AARNet (Australia)

David Wilde

David Wilde is the Chief Technical Officer of AARNet, the Australian National Research and Education Network. The AARNet network serves more than one million end users and enables academics, researchers and students throughout Australia.

He joined AARNet as its Network Architect in 2010 where he was responsible for the rollout of the AARNet4 network, before being appointed CTO in 2015. He previously worked in various technical and managerial roles for telecommunications operators and service providers across Australia and Europe, as well as being the founder of a Cisco Certified network integrator in France.

David holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) and a Bachelor of Science (Applied Maths, Physics) from Monash University, and has maintained an active CCIE certification since 2001.