AirTight Networks Inc.
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Location: 339 N. Bernardo Avenue, Suite #200, Mountain View, California 94043, United States United States
Founded in: 2004
Stage: Profitable
Number of employees: 50+
Short URL: vator.co/airtight-networks-inc
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AirTight Networks Inc.

Global Leader in Wireless Security and Compliance Solutions
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California, United States United States United States
http://www.airtightnetworks.com
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AirTight® Networks is the global leader in wireless security and compliance solutions providing customers best-of-breed technology to automatically detect, classify, block and locate all current and emerging wireless threats. AirTight offers both the industry's leading wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS) and the world's first wireless vulnerability management (WVM) security-as-a-service (SaaS).

AirTight's patented technology delivers the key elements of an effective WIPS to eliminate false alarms, block wireless threats immediately and automatically locate wireless devices and events with pinpoint precision.

AirTight's award-winning solutions are used by customers globally in the financial, government, retail, manufacturing, transportation, education, healthcare, telecom and technology industries.

AirTight has a true global presence with its strong executive team in the heart of Silicon Valley, California and large, robust R&D and engineering teams in Pune, India, which are overseen by the original founders of the company 

Team

David King, Chairman and CEO

David was formerly the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Proxim, Inc. He joined Proxim in December 1992 as Vice President of Marketing, was appointed President and CEO in July 1993 and took the company public in December 1993, making Proxim the first publicly traded WLAN company. He grew Proxim from $4 million to over $100 million in annual revenues.

Before Proxim, David was Vice President of Marketing and Customer Services at Vitalink Communications Corporation, a pioneer in wide area data networking, where he served in various executive capacities from 1990 to 1992. From 1985 to 1990, he was a senior manager in the San Francisco office of McKinsey, where he was a leader in the firm's high technology and health care practices.

David holds an A.B. in Economics, as well as J.D. and M.B.A. degrees, all from Harvard University.

Prior to MBT, Kiran was Senior Vice President of Software Services at IMR (later acquired by CGI). At IMR, Kiran conceptualized and successfully implemented software engineering research programs resulting in substantial growth of company leading to IPO at NASDAQ. Kiran spent 14 years at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in various executive, sales and engineering positions.

 Kiran Deshpande, President, AirTight International

Kiran brings 24 years of management and technology experience in the software industry. At AirTight he oversees sales and operations for the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. Kiran was formerly the Managing Director and CEO of Mahindra British Telecom (MBT). Kiran grew the company from US $7m in five years achieving over 60% CAGR on revenue and 110% CAGR on net profit. The company became one of the top software services companies from India.

Prior to MBT, Kiran was Senior Vice President of Software Services at IMR (later acquired by CGI). At IMR, Kiran conceptualized and successfully implemented software engineering research programs resulting in substantial growth of company leading to IPO at NASDAQ. Kiran spent 14 years at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in various executive, sales and engineering positions.

Kiran has a BSEE from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India and MSEE from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. He is a senior member of IEEE