Summary
Cheyne Womble is a seasoned software engineer with over 15 years of deep expertise in embedded and data-center networking software, currently building scalable network automation and EOS/Cloud Vision extensions at Arista. He has a strong track record at Cisco where he led development of high-performance SAN and switching features—porting packet managers into kernel space, virtualizing acceleration features, and optimizing FICON/SCSI tape acceleration for WAN environments. Comfortable across C, kernel drivers, and networking protocols (FC, SCSI, IP, L2/L3), he couples low-level packet processing experience with DevOps automation using Puppet and Ansible to deliver customer-driven solutions. A hands-on technical leader who works directly with customers, partners, and TAC to diagnose and resolve complex production issues, he also holds a U.S. patent for in-band network statistics over FICON. Trained at NC State with both BS and MS in Computer Science, he blends deep protocol-level knowledge with practical automation to improve operational workflows and real-world performance.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at North Carolina State University