Hitesh Patel
Field Chief Technology Officer at F5
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolHitesh Patel is a Field Chief Technology Officer and seasoned technology leader with 11+ years at F5 and a career in networking and systems engineering dating back to the late 1990s. He builds bridges between product, cloud/DevOps, and automation teams—progressing from hands-on field systems engineer to senior product and field CTO roles focused on programmability and orchestration. Based in Dallas, he combines deep technical fluency in application delivery with product strategy for BIG-IP and automation ecosystems. He also contributes to well-regarded F5 automation training materials, converting labs to Sphinx/Read the Docs to improve accessibility and presentation for operators and developers. Known for translating complex operational needs into practical, documented solutions, he pairs engineering rigor with strong customer-facing leadership.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Engineering, B.S. Computer Engineering at Southern Methodist University
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Github Skills (4)
read-the-docs10
sphinx10
documentation10
technical-writing10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
f5devcentral/f5-automation-labs
Aug 2016 - May 2019
F5 Super-NetOps Programmability, Automation and DevOps Training Classes
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:408 commits, 209 PRs, 355 pushes in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Hitesh's contributions primarily focused on converting existing lab documentation to the Sphinx/Read the Docs format. This involved modifying configuration files, updating image references, correcting grammatical errors, and restructuring content within the project. In addition, the user made changes to the layout and added screenshots. The majority of the commits centered on improving the presentation and structure of the existing training material.
programmabilitynetopssecdevopsdevopsdeclarative
f5devcentral/f5-agility-labs-private-cloud
Jul 2017 - Jul 2018
F5 Agility Labs for Private Cloud Solutions such as OpenStack, Cisco APIC and VMWare NSX
Contributions:20 commits, 4 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 year
cisco-acif5-ltmnetwork-automationagilityapic
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