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As chief technical officer (CTO), Dr. Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja brings his technical expertise of building scalable, high-performance network-based hardware appliances to Reconnex. He is responsible for the overall products, services and support strategy of the company. Ahuja believes in creating value by facilitating the development of technology that originates from the needs of the customer. Dr. Ahuja's unique ability to translate customer needs into technology is the centerpiece of the corporate strategies which will enable the success of Reconnex and its customers. Prior to Reconnex, Ahuja founded and developed several successful companies that were acquired by technology market leaders. Most recently in March 2001, Extreme Networks acquired Webstacks, Inc., which he founded and managed as president and CEO. His team was responsible for the significant development of intellectual property, resulting in the filing of 14 patents. After the acquisition, he led the research and development, quality assurance and marketing teams as vice president of advanced technologies at Extreme Networks, where he was credited with the award-winning application switching product line. In 1995, Ahuja took another of his companies, Internet Junction, at which he developed a unique protocol translation product, to acquisition by Cisco Systems. Ahuja then became a development manager at Cisco, where he managed various products in the enterprise switching and Internet appliances space. Before founding Internet Junction, Ahuja worked in the datacom industry on technologies such as ATM switching, communication middleware, TCP/IP and OSI protocols. Ahuja earned a B.E. in electronics from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology in India. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University. He is the holder of multiple patents. Ahuja holds a 4th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and is an avid practitioner of QiGong and weight training. | 