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Mountain View, Ca, Us

Santa Clara, California, Us

Responsible for all aspects of the design and development of software modules for automatic threat mitigation via integration of the Cyphort malware detection code with third party devices such as firewalls and email servers. The primary function of the threat mitigation code is to communicate threat information to third party devices via device APIs (typically RESTful). Designed and implemented a flexible automatic threat mitigation framework that allows rapid development of support for new mitigation device types. Employed the mitigation framework to develop integration support for Palo Alto Networks (PAN), Cisco ASA, Check Point, and Juniper SRX firewalls, as well as Office 365 and gmail email services. Most code was written in Python, Javascript, and PHP, along with a bit of shell script.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Drove software efforts begun at Netiverse, which Cisco acquired in August, 2000. Managed all aspects of software development for Cisco’s Content Switching Module (“CSM”), a Layer 7 server load balancing linecard for the Catalyst 6000 product line. Directly managed a group of seven software engineers with responsibilities for writing microcode for Intel IXP­1200 network processors and a PowerPC management CPU. Most software written in C++. Supervised three major and six minor software releases. Aggressively drove the troubleshooting efforts for critical field issues and earned the CSM development team a reputation for customer responsiveness and speed.At its peak, the CSM had dozens of customers and hundreds of modules in the field. Customers included many household name Internet Service Providers in North America, Asia, and Europe, along with numerous Fortune 500 corporations such as Microsoft Hotmail and Ford Motor Company.

Co-​founded this corporation, which developed a Layer 7 switch with market​ leading performance. Contributed to all major aspects of management, engineering, and corporate governance. Personally designed and developed the Layer 7 parsing and regular expression matching capabilities of the product. Implemented extensive microcode and associated C++ control code. At the time, the product’s L7 matching capabilities were by far the top performing solution in the market. Played a key role in the eventual sale of Netiverse to Cisco.

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Key contributor in the development of a dual​port OC​12 ATM line card for a Gigabit Ethernet Layer 3/4 switch developed by Berkeley Networks, Inc. Led a team of ten software engineers through a rigorous and demanding Quality Assurance phase to first customer shipment.

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Led a team of ten software engineers in the design and implementation of all system software for a low cost, high port density Layer 2 Ethernet​/ATM switch. Designed the overall software architecture and provided key input for the hardware architecture.

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Maintained core software modules for the Powerhub line of network routers. Solved numerous field issues for key customers.

Researched, defined, and promoted a new Website content management tool. Led the product definition process with customers and the engineering team. Developed key marketing collateral and represented the product in numerous press conferences and meetings, analyst briefings, trade shows, and sales calls.

Mountain View, California, Us

Supported developers producing content for the Time Warner interactive television trial in Orlando, Florida. Developed training materials and delivered lectures on overall system operation.

Master’S Degree, Economics

Master’S Degree, Sociology

Master’S Degree, Computer Science And Engineering

Bachelor’S Degree, Mathematics