Technical Leader / Architect at Cisco
Israel
- Current
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- Architect - IP+Optical integration / CRBU at Cisco
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- Technical Leader - Adv Tech / ONG at Cisco Systems Inc.
- Network architect at Nortel
- System Architect at Tellabs
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- Education
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- Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel
- Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel
- Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel
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Ori Gerstel’s Summary
* 20 years of experience in datacom and telecom product and network architecture development
* B.A. (1980-1984; graduated with exceptional honors), M.Sc. (1984-1986) and Doctor of Science (1992-1995) at the Computer Science Department, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
* Wide technical experience, driving architecture and innovation in the areas of: network management, control plane protocols, optical network architecture and planning tools at Cisco, Nortel and Tellabs.
* Strategic technical marketing, driving strategy for IPoDWDM & SONET/WDM at Cisco, PX insertion at Nortel and product definition at Tellabs.
* Extensive exposure to thought leaders and architects of large service provides world-wide.
* Editor of IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (merger of JSAC and JON); Served on Program Committee of Infocom, OFC; Sumner Award Committee
* Instructed short courses at OFC (on optical layer protection and on the transition from circuits to packets in transport networks)
* Authored over 80 journal & conference papers, as well as book chapters and patents
* Member of industry-academia fora: Industry Advisory Board of Technion's EE dept; ICST.org Scientific Council
* IEEE Fellow.
Ori Gerstel’s Specialties:
Transport networking expert with 20 years of experience in Systems and Network Architecture and an established researcher in the field with over 80 publications and patents.
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Ori Gerstel’s Honors:
IEEE Fellow (2008): for contributions to optical network architecture and network design
