As per the latest announcement made by Brocade(NASDAQ:BRCD), the company has hired networking and open-source veteran Colin Dixon to the position of Principal Engineer. An active contributor to the OpenDaylight Project, Dixon is considered a foremost authority on Software-Defined Networking (SDN), specifically as it applies to scalable and distributed systems.
Previously, Dixon worked on building enterprise networks using what the industry today refers to as Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) long before any such term existed. His research also spanned to far-reaching areas such as enabling the "Internet of Things" deployments in the home as part of the End to the Middle (ETTM) and HomeOS research projects.
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"Colin has spent his career focussed on where the network is headed, not where it is today, and this will serve as a big benefit to Brocade as we continue to refine our strategy. Colin brings a deep and technical background that spans both the hardware and software spectrums that will define next-generation mobile and cloud networks," said Kelly Herrell, VP & GM of Software Networking, Brocade.
Previously, Dixon served in various research roles at IBM Research’s Austin Lab, the University of Washington, Microsoft Research and Intel Research.Dixon will join the engineering leadership team of the Software Networking business unit at Brocade and focus on open-source initiatives, such as OpenDaylight. Other notable software networking and open-source hires this year at Brocade include Tom Nadeau and Benson Schliesser.
