Livio Ricciulli

Professional Preparations

Liceo Scientifico Tito Lucrezio Caro, Naples, Italy; Diploma di maturita’ Scientifica, 1983
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; Computer Engineering; Bachelors of Science, 1989
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Computer Engineering; Masters of Science, 1992

Appointments

Founder and Chief Scientist , MetaFlows In. ,2007 - Present

Organically grown product revenue based on customers referrals and technical innovations
Designed and Implemented innovative passive intrusion protection system
Designed and Implemented web-based sandboxing on AWS
Designed and Implemented file carving system for network based antivirus
Designed and implemented SaaS based Malaware detction system based on Intelligence Sharing and multi-session correlation
Conducted Research project for the National Science Foundation and The Army Reseach Office on predictive globa intelligence

Chief Security Scientist, Force10 Networks Inc.,2005 - 2007

Integrated 1-10 Gigabit Ethernet Intrusion Detection Hardware in Company’s products
Led revenue generation organizational initiatives generating $1.1M in revenue.
Led customer support
Led professional services initiative within the security product line.

Founder and Chief Scientist, Metanetworks Inc., 1999 - 2005

Designed, Manufactured and Marketed stateful intrusion detection hardware for 1-10 Gigabit Ethernet
Procured and conducted research contracts with SRI International and Columbia University

Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Reactive Network Solutions 2000 - 2003

Founded a startup receiving $5M in equity financing.
Designed network bandwidth anomaly detection system to defend against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and other bandwidth flooding attacks

Senior Network Scientist, SRI International, 1993 - 1999

Principal investigator for the research project ACTIVATE (Active Networks Test Environment) for DARPA, 1999
Principal investigator for a research project to evaluate the ATM Forum security specifications, DARPA, 1998-1999
Principal investigator for the research project ANCORS (Adaptable Network Control and Reporting System) for DARPA, 1996-1999
Patented technology (patent # 6,275,470) to perform on-demand dynamic rerouting of Internet traffic; patent sold by SRI for $11 million, 1999
Technical lead in a research project to design security mechanisms to protect ATM control protocols, 1997
Technical lead in the development of a mathematical model and a simulation environment to assess the behavior of OSI-based telecommunication network management systems, 1996
Technical lead in the development of the architecture, the simulation models, and the circuit designs of the Rewrite Rule Machine, a massively parallel computer for the NSA, 1993-1997

Publications

L. Ricciulli, A service model for network security applications. CSIIRW 2010
L. Ricciulli Advanced networks - High speed firewalls: securing the 10 gigabit ethernet WAN. SC 2006
Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Patrick Lincoln, Livio Ricciulli, Pierangela Samarati, Global Infrastructure Protection System. Journal of Computer Security, 2001
L. Ricciulli, Phillip A. Porras, Patrick Lincoln, Pankaj Kakkar, Steven Dawson An Adaptable Network COntrol and Reporting System (ANCORS). DANCE 2002
L. Ricciulli, Phillip A. Porras: An Adaptable Network COntrol and Reporting System (ANCORS). Integrated Network Management 1999
L. Ricciulli: Service Configuration and Management in Adaptable Networks. DSOM 1999
L. Ricciulli, TCP SYN Flooding Defense, CNDS 1999
L. Ricciulli: High-Fidelity Distributed Simulation of Local Area Networks. Annual Simulation Symposium 1998
L. Ricciulli, Patrick Lincoln, José Meseguer: Distributed Simulation of Parallel Executions. Annual Simulation Symposium 1996
L. Ricciulli A Technique for the Distributed Simulation of Parallel Computers. MASCOTS 1995
P. Lincoln, J. Meseguer, L. Ricciulli, The Rewrite Rule Machine Node Architecture and its Performance , CONPAR 94, 1994
P. Lincoln, N. Marti-Olet, J. Meseguer, L. Ricciulli, PARLE, Compiling Rewriting onto SIMD and MIMD/SIMD Machines , 1994
M. Dubois, J. Skeppstedt, L. Ricciulli, K. Ramamurthi, P. Stenstrom, The Detection and Elimination of Useless Misses in Multiprocessor Systems, 20th International Symposium on Computer Architecture, 1993
L. Ricciulli, U.S. Patent 6,473,405; On-demand overlay routing for computer-based communication networks, issued October 29, 2002
L. Ricciulli, U.S. Patent 6,275,470; On-demand overlay routing for computer-based communication networks, issued August 14, 2001

Synergistic Activities

MetaFlows Inc.

Mr. Ricciulli founded MetaFlows Inc. thanks to Government research grants intended to leverage software-as-a-service concepts in reducing the cost, while improving the effectiveness, of network security technology. Metaflows' products are today enjoying considerable traction because they demonstrably provide an unprecedented combination of cost-effectiveness and sophistication in the detection and prevention of Malware and other network-based attacks.

Metanetworks Inc.

Mr. Ricciulli founded Metanetworks Inc. and led the design and development of the Meta Traffic Processor (MTP) --the world’s first 10 Gigabit/s line-rate Intrusion Detection system. The system is being actively utilized at several key Government installations and important Internet Exchange points around the world. Mr. Ricciulli negotiated the sale of Metanetworks Inc. to Force10 Networks Inc. in 2005 and has led the integration of the technology into Force10 Networks’ product line.

ABONE

In association with the Information Sciences Institute, Mr. Ricciulli conceived and created the ABONE; an experimental network designed to facilitate the development, the exchange and the maintenance of networking software. The ABONE interconnected dozens of Universities and research centers worldwide and was used to teach the use of portable mobile networking software development. The ABONE was used to perform advanced development and testing of cutting edge networking software and has lead to several DARPA research award.

VC Funding

Mr. Ricciulli has created a VC-funded start-up and has gone through a complete funding-to-commercialization cycle of a state-of-the-art technology in the area of bandwidth anomaly detection. Such experience has brought a unique understanding of the network security market, its current commercialization opportunities, as well as deep understanding of essential requirements for a successful commercialization of leading edge products.

SRI International

Mr. Ricciulli is actively involved with SRI International to start a new high speed intrusion detection research effort, combining SRI's achievements in sensor aggregation and correlation technology to high speed packet processing. Such combination is expected to result in the first system capable of both (1) multiple Gbps performance and (2) higher level analysis and correlation.