Summary
Wanzhen Yu is a Senior Software Engineering Manager based in the San Francisco Bay Area with over two decades of experience designing and delivering high-availability networking and security software. At Cisco he progressed from technical lead to senior manager, consistently shipping complex end-to-end solutions spanning campus and data center fabrics, SDN/overlay technologies, and embedded switch/router/security appliances. He combines deep hands-on expertise in C/C++ and networking protocols with strong release and project management skills, coaching teams to meet schedule and quality targets while nurturing individual career growth. Notably, he blends low-level embedded and ASIC-aware development with higher-level network management, monitoring and security features—an uncommon cross-domain strength that helps bridge firmware, control planes, and operations.
9 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at Wuhan University
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at University of Calgary