After graduation, I was almost ready to join the academia and was heading towards Ann Arbor, Michigan to join the faculty the EECS department. Some where on the way my good friends at IBM convinced me to wet my toe in the corporate culture before plunging into an academic career. I have been in the corporate world ever since, in IBM, Lucent, and also in a startup, an optical networking pioneer named Tellium, that we took public in 2001. My present coordinate is the Security, Privacy, and Networking Department at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. I lead a team of researchers working on different aspects on network software and services, including network and systems analytics, emerging applications (e.g. VoIP, online games), next generation OSS/BSS and business process transformation, and network virtualization.

I have always been an active participant in both industrial and academic research communities. I was one of the first developers of MPLS and  a principal author of the GMPLS standards in the IETF.  I have also authored numerous technical articles, including papers, standards contributions, and a book on Optical Network Control & Management.  I chair the Networking & Communication PIC  at IBM Watson. I am  also active in  many conferences. I  am fortunate to be able to call some of the brightest minds in the world my colleagues and peers. I am also  grateful for their generous recognition of my work and service.