Mark Filer
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Mark Filer
Oracle | Architect - Physical Networking
About the Speaker
Mark works at Oracle as architect and area tech lead in optics and photonic interconnect for AI and public cloud systems. Immediately prior, Mark was at a stealth startup where he served as area tech lead in photonic architectures for GW-scale AI systems, focusing on driving innovations and ecosystems to support power-/cost-optimized and operationally resilient AI networks. He has spent much of his career at hyperscalers (Google, Microsoft and AWS) where he worked across diverse areas of optical networking including DC-fabric and AI backend systems, metro/DCI, long-haul and subsea. Mark has consistently participated in industry standard and consortia organizations to specify and deliver open platforms (such as 400ZR), and he had the honor of serving on the OIF Board of Directors as Vice President. He has served on OFC technical committees, Optica Executive Forum committee, and as a reviewer for IEEE and Optica journal publications. Mark has authored several publications and patents in the areas of photonic integration, cloud-scale network architectures, open line systems, long-haul transmission, and DWDM system impairments. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA.
