Executive Director, ESnet
Monga leads the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), a high-performance network interconnecting the National Laboratory System in the United States, and is the director of the Scientific Networking Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Monga also focuses on advancing networking services for collaborative and distributed science, as well as contributing to ongoing research projects, including Intent-based interfaces, Software-Defined Networking, Named-Data Networking, as well as the Advanced Network Testbed Initiatives. He was selected as ONF's Research Associate and co-led the Next-Generation architecture activity. His work experience in the private sector has included network engineering for Wellfleet Communications and Canadian telecom company Nortel, where he focused on application and network convergence.
Monga earned his undergraduate degree in electrical/electronics engineering from Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India, before pursuing his graduate studies in Boston University’s Electrical and Electronics Communication Systems Department.