Mark Isfeld
About Mark Isfeld
Mark Isfeld is the Hardware Manager at Arista Networks, Inc. with a rich background in hardware engineering and system architecture, holding nine patents in the field.
Title at Arista Networks
Mark Isfeld currently holds the position of Hardware Manager at Arista Networks, Inc. He has been working in this role since 2012 in Santa Clara, CA. Before becoming the Hardware Manager, he worked as a Hardware Engineer at the same company for 8 months in 2012.
Previous Roles and Experience
Mark has extensive experience in hardware engineering and management gained over several years across multiple companies. He worked as a Staff Hardware Engineer at Tellabs from 2009 to 2012 in Santa Clara, CA. Prior to that, he held the position of System Architect at Woven Systems from 2006 to 2009 and RazorWire from 2003 to 2006. Mark also co-founded Arctic Path, where he worked for one year from 2001 to 2002. He served as Director of Hardware Engineering and System Architect at Point Reyes Networks from 2000 to 2001 and held long-term roles at 3Com Corp as Hardware Architect from 1986 to 2000 and at Bridge Communications as Hardware Engineer from 1984 to 1988.
Education and Technical Expertise
Mark Isfeld earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (BSEE) from the University of California, Berkeley. He attended the university from 1979 to 1981, where he honed his technical skills that laid the foundation for his impressive career in hardware engineering and management.
Significant Projects and Technological Contributions
Mark played a pivotal role in architecting and leading the team that created the 3Com Netbuilder II, the first compact and cost-effective FDDI to Ethernet Bridge/Router. This product shipped for eight years during the 1990s and generated $100 million annually in direct revenue. Additionally, he led the development of a 144 port 10 Gigabit switch in 2007, which became the highest capacity switch of its time, gaining strong support among Data and Supercomputer Centers.
Patents and Innovations
Mark Isfeld holds nine patents in the field of hardware and communications system design. His innovations include leading the design for a Fabric and Management Card, a 1.6 Terabit switch, and an 8 core management processor card. This card was a key component of a new Carrier Edge Router introduced to the market in the spring of 2012.