People, Culture Most Important Assets, Says Amit Pandey
Avi Network led by Amit Pandey is one of the fastest growing networking technology companies providing product innovation solutions. It provides accelerated delivery, troubleshooting solutions, etc. to 20 per cent of Fortune 50 companies and Global 2000 enterprises. An alumni from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brown University, Pandey is a seasoned executive and entrepreneurwith a proven record of leading highly-innovative organisations. “Avi is renowned for its exemplary office culture wherein the employees across all its branches, from Bangalore to Santa Clara, enjoy the facilities by Avi Networks which include free lunches while crafting innovative ideas at these gatherings,” he tells BW Businessworld in a conversation.
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On the importance of people and profits
Avi Networks as a for-profit company considers its people and culture the most important assets and differentiators. It believes that a company’s great financial performance is the benchmark for its success. However, it directly depends on highly efficient employees, partners and customers. It provides 3 important R’s marked by respect, responsibility, and recognition which acts as a force multiplier creating advocates for the company. This leads to building great products and win loyal customers leading to higher profits.
On what makes Avi a great place to work
Avi employees at both Bangalore, India and headquarters at Santa Clara, CA, enjoys daily company provided lunches from local restaurants and share ideas and build relationships with their colleagues over lunch. The employees enjoy happy hours on Friday evenings through different games including ping pong and football enabling team building activities and cross-functional interactions. It has maintained this culture along with rapid growth and expansion across multiple regions and countries. For instance, Avi Network’s India team has quadrupled in size within the last two years with global increase in R&D, QA, customer support and various other professional services. The “small-company-big-family” culture sets the company apart and values employees and their contributions at every step. It is also the reason that employee referrals is one of the prominent source for new talent
On the company’s evolution
Avi has experienced rapid growth doubling Accountable Rate of Return (ARR) over years and has grown the number of employees to over 300. The company has expanded its offices across the world including Germany and Australia. Recognising the importance of a diversified culture, it celebrates the achievements of the work force and has also significantly increased the share of women and minorities in its leadership team. However, keeping in mind the significance of people and their day-to-day requirements along with the growth, Avi has now hired a new executive Amy Veater, who is the Head of People and Culture reporting to CEO
Amit Pandey.
On the company’s Legacy
Avi is the multi-cloud application services company and would like to be known as one of the most innovative infrastructure companies in Silicon Valley that attracts top talent. With the opportunity to work in modern technologies such as containers, Kubernetes, service mesh, software-defined networking and public cloud, software engineers and other technology professionals have found career-launching opportunities at Avi Networks.
On the company’s road map
Avi is already a recognised name among global financial services, technology, media, E-commerce, manufacturing, and entertainment companies. It aspires to be a leader in the space of technology providers and networking services as well.
