Craig LabovitzCo-Founder and CEO

Craig Labovitz is President and Co-Founder of DeepField Networks, a recently formed networking start-up. Previously, Labovitz recently served as Chief Scientist and Chief Architect at Arbor Networks where he developed the core technology, key patents, architecture and commercial strategy behind Arbor's $100 million dollar a year carrier security product line. His technology is deployed in more than 400 Internet Service Providers, cable operators, content providers, and mission-critical networks around the globe. Dr. Labovitz is a expert on Internet infrastructure and cloud evolution. In the 1990s, his seminal Internet research developed the foundation for Arbor Networks technology and served as a catalyst for significant changes in commercial Internet routing software implementations throughout the world. His work was recently recognized with the prestigious ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Award in 2008. In addition to his extensive commercial product and research background, Dr. Labovitz has over a decade of operational network engineering experience including work on the NSFNet backbone, Internet Routing Registry a diverse range of network engineering projects, including Sprint's first Internet email infrastructure, design of the Department of Defense research network, and the first commercial aviation Internet service. Dr. Labovitz is an active participant in the global network engineering community, including service on the program committee and as the Chair of North American Network Operators Group (NANOG). Labovitz is the author of more than a dozen peer-reviewed networking research papers, journal articles and patents. His is a frequent guest on national television and radio news programs and his research is widely cited in national media articles and academic publications. Dr. Labovitz received his PhD and MSE from the University of Michigan.