Dr. Krutartha Patel (Ph. D) or KP, is a Senior Manager at Fortinet leading a team of Telco and Service Provider Solution Architects. Patel’s prime focus is to help customers engineer and design efficient and comprehensive commercial solutions for their networking and security requirements. Patel has been with Fortinet for 9 years as a Solution Architect, Team Lead, and a Manager of the Engineering team.

Dr. Patel obtained his Ph.D at UNSW in Sydney researching security of Multi-Processors System-on-a-Chip. He has nearly 15 years of experience in the cyber security industry. Having previously worked in a Research as well as a Commercial Environment, he understands the dynamics; and thrives in creating commercially viable solutions.