Prayson brings more than 22 years of experience developing software and hardware for networking products to Overture Networks. He began his career in 1983 at FiberLAN, moved to Bell Northern Research (Nortel) and joined Larscom in 1992. He has extensive hardware/software design and management experience, and served as Director of Engineering at Larscom managing more than 20 people. Prayson is also active in standards bodies such as the IETF, and he was chosen to be the co-editor of the pseudowire emulation edge-to-edge (PWE3) requirements and architecture documents (RFCs 3916 and 3985). He has already assembled an unparalleled team of experienced engineers at Overture Networks with a strong track record of developing innovative carrier class products. Prayson holds a BS in electrical engineering and computer science from Duke University and an MS in electrical and computer engineering from North Carolina State University. He holds seven patents. |