Prior to his position at F5, John was the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of LineRate, which was acquired by F5 Networks in February 2013. The LineRate acquisition is just one in a line of large and exciting acquisitions and exits in the Boulder area during recent months. As the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of LineRate, John was responsible for product direction as well as the design and development of LineRate Operating System (LROS) that is based on his doctoral research in high-performance networking and systems design at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Notable previous projects include NCSA Mosaic, Argus Systems Groups' Pitbull trusted operating system (military certified), and a data center wide performance visualization system for Google.