Summary
Ved Patel is a software engineer with a decade of experience building high-performance networking software and systems, currently contributing to Cisco's networking stack from Sunnyvale. He has deep dataplane and security expertise—shipping features like TI-LFA/FRR, EVPN Type-5, SR-MPLS, and IKE/IPSEC/FIPS work across roles at Juniper and VMware. Comfortable across C/C++ and modern languages (Go, Python, Ruby on Rails), he blends low-level systems programming with higher-level service and tooling development, including virtual topology automation and SDN controller microservices. Notably, he has optimized logging and in-memory buffers for threat protection systems and built simulation infrastructure to speed development and testing. His background—MS in Computer Science from Penn State and hands-on experience mentoring teams—reflects a practitioner who moves complex networking concepts into reliable, production-ready code.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Penn State University
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computer Science at SRM IST Chennai
English, Hindi, Gujarati, German