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Dave Ward

Dave Ward

CTO Lumen

Lumen Technologies•United States

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Experience30+ Years
LevelCXO

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • Lumen TechnologiesCurrent
    Feb 2024–Present· 2 yrs 7 mos
    • Executive Vice President, Chief Technology OfficerCurrent
      Feb 2024–Present
  • PacketFabric
    May 2020–Feb 2024· 3 yrs 9 mos
    • Advisor, Chairman
      Oct 2023–Feb 2024
    • CEO
      May 2020–Oct 2023
  • Digital Alpha
    Apr 2020–Feb 2024· 3 yrs 10 mos
    • Operating Partner
      Apr 2020–Feb 2024
  • Cisco
    Dec 2011–May 2020· 8 yrs 5 mos
    • CTO of Engineering and Chief Architect
      Oct 2012–May 2020
    • Cisco Fellow
      Dec 2011–Nov 2012
  • Juniper Networks
    Dec 2009–Dec 2011· 2 yrs
    • Juniper Fellow
      Dec 2009–Dec 2011
  • Cisco
    Dec 1999–Dec 2009· 10 yrs
    • Cisco Fellow
      Dec 1999–Dec 2009
  • Internet Engineering Group
    1997–1999· 2 yrs
    • Engineer
      1997–1999
  • NetStar
    1996–1998· 2 yrs
    • Engineer
      1996–1998

Education

Bachelor of Science - BS

Syracuse University

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Dave Ward
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Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Skills & Expertise

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Cisco TechnologiesIPv6TCP/IPLinuxOperating SystemsNetwork ArchitectureJuniper TechnologiesIPRoutingCloud ComputingRouting ProtocolsBGPQoSEthernetJuniperCRS-1MPLSIOS-XRDistributed SystemsData Center