Richard Zhou

Richard Zhou is the Director of Hardware Engineering at Cisco, a role they have held since 2023. Prior to this position, Richard spent a decade at Luxtera as the Manager of System Hardware, and previously served as a Technical Leader Engineering at Cisco from 2019 to 2023. They also held positions as a Principle Engineer at Ikanos Communications and a Manager of Hardware Design at UTStarcom, showcasing extensive experience in hardware development and engineering leadership. Richard's career began at Opencon Systems as a Senior Hardware Engineer in 1999.