Dr. Prodip Sen is CTO of the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Business Unit at HP, where he is responsible for technology strategy and industry engagement. Prior to joining HP, Prodip was Director of Network Architecture at Verizon, where he was responsible for providing the architecture vision and strategy for the network infrastructure. He was the first Chair of the ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) on NFV (2012-2014). Currently, he is Chair of the Board of Directors for OPNFV, an Open Source industry activity to help accelerate the implementation of software and platforms for NFV.