# Yuchen Zhou

> Principal Engineer

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

Yuchen Zhou is a Principal Engineer responsible for network security development and government security certifications. Previously he was a Lead Engineer and a Technical Manager for switch and router development. He has eight issued US patents and a  number of international filings on optimal and virtual networking. 
Prior to joining networking industry, he was an Assistant Research Officer at National Research Council of Canada (NRC), a Canadian federal research institution, specialized in robotic control, sensor integration and machine learning.

## Work Experience
### Principal Engineer @ Fortinet
Jan 2021 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Network product security feature development and government security certification.

### Technical Lead @ Cisco
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Jose, California, United States
Secure platform and service manager. FIPS-140, Common Criteria, and other security certification processes.

### Principal Software Engineer @ Ciena
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | San Jose, CA
Control Plane for Network Access

### Technical Lead @ Cisco
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Jose, CA
Data Center Switching Group,
Nexus 7000 platform for virtual switching.

### Sr Manager @ Dell Technologies
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Santa Clara, CA
Data center virtualization and orchestration.
Project lead of Dell's Active Fabric Management (AFM) for converged infrastructure (CI).

### Sr Engineer @ Cisco
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 | San Jose, CA
Switching and Infrastructure on Cisco's core switch Cat6500. 
Eight issued US patents on TRILL traffic engineering, LAG synchronization and scalability, and VXLAN scalability.

### Technical Manager @ UTStarcom
Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 | Alameda, CA
Lead for L2 Switching and L3 Routing group (OSPF, BGP, STP, IGMP, PIM-SM, DHCP, VRRP).
Product deployed in Yahoo Japan networks.

### Early Career - Member of Scientific Staff, Assistant Research Officer @ Fujitsu Telecommunications, Nortel Networks, National Research Council Canada
Jan 1993 – Jan 2003 | Ottawa, Canada, Texas, US


## Education
### Master of Science (MS)
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yuchen-zhou-4b9b9a9

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Last updated: 2026-04-12