Ken Arora

About Ken Arora

Over 20 years of hands-on architecture and system development experience spanning multiple levels of the computing & networking stack. Experience performing hardware/software co-design both for general-purpose microprocessor and for ASIC based systems and making design tradeoffs from both a functional and performance optimization perspective• Deep domain expertise in network security, processor architecture, high performance pattern matching, and microprocessor performance optimization.• Track record of providing technical leadership and successfully delivering complex projects that meet aggressive functional and performance goals.• Experience with across a range of corporate environments - Co-founded a successful startup, acquired by Cisco; also led and delivered key products within large technology companies such as Intel and Cisco.• Excellent communications skills: Worked closely with both internal and external technology teams and marketing groups for product definition, technology development, and technology transfer. Co-authored article in Micro technical journal.Specialties: Architecture, Network Security, Software Engineering, Cloud security, Deep Packet Inspection, Microprocessor Architecture & Design, Firewall, Performance Analysis & Modelling, Technical Leadership,

Experience

1. Distinguished Engineer, Security Products & Strategy, Office of the CTO

   F5

   Dec 2012 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   As a core member of the F5 Office of the CTO, my responsibilities are the identification of security technology trends and disruptive events, and their implications to the industry and F5\'s future roadmap. My current focus area is the development of data-driven, AI-assisted solutions in support of application security solutions.Previously, I was the architect for the top-to-bottom technical design - from the hardware accelerated datapath to the workflow-centric GUI - of the carrier class/data center firewall product, which is in use by many of the top tier Service Providers in North America and worldwide.

Education

• Rice University

  MSEE, Electrical Engineering

  1986 — 1987

• Rice University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Astrophysics

• Rice University

  BS, EE, Computer Science, and Physics

  1982 — 1986

• Stanford University

  Graduate Student, EE/CS

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Network Security
• Computer Architecture
• Firewalls
• Technical Leadership
• Software Engineering
• Distributed Systems
• Microprocessors
• Cloud Computing
• Tcp/Ip
• Architecture
• Software Development
• Embedded Systems
• Security
• Processors
• Ipv6
• Computer Security
• Networking
• Network Processors
• System Architecture
• Performance Analysis
• Cisco Technologies
• Asic
• Network Architecture
• Hardware
• Multi-Core
• Microarchitecture
• Content Filtering
• High Performance Computing
• Ethernet
• Ids
• Cloud Security
• Software Architectural Design
• Snmp
• Debugging
• Embedded Software
• Routing
• Deep Packet Inspection
• Soc
• Multithreading
• Computer Performance