Soni Jiandani is the Chief Business Officer and co-Founder of Pensando. Prior to co-founding Pensando, Soni spent over 23 years as part of the “MPLS” team financed by Cisco to create innovative new products and technologies. Soni has focused her career on marketing and driving industry transformation through disruption and commercializing innovative technologies.
Soni was the co-founder and part of the spin-in teams for Nuova Systems and Insieme Networks at Cisco where she focused on all aspects of the business related to bringing products to market with customers and partners, including market validation, product development, competitive analysis. Prior to joining Cisco, Soni held marketing executive positions at UB Networks and Excelan.
Innovation
Tech Companies Need a Chief Transparency Officer
Consumer trust has always been a marker of good business. We need to make transparency a reality in a post-truth world – it starts with transparent innovation.
COVID-19
Tech Innovation in the Age of Conspiracy
In this time of confusion and misinformation, businesses have an opportunity to lead in fighting conspiratorial thinking, not by simply denying accusations or attacking the people spreading them, but by building goodwill with the greater public and turning them into advocates for innovation.
John Chambers and Soni Jiandani on Starting Up to Challenge Amazon
John Chambers now puts his energy into startups, including Pensando, formed by four or his former Cisco colleagues. Pensando aims to enable enterprise to re-think Cloud Computing. How will Pensando differentiate itself against Amazon, what will it mean for enterprise workflow and ultimately, innovation?
Conferences
Techonomy 19
The theme for Techonomy 2019 in Half Moon Bay, California was “Reset and Restore: Governing Tech, Retrieving Ethics, and Acting on Climate.” We are in a unique period when corporate responsibility and big-picture thinking is absolutely essential.
Speakers & Participants
Techonomy 19 – Speakers & Participants
The theme for Techonomy 2019 in Half Moon Bay, California was “Reset and Restore: Governing Tech, Retrieving Ethics, and Acting on Climate.” We are in a unique period when corporate responsibility and big-picture thinking is absolutely essential.
