Network Observability with Avi Freedman, CEO of Kentik

Avi Freedman, co-founder and CEO of Kentik, joins Neil C. Hughes in The Tech Talks Daily Podcast.

Avi has decades of experience as a technologist, networking executive and is also a professional poker player.

Before Kentik, he was at Akamai for over a decade, as VP Network Infrastructure and then Chief Network Scientist. Prior to that, Avi started Philadelphia’s first ISP (netaxs) in 1992, later running the network at AboveNet and serving as CTO for ServerCentral.

Avi discusses lessons learned throughout his career, including how his poker skills have helped him in the tech industry.