F5
GENG LIN
TITLE : EVP AND CTO COMPANY : F5
levels , threatening providers of services such as payment processing . F5 ’ s expertise in scaling security capabilities became a key component in businesses ’ strategy to thwart attacks .
The appointment of Geng Lin as EVP and CTO at F5 closely followed the NGINX acquisition . With broad leadership experiences at Cisco , Dell , Google , and most recently JPMorgan Chase & Co ., Lin is a recognized technology expert in cloud services , distributed systems , and modern applications – precisely F5 ' s competency . He has co-authored two books on cloud and data-intensive computing and holds nine patents . At Cisco , he served as the CTO of the Cisco-IBM Alliance . At Dell , he was the CTO of Networking Group and a Dell Fellow . In addition to his technology expertise , his experience at Google as CTO of Corporate Networks and Head of Service Engineering of Next Billion Users and at
EXECUTIVE BIO
Geng Lin is Executive Vice
President and Chief Technology Officer at F5 . He is responsible for leading technology strategy , product evolution , and critical innovations for the company .
Lin joined F5 in 2019 from JPMorgan Chase & Co ., where he was Managing Director , Chief Development Officer and Head of Engineering for Consumer and Community Banking . Prior to JPMorgan Chase , Lin worked at Google as CTO of Corporate Networks and later as Head of Service Engineering for Next Billion Users . Previously , he served as CTO of Networking Group at Dell and CTO of the Cisco-IBM Alliance at Cisco Systems . He was also an appointed Fellow at Dell and Distinguished Engineer at JPMorgan Chase .
Lin is an industry-leading expert in distributed systems , software-defined infrastructure , and cloud services . He is a contributing author of two books on cloud and data-intensive computing . He has published many technical papers and holds nine U . S . patents .
Lin received B . Sc . and M . Sc . degrees in computer science from Peking University and a Ph . D . degree in computer science from The University of British Columbia .