Michael Lane, Vice President, Strategic Supplier Partnerships, leads the company's efforts to build and strengthen the technology and supplier relationships that support business growth. Michael brings more than three decades of experience across networking, data center infrastructure, engineering, and product management. His expertise spans high-performance networking, AI infrastructure, data center architecture, and open networking technologies. His background includes executive engineering leadership at Accton, senior networking roles at Amazon Retail, and networking chief of staff at an AI data center startup. Michael has also held leadership roles across Open Compute Project (OCP) community efforts and open networking initiatives, including DENT and SONiC. He holds multiple patents in data center cabling infrastructure materials and management techniques.
