vision for the wireless enterprise and drove the development of the distributed
next-generation WLAN architecture (WiNG). Hajela has also held global positions at Nortel
and Hewlett-Packard.
Hajela holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology degree from
Bangalore University in India and a Master of Business Administration degree from Haas
School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.