Craig Labovitz

About Craig Labovitz

Craig Labovitz is Head of Technology for the Nokia Deepfield business line.Previously, Labovitz was Co-Founder and CEO of Deepfield and Chief Architect for Arbor Networks. Labovitz has developed the core technology, key patents, architecture and commercial strategy behind more than $1 billion in sales of large enterprise and telecom security products. His technology is deployed in more than 700 Internet Service Providers, cable operators, content providers, and mission-critical networks around the globe.Dr. Labovitz is a expert on Internet infrastructure and cloud evolution. In the 1990s, his seminal Internet research developed the foundation for Arbor Networks technology and served as a catalyst for significant changes in commercial Internet routing software implementations throughout the world. His work was recognized with the prestigious ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Award in 2021 and 2008. In addition to his extensive commercial product and research background, Dr. Labovitz has over a decade of operational network engineering experience, including NSFNet backbone engineering, Sprint\'s first Internet email infrastructure, design of the Department of Defense research network, and the first commercial aviation Internet service. Dr. Labovitz is an active participant in the global network engineering community, including service on the program committee and as the Chair of North American Network Operators Group (NANOG).Labovitz is the author of more than a dozen peer-reviewed networking research papers, journal articles and patents. His is a frequent guest on national television and radio news programs and his research is widely cited in national media articles and academic publications. Dr. Labovitz received his PhD and MSE from the University of Michigan.Specialties: Large scale distributed systems, Internet and cloud architectures, Internet routing, traffic engineering, network failures / fault tolerance.

Experience

1. CTO Nokia Deepfield

   Nokia

   Feb 2017 — Present · Ann Arbor, MI, US

Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  BSE, Computer Science Engineering

  1988 — 1992

• University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School

  PhD, Computer Science Engineering

  1997 — 1999

• University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School

  MSE, Computer Science Engineering

  1994 — 1996

Skills

• Tcp/Ip
• Routing Protocols
• Big Data
• Wan
• Virtualization
• Routers
• Voip
• Data Center
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• High Availability
• Snmp
• Ethernet
• Dns
• Internet
• Bgpv4
• Architecture
• Ospf
• Internet Protocol Suite (Tcp/Ip)
• Wireless Networking
• Ipsec
• System Architecture
• Computer Security
• Network Architecture
• Fault Tolerance
• Ip
• Network Engineering
• Ipv6
• Internet Security
• Distributed Systems
• Bgp
• Routing
• Network Design
• Python
• Qos
• Internet Services
• Perl
• Border Gateway Protocol (Bgp)
• Network Security
• Security