Chris Tassone Ms, MBA
About Chris Tassone Ms, MBA
Chris Tassone is a Senior Systems Engineer at Arista Networks with extensive experience in systems engineering and quantitative analysis.
Current Role at Arista Networks
Chris Tassone serves as a Senior Systems Engineer at Arista Networks, where he has been working since 2018. In this role, he leads revenue efforts across a diverse territory including New England, Upstate New York, Ohio Valley, North Central, and Canada. He also organizes and executes training events on both public and private platforms and mentors new systems engineers. Chris is actively involved in various SE working groups and contributes to projects on GitHub and GitLab.
Prior Experience in Engineering Roles
Before joining Arista Networks, Chris Tassone held the position of Senior Systems Engineer at Plexxi Inc. / HPE Inc. in the Greater Boston Area from 2015 to 2018. Chris also spent five years as a Systems Engineer at P3I and worked briefly as a Project Engineer at Verizon in 2009. His early career includes roles at Cisco Systems as a Software Engineer III, ArrowPoint Communications, and Raytheon.
Academic Background
Chris Tassone holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Finance from Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, obtained between 2006 and 2008. He also holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from Bucknell University, acquired between 1993 and 1998. Additionally, he has studied at Bentley University, Northeastern University, and Harvard Extension School, focusing on subjects like R, Time Series Analysis, Stochastic Calculus, and Java for Distributed Computing.
Specialized Expertise in Media Networks
Chris Tassone possesses specialized expertise in SMPTE 2110 & 2022-7 deployments for live media production. His work includes large-scale outside broadcast and fixed television studio networks. He handles a wide range of customer deployments, spanning media and entertainment networks, finance, fintech, and cloud customers. Chris also contributes to building training and debugging platforms focused on the latest IP multicast media networks.
Quantitative Analyst Experience
In addition to his engineering roles, Chris Tassone has experience as a Quantitative Analyst Intern. He worked at Acadian Asset Management in Boston and at State Street from 2007 to 2008. This background adds a unique dimension to his skillset, particularly in areas intersecting finance and technology.