Thomas Graf is the CTO of Cisco Security and Vice President Engineering for Multi-Cloud Products and a recognized leader in the fields of networking, security, and open-source technology. As the Co-Founder and CTO of Isovalent, he played a pivotal role in advancing eBPF-based networking and security solutions before the company's acquisition by Cisco. With a deep background in Linux kernel development, Thomas previously served as a technical lead for Red Hat’s kernel team, where he contributed to foundational innovations in networking and security. As a pioneer in networking and security, Thomas has driven key advancements such as eBPF that have influenced the broader industry. As one of the creators of Cilium, a widely adopted open source project for Kubernetes networking and security, Thomas has been at the forefront of the cloud-native movement, enabling enterprises to build secure, high-performance infrastructure at scale.