Tony De La Rosa is a senior staff engineer and networking veteran who blends 24 years of cross-functional experience—from product and project management to sales and quality engineering—into building scalable, automation-first test and validation platforms for networking software. Currently architecting an end-to-end SDLC-integrated automation platform for SONiC and OpenBMC, he applies AI-driven workflows to optimize test selection and accelerate failure analysis, improving release velocity and software quality. Previously as a senior director at Extreme Networks he led a cultural shift to automation, boosting automated coverage dramatically and converting most QA engineers to an automation-centric practice. Tony pairs deep technical roots in routing, protocol emulation, and test systems with business-driven leadership, having launched sales organizations and built multimillion-dollar pipelines across global markets. He holds an MS in Computer Engineering and an MBA from UCLA Anderson, and is known for translating complex networking test requirements into practical, metrics-driven engineering processes.
9 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
MBA General Management, MBA General Management at UCLA Anderson School of Management
BS Electro-Mechanical Engineering, BS Electro-Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Northridge
MS Computer Engineering, MS Computer Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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