Thomas Graf
IETF Performance Metrics Directorate (perfmetrdir) Chair
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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SeniorThomas Graf is a seasoned network and data engineering leader with roots in service provider operations since 1997 and a renewed focus on network analytics since 2015. Based in Zurich, he architects hybrid connectivity and network analytics at Swisscom’s Daisy team while fostering a startup-like culture within a large operator. He chairs and supports multiple IETF bodies (perfmetrdir, IPPM, NMOP) and authors next-generation data-collection protocols across NMOP, GROW, OPSAWG and NETCONF, blending standards work with production realities. His career spans hands-on field engineering to distinguished technical architect roles, giving him deep operational empathy for measurement, observability and protocol design. Colleagues describe him as a “backseat driver” who steers pragmatic, measurable improvements—often by turning operational telemetry into actionable software.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
English, Japanese, German
Github Skills (58)
json10
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ndpi10
postgresql10
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bmp10
rabbitmq10
netflow10
libpcap10
bgp10
sflow10
mysql9
network-monitoring9
sql9
telemetry9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
network-analytics/draft-netana-nmop-network-anomaly-lifecycle
Feb 2024 - Jul 2026
Network Anomalies Postmortem Lifecycle
Contributions:3 PRs, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
network-analytics/draft-ietf-netconf-distributed-notif
May 2020 - Apr 2026
Subscription to Distributed Notifications
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 56 pushes in 6 years
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