John Healy is vice president in the Data Center Group and General Manager of the Datacenter Network Solutions Group at Intel Corporation. He is responsible for executing a global Intel strategy to transform all networks through Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) within Communication Service Provider, Enterprise and Cloud Service Provider networks.

Healy joined Intel in 2001, and his leadership in the communications industry consists of 26 years of experience in planning, engineering, deploying and maintaining next generation communication networks. Previously, Healy held senior positions in Finance, Information Systems and business and technical consultancy.

Healy is a regular industry speaker analyzing the transformation of all networks in their adoption of SDN and NFV. 

Healy is an electronic engineering graduate from the University of Limerick in Ireland.