General Partner / Andreessen Horowitz
Martin Casado is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a prominent venture capital firm. He is a pioneer of the software-defined networking (SDN) movement, which stemmed from his PhD research at Stanford University. Prior to his venture capital career, he co-founded Nicira Networks, which was acquired by VMware, where he later served as the CTO for Networking and Security.
General Partner
GM Networking and Security, SVP and Fellow
CTO for Networking and Security
Consulting Assistant Professor
Founder and CTO
PhD Student
Computer Scientist
PhD
Core technical and professional competencies derived from his pioneering work in SDN and his current role in venture capital.
Martin Casado is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz known for pioneering Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and co-founding Nicira.
Casado co-founded Nicira Networks, which was acquired by VMware in August 2012 for $1.26 billion.
Casado served as the CTO for Networking and Security at VMware from July 2014 to April 2016.
His PhD research at Stanford University focused on Software-Defined Networking (SDN), which he pioneered.
As of the input data, Martin Casado has approximately 74.3K followers on Twitter/X.
Masters
Bachelors
Venture Capital, Enterprise Software, Cloud Computing, Network Security
Artificial Intelligence, Architectural Software, High-Performance Computing
Visionary, Pioneer, Entrepreneurial, Strategic, Data-Driven
Future of Technology, AI/ML, Infrastructure, Innovation, Global Competition
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