Sanchaita Datta presented with Silicon Slopes Hall of Fame CTO of the Year by FatPipe Networks
By: WE Staff | Friday, 17 February 2023
Ms. Sanchaita Datta who is the President and Chief Technology Officer and creator of SDWAN has been awarded the Silicon Slopes Hall of Fame and Chief Officer of the Year 2022 by FatPipe inc.
Sanchaita is considered as the most renowned technology entrepreneur who invented Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN). She holds 13 IS patents that cover the essential elements of SDWAN.
Her technology has revolutionized the technological advancements of network resilience, redundancy, and WAN security across multiple data carriers.
She served as a trustee of the Utah System which was appointed by Governor Spencer Cox and earlier by Governor Gray Herbert to the Board of Regents.
She also served as a trustee for Salt Lake Community College and is a member of Utah Valley University's international advisory board.
Ms. Sanchaita was one of the core founding members of the Women's Technology Council. Along with that she also served as a member of the Ethernet and Wireless IEEE Standards Committees for 802.3, 802.11, and 802.12.
Achievement Awards such as YWCA's Outstanding Achievement Award were received by Sanchaita. She was also recognized as Utah's Top 25 Most Influential Business People among 30 Women to Watch. Utah Business magazine has recognized her as a Tech Trailblazer and CXO of the Year.