Rob Rice Email & Phone Number

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Durham, NC

Following Broadcom's acquisition of LVL7, I continued my role as layer 3 technical lead, with particular focus on the data center. During this time I played a key role in the deployment of our routing software in a large data center. I directed a major, multi-year overhaul of our BGP and routing policy implementation. I enjoy the design and analysis of.

Morrisville, NC

After the demise of Caspian, I joined a third startup, LVL7 Systems. At LVL7, I continued to focus on layer 3 software development in the FASTPATH network operating system, at times as an individual contributor and at other times as a team lead. This role broadened my scope to include not only routing protocols, but also routing infrastructure including.

Durham, NC

After developing routing models for network management tools at Make Systems for several years, I wanted the challenge of developing a real router. So I joined startup Caspian Networks, who was developing a router for the service provider core. At Caspian, I was a member of the IS-IS team and developed features such as IS-IS TE extensions, mesh groups, LSP.

Cary, NC

Following OPNET's acquisition of Make Systems, I briefly contributed to the integration of Make Systems modeling software into OPNET's flow analysis tools within their Service Provider Guru product.

Cary, NC

My interest in network modeling led me to startup Make Systems, where I became one of the lead software developers for the Netmaker XA network modeling, design, and capacity planning tool. We had the scary thrill of completely rearchitecting this product to improve its performance and fidelity. I designed and implemented IP and ATM network models in C++.

Mclean, VA

Following my Air Force service, I was eager to work in a more technical engineering role. Having been impressed by MITRE employees I worked with while in the Air Force, I joined MITRE's Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development (CAASD). While there, I did technical analysis of proposed air traffic control data networks, managed a small group, and.

Ramstein AB, Germany

Having attended Cornell on an ROTC scholarship, I served four years in the Air Force after graduation. I was fortunate enough to spend most of this time in Europe, as part of a project management office at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, connecting intelligence sites in Europe to the Defense Data Network, a forerunner of the Internet.

M.Eng., Electrical Engineering

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Bsee, Electrical Engineering

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