Rafit Izhak-Ratzin, PhD

Rafit Izhak-Ratzin, PhD has a diverse and extensive work experience in the technology industry, spanning over two decades. Rafit began their career at Cisco Systems as a Research and Development Engineer, where they developed simulations for router asics using object-oriented E-language. Rafit then worked at Avaya as a Research and Development Engineer, designing and implementing modular and L4-L7 Load Balance switches. At UCLA IRL LAB, Rafit worked as a Research Assistant, analyzing various aspects of the Border Gateway Protocol and inter-domain routing in the Internet. During their time at Google, Rafit completed an internship, working on a secret project in the networking area, utilizing C++ for design and development. Rafit continued their research work at UCLA's Computer Science Department as a Research Assistant, focusing on topics such as route instability, slow convergence of routes, and Internet topology. Rafit then joined Palo Alto Networks as a Senior Research Engineer, where they built the infrastructure to support the company's URL-filtering service. Rafit later worked at Robin Systems as a Senior Software Architect, where they designed and implemented a distributed metrics collection and storing platform. In their current role at Facebook, Rafit serves as an Individual Contributor to the EBB project, the Facebook Software Defined Network, where they design and implements different parts of the project.

Rafit Izhak-Ratzin, PhD, has an extensive education history. Rafit began their academic journey by pursuing a B.Sc in Communication Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Israel, from 1996 to 2000. Rafit then went on to obtain an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel, graduating between 2001 and 2003.

After their master's degree, Rafit Izhak-Ratzin continued their education at UCLA. Rafit completed an MSc in Computer Science, although the start and end years for this degree are not specified. Subsequently, they pursued their doctoral studies in Computer Science at UCLA from 2005 to 2010, successfully earning a PhD.

It is important to note that the information provided does not indicate the field of study for the doctorate degree. Additionally, the degrees from UCLA appear to overlap, with the MSc starting before the PhD program, but without specific dates, it is unclear whether they were pursued simultaneously or if the MSc was completed prior to starting the PhD program.