About
Ricardo Oliveira is Co-Founder and CTO of ThousandEyes, which Cisco acquired in August 2020, where he leads technical strategy and innovation. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA, where his research included Cyclops, a platform for detecting attacks on Internet routing infrastructure, and he has published widely and is lead author on several patents from work at AT&T Labs, Thomson, and Juniper Networks. He has more than 10 years of experience in computer networking.
Experience
- Upstream LabsFoundercurrent2026 — presentUnited States
- ThousandEyes (part of Cisco)Co-Founder and CTO2010 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- University of California, Los AngelesPHD2005 — 2009
- Juniper NetworksIntern2008
- Thomson ResearchIntern2007
- AT&T Labs - ResearchIntern2007
- TMNTelecommunications Engineer2002 — 2004
Skills & more
Languages English · Portuguese · Spanish
From Ricardo's professional profile.
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Jess Leão
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Jon Oberheide
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ricardo Oliveira?
- Ricardo Oliveira is Co-Founder and CTO of ThousandEyes, which Cisco acquired in August 2020, where he leads technical strategy and innovation. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA, where his research included Cyclops, a platform for detecting attacks on Internet routing infrastructure, and he has published widely and is lead author on several patents from work at AT&T Labs, Thomson, and Juniper Networks. He has more than 10 years of experience in computer networking.
- Where does Ricardo Oliveira work?
- Ricardo Oliveira is Co-Founder and CTO of ThousandEyes at Decibel Partners.
- Where did Ricardo Oliveira go to school?
- Ricardo Oliveira studied at UCLA (PhD, Computer Science); UCLA (MSc, Computer Science); Universidade do Porto (B.S., Electrical Engineering).
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Shared employers
Also worked at ThousandEyes (part of Cisco)6
Also worked at University of California, Los Angeles69
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Also worked at Juniper Networks48
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Also worked at AT&T Labs - Research129
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