Jeff Tantsura — CTO
I'm very passionate about networking - the technologies, people, ecosystem and business. Strategist, inventor and innovator - 60+ patents on routing technologies granted, 50+ IETF RFCs/drafts co-authored. Last 3+ years building and innovating on massive GPU interconnects, making Nvidia Spectrum-X the most scalable and best performing AI cluster technology in the industry, leading routing and networking performance. Accomplished writer - author of "Navigating Network Complexity" book. Technical editor of: "Building Data Centers with VXLAN BGP EVPN: A Cisco NX-OS Perspective" "Network Programmability and Automation" Expert level knowledge of end2end, from a radio base station or GPU, throughout core/internet into and within DC networking and services on top. Specialized in AI clusters at scale networking, GPU2GPU interconnects. Early adopter, and implementer of the technologies that have proven rather successful later on - among others: IP FastReroute, BGP EVPN, Segment Routing and ecosystem around, YANG data models, dynamic container routing, Hybrid SDN approach, Intent driven programmable networking, Radio and Transport networks integration, Network Slicing. Being on both, Service Provider and vendor sides I can analyze a product or a solution from either perspective: quality of engineering and complexity, product viability, usability and adaptability to operational practices. Proven track record of building and managing successful products/features, delivering state of art solutions. Building bridges between engineering organizations and customers. Always shining in front of a customer. Frequent speaker at internal and public events. Industry influencer. Self-starter with can do attitude, capable of driving the overall process of getting new products/services delivered across the organization. Excellent interpersonal and people management skills. A good team player and always keen to learn. Advisor to a number of startups in networking and security areas. Active contributor to the IETF and IRTF - co-chair RTGWG and RIFT. Specialties: Network architecture and design, programmability, routing protocols and algorithms Technologies to build AI training and inference clusters at large scale Expert level knowledge of IP Networking and new emerging technologies DC Networking and Fast Convergence, routing at scale - multi-layer and multi-domain Network programmability and SDN, Intent Based Networking, Network Transport Slicing Product management, Strategy and Innovation
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Networking and AI Infrastructure expert with extensive experience in high-performance computing.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 31 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Network Architecture
- Ai Networking
Career Highlights
- 60+ patents on routing technologies granted.
- Expert in AI clusters and GPU interconnects.
- Frequent speaker and industry influencer.
Work Experience
NVIDIA
Distinguished Architect (3 yrs 3 mos)
Graphiant
Member of Advisory Board (1 yr 9 mos)
Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS)
Steering Committee Member (1 yr)
Microsoft
Sr. Principal Network Architect Azure Networking (1 yr 8 mos)
BWG Strategy LLC
Advisory Board Member (2 yrs 5 mos)
Between 0x2 nerds podcast
Co-Founder and Co-Host of "Between 0x2 nerds" podcast (6 yrs 2 mos)
Elisity Inc.
Member of Exec Advisory Board (6 yrs 7 mos)
IETF
IETF Network Slicing Design Team (1 yr 10 mos)
WG Chair of IETF RIFT(Routing In Fat Trees) WG (8 yrs 4 mos)
WG Chair of IETF RTGWG (Routing Area Working Group) (12 yrs 4 mos)
SF Bay Area ISOC Chapter
Board Member (2 yrs)
Apstra - acquired by Juniper
Head of Networking Strategy (2 yrs 8 mos)
Nuage Networks from Nokia
Head of Technology Strategy (9 mos)
Earth Computing
Member of the Advisory Board (4 yrs 2 mos)
Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
Internet Architecture Board (4 yrs 1 mo)
Arrcus, Inc.
Member of Technical Advisory Board (1 yr)
Volta Networks
Member of Advisory Board (4 mos)
Futurewei, Future Networks
VP, Distinguished Engineer Network Architecture (1 yr 5 mos)
Ericsson
Head of Technology Strategy Routing (Routing CTO), Director PLM (2 yrs 8 mos)
Senior Product Manager (2 yrs 2 mos)
Redback Networks
Product Manager (3 yrs 9 mos)
SSC PLUS
Network Consultant (8 mos)
UPC Broadband
Senior Network Engineer (1 yr 7 mos)
Cap Gemini BV
Senior Consultant (11 mos)
Essent Kabelcom NV
Senior Network Developer/Architect (4 yrs 11 mos)
Isracom Ltd
System/Network Engineer (4 yrs 11 mos)
Education
Berkeley Executive Leadership Program at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Executive Certificate of Business Excellence at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Master's Degree at Technical University Of Georgia
