Benson Schliesser is a Distinguished Engineer at Brocade Communications in the Office of the CTO. He co-chairs the IETF NVO3 working group, serves on the IAOC, and is a Trustee and the Chair of the IETF Trust. Prior to joining Brocade he held positions at Juniper Networks and Cisco Systems, Savvis Communications, and others. Benson was one of the founding board members of the OpenDaylight Project, served on the board of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, has served in various other roles in the IETF, and has over 15 years of experience as a network operator. Benson is interested in network architecture, currently focused on software networking and overlay networks as well as network automation and control. Benson lives near Asheville, NC, US with his wife, and spends an unfortunate amount of time in airports and hotels. His hobbies include photography, music, and pondering the underlying nature of reality.
Benson Schliesser is a Distinguished Engineer at Brocade Communications in the Office of the CTO. He co-chairs the IETF NVO3 working group, serves on the IAOC, and is a Trustee and the Chair of the IETF Trust. Prior to joining Brocade he held positions at Juniper Networks and Cisco Systems, Savvis Communications, and others. Benson was one of the founding board members of the OpenDaylight Project, served on the board of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, has served in various other roles in the IETF, and has over 15 years of experience as a network operator. Benson is interested in network architecture, currently focused on software networking and overlay networks as well as network automation and control. Benson lives near Asheville, NC, US with his wife, and spends an unfortunate amount of time in airports and hotels. His hobbies include photography, music, and pondering the underlying nature of reality.
