# Wenwei Weng

> NGFW Platform software development

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/wenwei

20+ years of experience in embedded, system and application software design, analysis, and programming.

Specialties: 
SW development: Complete cycle from Concept to Deployment, Networking Platform SW Development from Boot loader to Application, Secure Boot, Boot time optimization
Linux: Kernel Internals, Device Driver, Embedded, Administration
Development Env: SW build/Packaging (Yocto, BuildRoot, Custom), Lab Setup
Programming: C/C++, Java, Shell Scripts etc
Networking: Routing, Switching, Control Plane, Data Plane, SD-WAN, HW Crypto, IPSec, VPN, DLEP
Virtualization: Embedded, KVM, VirtualBox, Docker
SoC: Intel Atom (E640, C3000), Marvell Armada 7K(ARMv8), Xilinx ZynqUltraScale 
Bootloader: UEFI, GRUB, U-boot 
Tools: GIT, GNU Make, GDB, OpenGrok, Spirent,Netperf
Large Scale Software Development

## Work Experience
### Principle Platform SW Engineer @ Palo Alto Networks
Jan 2022 – Present
Building the world highest and widest firewall!

### Senior Tech Leader @ Cisco
Jan 2010 – Jan 2021 | IOTG
Cisco Networking Platform Software Development from build environment setup, image build/package, software bring up, boot,  all the way to application level.  End to End support: from manufacture to customer deployment. Lead the team and deliver following platforms ($100M+/yr revenue) software from concept to deployment:
- CGR1000: First Cisco industrial router with Fog Computing/IOx (3rd-party application hosting) through virtualization (https://www.cisco.com/go/cgr1000)
- IR800: First Cisco IOS IOT GW with Fog computing/IOx to hosting guess OS, BYOI. (https://www.cisco.com/go/IR829) ($200M+)
- IR1101: First Cisco industrial router running IOS-XE with SDWAN enabled (https://www.cisco.com/go/IR1101)
- IR1800: First Cisco IOT GW running IOS-XE with rich interfaces (5G, WiFi6) and features,  minimum boot time in IOS-XE ISR. (https://www.cisco.com/go/ir1800)
- http://wwwin-opengrok: Source code cross reference search to serve entire Cisco software community. Established from scratch (as a pet project) and transferred to Cisco IT for on-going maintenance, acts as advisor. 5k+ users, 2M+hits/month.

### Tech Leader @ Cisco
Jan 2003 – Jan 2010
IOS  IP SLA Software development: feature development, componentize and re-architect to be cross OS. (https://www.cisco.com/go/ipsla/)

### Software Engineer @ Cisco
Jan 2000 – Jan 2003
Network Management Application Development: Cisco WAN Management.

### Software Engineer @ Ericsson
Jan 1999 – Jan 2000
Mobile Network infrastructure Software development

### Software Engineer @ Nortel Networks
Jan 1997 – Jan 1999
Nortel Class 5 Switch DMS-100 software development

### Software Engineer @ Thought Technology Ltd
Jan 1996 – Jan 1996
Embedded software development for medical device.


## Education
### Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Concordia University

### Bachelor in Wireless Communication
South-East University (Nanjing Institute of Technology)


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/wenwei-weng

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Last updated: 2026-04-12