Steering Group

Alain Fiocco : Sr. Director, Cisco systems

Alain Fiocco

Sr. Director, Cisco systems

Alain Fiocco is a 30 years veteran of the networking industry, the last 20 with Cisco Systems. He has been involved in some of the largest Network design projects commissioned by European Service Providers in the early days of Internet growth.

He is currently Senior Director, CTO Office, and lead “Paris Innovation & Research Lab”, a newly formed group of industry experts developing innovative networking technology assets. He is also leading IPv6 High Impact Program for Cisco.

afiocco@cisco.com

Mark Townsley : Fellow, Cisco Systems & Professor, Ecole Polytechnique

Mark Townsley

Fellow, Cisco Systems & Professor, Ecole Polytechnique

Mark Townsle  has over 25 years of experience in embedded software development, internet architecture, protocol design and standardization. Before Joining Cisco in 1997, he held engineering and research positions at IBM, the Institute for Systems Research (ISR) and the Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communications Networks (CSHCN. Mark served as Internet Area Director of the IETF from 2005-2009, IETF L2TP Working Group Chair from 1999-2005, IESG Liaison to the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), IETF Pseudowire WG Technical Advisor, and is co-Chair of the recently formed IETF Home Networking Working Group (Homenet).

In addition to his industry appointments and work at Cisco, Mark is currently teaching and developing courses on Internet Protocol Design for l'École Polytechnique. When not traveling, Mark lives with his family in Paris, France.

mark.townsley@internet-of-everything.fr

Olivier Bournez : Professor, director of LIX

Olivier Bournez

Professor, director of LIX

Olivier Bournez is professor of computer science, and director of the computer science laboratory of Ecole Polytechnique.  His research interests include continues time-models of computations, computations and dynamical systems, distributed computing, and verification.

olivier.bournez@polytechnique.edu