Darrin works directly with customers and partners to develop open and scalable data center architectures that meet the business needs combined with the appropriate security posture for the enterprise and cloud scale data centers. Darrin has over 20 years of experience in networking and security and immediately prior to joining Arista, was the Lead IT Architect with State Farm Insurance where he was responsible for the Data Center and Business Transaction Application Framework architectures. When not spending time on airplanes or visiting customers, Darrin enjoys mentoring and coaching the next generation leaders within the technology industry.