# Mukesh Hira > Software Architect | ex-VMware NSX SDN Founding Engineer | Stanford AI Course Program Location: Los Altos, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/mukeshhira Specialties: Computer Networks, Wireless Communications, Operating Systems, Data Structures ## Work Experience ### Engineer @ World Labs Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Engineering Fellow, Network Security @ Palo Alto Networks Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Santa Clara, California, United States ### Principal Engineer @ VMware Jan 2012 – Jan 2023 Engineering Architect, VMware NSX ### Co-Chair, P4 Applications Working Group @ Open Networking Foundation (ONF) Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ### Staff Software Engineer @ Juniper Networks Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Data Center Business Unit ### Software Engineer @ Insieme Networks Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area QoS architect ### Senior Software Engineer @ Cisco Jan 2006 – Jan 2011 ### Software Engineer @ Luminous Networks Jan 2000 – Jan 2005 ## Education ### Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering Stanford University ### MS in Electrical Engineering Stanford University ### Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics Engineering University of Mumbai ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mukesh-hira --- Source: https://flows.cv/mukeshhira JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/mukeshhira/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10