Roy is an entrepreneurial executive with 20 years of experience in the enterprise cloud infrastructure, networking and security industry. Proven track record in launching companies and forming teams that build successful revenue-generating and award-winning products in both enterprise and service provider space. Strong background in cloud platforms, next-generation security, 5G, Edge Computing/IoT and SDN and NFV initiatives.

Roy is the founder of Avidthink, an independent research and analysis firm that provides cutting-edge insights into the latest in infrastructure technologies. AvidThink was formerly SDxCentral.com’s research arm and spun out in 2018. His research has been commissioned by Fortune 500 technology infrastructure clients, innovative early-stage startups and upstart unicorns. AvidThink has been quoted by and featured on major publications including WSJ, FierceTelecom, FierceWireless, The New Stack and Light Reading. AvidThink covers 5G, Edge, IoT, SD-WAN/SASE, SDN, NFV, converged infrastructure and infrastructure security.