Marc Cohn Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Network Architects International, Mountain View, CA 2017 - PresentPrincipal, Strategic Management Consultancy and Analyst• Advise senior leadership on how to exploit the open networking movement encompassing SDN, NFV, and Automation* Position/message corporate, product portfolio, and market initiatives to assert thought leadership and drive awareness* Develop open networking strategies and business models to capitalize upon standards and open source participation* Author… Show more Network Architects International, Mountain View, CA 2017 - PresentPrincipal, Strategic Management Consultancy and Analyst• Advise senior leadership on how to exploit the open networking movement encompassing SDN, NFV, and Automation* Position/message corporate, product portfolio, and market initiatives to assert thought leadership and drive awareness* Develop open networking strategies and business models to capitalize upon standards and open source participation* Author and Creator, "Insights on the Insights into MEF’s SD-WAN Standard” blog series on AvidThink* Clients include market leaders (Spirent, HPE, NEC), innovators (IP Infusion, EnterpriseWeb), SDOs (MEF, ONF), open source projects (Linux Foundation/Open Daylight project), and analysts (AvidThink, Layer123, SDxCentral) Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Lead the MEF's effort to investigate the MEF's first security certification.

San Francisco Bay Area

Qualify new opportunities for SDN, NFV, and Network Automation that leverage Spirent's cross-BU Core competencies.* Led the establishment of the MEF SD-WAN Certification Program, to verify conformance with the industry's first SD-WAN standard; progressed from concept through the first certification in less than a year* Led the SD-WAN and security strategy to address the managed service opportunity with the world's most prominent operators* Key contributor to Spirent's Telco Cloud… Show more Qualify new opportunities for SDN, NFV, and Network Automation that leverage Spirent's cross-BU Core competencies.* Led the establishment of the MEF SD-WAN Certification Program, to verify conformance with the industry's first SD-WAN standard; progressed from concept through the first certification in less than a year* Led the SD-WAN and security strategy to address the managed service opportunity with the world's most prominent operators* Key contributor to Spirent's Telco Cloud strategy* Primary representative for Spirent on the MEF Test & Certification Committee; Spirent's Primary Member for Linux Foundation Networking (LFN) Show less