Nick McKeown researches programmable networks at Stanford and Oxford and co-founded Nicira and Barefoot Networks. His work helped establish software-defined networking and the P4 language for programmable packet processing.
Nick McKeown researches programmable networks at Stanford and Oxford and co-founded Nicira and Barefoot Networks. His work helped establish software-defined networking and the P4 language for programmable packet processing.
Career
Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University from 2023 to PresentUOVisiting Professor of Engineering at University of Oxford from 2023 to Present
Senior Fellow at Intel from 2019 to 2025ONCo-founder and Board Member at Open Networking Foundation from 2010 to 2023
PLFounder and Board Member at P4 Language Consortium from 2014 to 2020
Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Barefoot Networks from 2013 to 2019-07NNCo-founder and Board Member at Nicira Networks from 2007 to 2012
NSCo-founder and CEO at Nemo Systems from 2003 to 2005
ACo-founder and CTO at Abrizio from 1998 to 2001