Azhar Sayeed has more than 15 years of networking and communications industry experience. As product line manager with the IOS Technologies Division, Cisco Systems, Mr. Sayeed is responsible for product management and rollout of IP Routing, Quality of Service (QoS) and Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) features in Cisco IOSR software. Cisco IOSR software is the network system software that powers the majority of Cisco's hardware platforms. Prior to joining Cisco in 1998, Mr. Sayeed worked for Cabletron Systems as senior product manager, ATM group and Digital Equipment Corporation on GIGASwitch product line as Product Manager.