David Schmidt

David Schmidt has over 25 years of experience in network engineering and management. Notably, Schmidt served as Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft for a decade, focusing on network automation, large-scale infrastructure management, and process improvement. Subsequently, Schmidt became Director of Network Engineering at Oracle Cloud, overseeing a team dedicated to network reliability and performance. Previous roles include founding a web hosting startup, serving as Sr. Network Engineer at Abovenet Communications, and managing IP operations, where responsibility included network health and customer support.