Sumi Gorla is the Director of Systems Engineering at Illumio. Her responsibilities include executing Illumio strategic product vision, field engineering enablement, and enterprise customer selling and support across US West.

Prior to Illumio, Sumi has held several engineering and technical sales leadership roles in companies such as EMC, Brocade, Citrix and BigSwitch Networks. As a sales leader, Sumi brings a unique approach to problem solving, from both a technical and a business perspective. Sumi’s strengths are in her ability to explain how technical features can meet business requirements for all levels of audience.