Sanjoy Maity, CEO, AMI
The journey to becoming a CEO demands real commitment. Determination and persistence are the two main qualities that carry one toward their desired goals. Sanjoy Maity, CEO of AMI, is one commendable businessperson who climbed up the ladder of an industry-leading foundational technology and security solutions company by demonstrating exceptional flair and expertise. Despite the challenges, he made it to the top through dedication and strong will. He is unquestionably an inspiration to those who are hoping to make it big in the entrepreneurial world.
The Beginning
Maity completed his education in India. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Engineering, Science, and Technology (IIEST) in computer science and technology. After his graduation, he began his career in hardware design, firmware, and software development. With an insatiable yearning for business and technology, he moved to the U.S. in 1989 and started working with AMI. From this point on, Maity slowly started to embark on an incredible journey to a phenomenal leadership position.
For about eleven years, Maity was a software engineer at AMI and worked in system firmware and development for their BIOS product. Here, he gained experience in platform-level products and developed partnerships with industry-influencing silicon providers like Intel and AMD. With an aptitude for problem-solving and a zest to create something new, Maity discovered an opportunity in the industry for a true lights-out, out-of-the-band solution to increase the compute server time. Without any hesitation, he jumped at the opportunity and created an independent product line business unit at AMI—manageability solutions—from the ground up in 1997. The product was a first in the industry and was named MegaRAC. It offered a secure and customizable remote management solution for the world’s connected digital infrastructure. Needless to say, MegaRAC was a huge success, and it provided the organic growth Maity needed within the company and the experience of running an independent global business unit. All these work histories eventually molded him to manage the company’s responsibilities at a superior level. In May 2019, Maity was named the CEO of AMI.
What does AMI do?
AMI develops and delivers the foundational technologies that are part and parcel of a compute platform. The company’s main focus is to resolve the challenges that are frequently faced by their customers. And firmware security is one of the major issues.
Firmware is vulnerable to hacker attacks and considered to be a ‘single point of failure’ for technology systems. Typically, firmware receives one update in its lifetime, and it is not enough to keep up with the changes happening in the industry. AMI understands this situation and works to power firmware security through their unparalleled experience in firmware development and a closely connected ecosystem that includes collaborative research. AMI is a company that has over 30 years of experience in building firmware and trusted firmware solutions.
The company provides test infrastructure with automatic and continuous vulnerability testing for firmware. Their orchestrated firmware upgrade capabilities, open-source monitoring, and disciplined approach to communicating vulnerabilities help to support firmware security. AMI has a sophisticated testing environment for proving secure firmware, which makes them stand out from their peers. This aspect earned the company a vast client base across sectors including cloud services, telecommunications, automotive, and edge computing. After server uptime and manageability, the company’s current focus is platform security, and Maity looks forward to a future that makes this new goal a success.
Maity recalls the initial days when he and his team had to conceptualize the new and innovative product features because they were the first in the market and ahead of their time. It was extremely challenging to convince major computer manufacturers about the benefits and the real value proposition of AMI’s product since they were not familiar with such an innovation. Maity and his team overcame those challenging times by engaging with the key industry influencers and developing a ‘proof of concept’ for the industry that evangelized their technology.
Significance of Problem-Solving Skills
For Maity, entrepreneurship is about building solutions that can benefit the entire world. He adds that genuine entrepreneurship is built on the determination to create solutions for true problems. “I’m a problem-solver at heart, and I want to keep creating successful solutions,” states Maity. “My advice to young entrepreneurs is to be passionate about your dream and create something that can genuinely help the world.” He believes leaders are accountable for their people, and the people are responsible for the actual results. So, he reminds leaders to be authentic and trust the people you are surrounded with.
As the CEO of the company, Maity focuses on both AMI’s business growth, as well as the well-being of his employees. Consequently, he fosters a unique and friendly working culture in the company that any modern tech company would aspire to. AMI boasts of its diverse and international workforce and considers it to be their greatest asset. Maity is a leader who estimates the company value system by accountability, quality, innovation, customer support, and, most importantly, his people. With AMI, he continues to create great and potent solutions for the problems that daunt the landscape.