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{PG Narayanan}

PG Narayanan is currently a candidate for City Council in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. PG grew up in the state of Kerala in Southern India. When he immigrated to the United States at the age of 18, he washed dishes at a restaurant to pay his way, through the engineering program at Northeastern University school in Boston. PG earned a Bachelor's and Master's in engineering. From his humble beginnings in the U.S, and with hard work, rigorous studies, and steadfast commitment, PG went on to became an entrepreneur, technology industry CEO, community leader, father, and proud resident of Eden Prairie.

PG Narayanan is the founder and CEO of SmiForce Inc. PG has more than 25+ years of extensive experience, which includes senior-level management positions in R&D, Marketing, Channel Development, Operations, Manufacturing, IT, and Customer Service. He has managed budgets ranging from $1M to $300M.

He was the Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Enterprise Technology, State of Minnesota. He was responsible for around $100M in budget and was the primary driver for many IT transformations and innovations at the State for the last 5 years.

PG was the CEO of Allot Communications Inc (Nasdaq:ALLT). He was in charge of leading Allot activity in the United States and Latin America, including business development, sales, marketing, and customer service. Under PG’s leadership, the company’s revenue grew from $1M to $25M and went public in 2006.

Prior to joining Allot, PG was the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at ADC (Tyco), a Fortune 500 company. PG led the R&D strategy for ADC, performed more than 100 due diligences, and had a leading role in M&A activities.

PG was the president of Osicom’s Networking division and prior to Osicom, he was the VP and GM of Cray Communications, Inc.

PG was a Board member and was the President (2010) of the India Association of Minnesota. He was the board member, Vice Chair and Chair the Human Rights and Diversity Commission for the City of Eden Prairie and he is the board member of Eden Prairie Community Foundation. He was also the board member of TPT Television, Minnesota High Tech Association(MHTA), and ADC Foundation.