Darrin Thomason

Darrin Thomason is an experienced leader in customer engineering and solutions architecture, currently serving as Vice President at Arista Networks since December 2012, where significant contributions include building a team of nearly 100 customer engineers and generating $1B in revenue. Prior to Arista, Darrin held key roles at State Farm Insurance, leading architectural initiatives and the Cloud Computing Initiative, significantly optimizing infrastructure costs. Darrin's career began at Cisco Systems, where leadership in systems engineering and consulting engagements with Fortune 50 companies drove substantial business growth. Darrin holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Illinois Wesleyan University.