Kristian Larsson
Chief Executive Officer at Deutsche Telekom AG
Stockholm, Sweden
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RockstarKristian Larsson is a network automation architect and CEO with 16+ years building carrier-grade IP/MPLS and optical networks and operationally driven automation for service providers. He blends deep hands-on experience in routing, MPLS/EVPN and model-driven YANG systems with strategic product work at Cisco NSO and Deutsche Telekom, shaping automation that matches how networks actually behave. As architect of StratoWeave, now incubating in the Linux Foundation, he focuses on layered declarative models and reactive closed-loop automation to manage network lifecycle at scale. Active in IETF, OpenConfig and NEMOPS, he brings both standards engagement and pragmatic engineering to large-scale orchestration problems. His open-source contributions include packet-processing work in snabb and practical virtualization tooling for vrnetlab, reflecting a grounding in low-level networking and deployment automation. Based in Stockholm, he specializes in making automation robust, auditable and operationally useful so operators can safely evolve networks over time.
16 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Swedish, English, bgp
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Github Skills (21)
docker10
python10
luajit10
networking10
dockers10
lua10
vlan10
qemu9
net9
telnet9
emulation9
aris8
automations8
bgp8
automation8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
vrnetlab/vrnetlab
Jul 2016 - Dec 2021
Run virtual routers with docker
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:9 reviews, 372 commits, 82 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Kristian contributed to the development and maintenance of virtual routers within a Docker environment. Their work included fixing initialization issues for the Cisco XRv router, adding a TCP bridge script for connecting network interfaces, and configuring port mappings for serial devices. Furthermore, they focused on improving the deployment and configuration process by incorporating startup time measurements, adding support for SROS license file configuration and streamlining the Docker build process. They also provided enhancements and bug fixes to the vMX image, alongside support and configuration for Nokia VSR-SIM.
netmikocsr1000vvmxdocker-imageesxi
snabbco/snabb
Nov 2014 - Dec 2016
Snabb: Simple and fast packet networking
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 3 PRs, 133 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Kristian primarily focused on implementing VLAN-related functionality within the `snabb` repository, a fast packet networking project. They added Lua-based applications for tagging and untagging VLAN packets, as well as a VLAN multiplexer. These contributions involved modifying existing code, adding new modules, and integrating them within the core networking framework, demonstrating a strong understanding of packet processing and networking principles. The user also refactored the code to use the `lib.htons` and related functions and cleaned up variable names for improved readability.
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