Bruce Thompson has over 35 years of experience in software development and system architecture, with focus on Voice / Video over IP and Network Function Virtualization. Bruce has been involved in a number of successful startup companies including Silicon Graphics and NVidia. Bruce joined Cisco Inc in 1996 and has been is a Distinguished Engineer since 2006. Bruce has been named the inventor on 6 patents and is the author of 4 IETF RFCs. Bruce now represents Cisco at ETSI NFV and other NFV standards organizations.