David Bond is an innovator, technologist, and expert software engineer with expertise in C++, switching/routing algorithms, and networking.

He currently is a Staff Software Engineer at IBM System Networking (formerly Blade Networks) where he has been an active participant in the IETF TRILL working group having co-authored the current TRILL OAM requirements RFC and participated as a member in the TRILL OAM design team.

Previously he was the Layer 2 technical manager in the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory’s (UNH-IOL) Bridge Functions Consortium. In this role, David handled research and development on in-house tools, business development, and strategic planning. He developed the TRILL testing program at the lab.

David graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of New Hampshire in 2009. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of New Hampshire.

Select experiences: C++ (9 yrs), C (8 yrs), Linux (kernel), multi-threading, Boost, STL, POSIX, Autotools, SVN, git, gdb, valgrind Select technologies: TCP, UDP, unicast, multicast, IS-IS, OSPF, BGP, STP, PIM, IGMP, SNMP Specialties: Networking(routing, bridging), artificial intelligence, heuristic search, embedded & systems programming, object-oriented (OO) design