Brendan Gibbs

Brendan Gibbs serves as Vice President of AI, Routing, and Switching Platforms at Arista Networks since February 2024. Prior experience includes Senior Vice President of the Automated WAN Business at Juniper Networks, where Brendan managed P&L for 12 product families and led a team of 90 product managers, overseeing ~1,500 engineering resources. Previous roles at Juniper also included Vice President positions in Automated WAN and Service Provider Business lines. Brendan's extensive background at Cisco spanned nearly two decades, with roles including VP of Routing & Software Strategy and General Manager of the Routing Hardware Business, where strategic direction and product management for major hardware and software lines were established. Earlier career steps included network systems engineering roles at Bell Atlantic Network Integration and Georgetown University, where networking infrastructure was managed. Brendan earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Georgetown University.