Conference: Networking and Services Track

Jeff has more than 20 years of experience developing networking and ASIC technologies. Prior to becoming chairman and CTO of ConSentry Networks, Jeff was a founder of Foundry Networks (FDRY), where he lead Foundry's hardware engineering group. Prior to Foundry, Jeff was a founder of Centillion Networks, which was acquired by Bay Networks in 1995. Prior to Centillion, Jeff was a hardware engineering manager at Network Equipment Technologies. Jeff holds eight patents related to networking technologies, and he has a BS in Computer Engineering from California State University Chico. Jeff is also a managing partner at Prince Ventures, LP.

Neil Cohen is the Director of Product Marketing for Akamai's Application Performance Services, an evolving line of Web and IP-based application acceleration services for enterprise users. In this role, Neil sets the marketing strategy for penetrating this emerging line of business into traditional and new industry segments. Prior to joining Akamai, Neil worked at Mindspeed Technologies where he was the Director of Marketing specializing in internet infrastructure chipsets and software used in routers, VoIP gateways, wireless basestations and broadband access equipment. Neil has also held a variety of senior marketing roles at Conexant Systems and Maker Communications. Early in his career, Neil was a Principal Engineer at Compaq Computer and Digital Equipment Corporation where he developed high-performance semiconductor process technologies and logic designs for their microprocessor division. He holds an M.B.A. from Boston University and Bachelor and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University.