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David Erickson

Founder

CEO and Co-founder at Forward

Sunnyvale, California, United States

FoundedForward

About

He spent seven years as a graduate research assistant at Stanford University working on software-defined networking, with stints at Big Switch Networks and Cisco Research along the way. Before graduate school he worked as a software developer at CMC and consulted for Daily Dose Learning Systems, and in 2013 he taught and directed course content at SDN Academy.

CEO and Co-founder at Forward

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Forward's investors · 3

A.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksThreshold VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $20M checks

Co-founders at Forward

NHNikhil Handigol
Nikhil HandigolChief AI Officer and Co-founder
BHBrandon Heller
Brandon HellerCTO and Co-founder
PKPeyman Kazemian
Peyman KazemianChief Architect and Co-founder

Experience

  1. Forward NetworksCEOcurrent2013 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. SDN AcademyDirector of Course Content, and Instructor2013Palo Alto, CA
  3. Stanford UniversityGraduate Research Assistant2006 — 2013Stanford, CA
  4. big switch networksMember of Technical Staff2010 — 2011Palo Alto, CA
  5. Cisco SystemsIntern in Cisco Research2008
  6. Daily Dose Learning SystemsConsultant2004 — 2006Salt Lake City, UT
  7. CMCSoftware Developer2003 — 2004Sandy, UT
  8. Venture ComputersTechnician/Sales1999 — 2000Layton, UT
  9. Marketing TouchTechnician1997 — 1999Layton, UT

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityPh.D., Computer Science2008 — 2013
  2. Stanford UniversityMaster of Science with Distinction in Research, Computer Science2006 — 2008
  3. University of UtahBachelors, Computer Science2000 — 2006

Skills & more

Forward CloudForward EnterpriseComputer Science4Architecture3Research2Distributed Systems17IP NetworkingC++6Java20JavaScript2HTML3CSS
+12 moreCSQLMySQLLinuxWindowsKernel ProgrammingOpenFlowSDNSoftware Defined NetworkingOSGiVirtualizationEC2

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