Ronal Kumar

Ronal Kumar is a Senior Network Engineer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and Network & Edge Integration Co-Lead for the next flagship supercomputer, Doudna System. Ronal’s research interests center on first-of-kind next-generation dynamic networking architecture for enhancing the scientific computing needs of increasingly complex workflows.

Ronal’s career at NERSC thus far involves contributing to Perlmutter deployment; SCinet’s first-of-its-kind multi-terabit SDN fabric design and implementation; developing a cutting-edge, VXLAN-based BGP EVPN prototype for HPC networks; and Doudna’s Technology Integration, with a focus on pushing the boundaries of network agility and scalability for scientific workflows.

He has over 20 years of networking experience spanning the U.S, New Zealand, South Pacific Islands, where he contributed to work in tier-3 data centers, core e-applications infrastructure, data center redesign, MPLS and VPLS implementation, enhancing complex multi-platform infrastructures, and multi-pod SDN implementations. Ronal is working towards his PhD in Computer Science focusing on Intent-based networking aligned to scientific computing. He also holds expert-level certifications, including ITIL, NSA 4013, Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Arista, and Splunk.