Cengiz Alaettinoglu

Packet Design, Inc. develops and markets network solutions that leverage the distributed intelligence of the Internet Protocol (IP) to enhance the reliability, efficiency and predictability of IP networks. Its products include SDN management and orchestration platform, SDN traffic engineering, explorer suite, route explorer, traffic explorer and performance explorer. The company was founded in March 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Part of Internet Society, The Internet Engineering Task Force is a technical standards body that gathers a large international community of network designers, engineers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the internet architecture and the smooth operation of the internet. The private company is based in Fremont, CA. The IETF seeks broad participation and its work takes place online, largely through email lists, reducing barriers to participation and maximizing contributions from around the world. More than 120 IETF working groups are organized by topic into areas such as routing, transport, and security.