Dr Len Forys
Adjunct

Dr Leonard J Forys is an acknowledged international expert in on networking.

He has over 40 years of experience in industry, first at Bell Labs, and then at Bell Communications Research. His congestion control algorithms have been implemented in virtually every central office switching system in North America, and his team sizing algorithms are in use in call centers all over the world. He career has specialised in the design and development of robust networks, systems and services spanning voice, data, Internet, circuit, packet, narrowband, broadband, wireless, satellite and optical technologies.

In 1995 Len founded the Forys Consulting Group, undertaking contract research, consulting, expert witness analysis, and algorithm development for over 50 clients worldwide. Len has frequently served as an Expert Witness in intellectual property and patent infringement cases.  He has developed engineering methods for Hybrid-Fiber Coax systems for a large client and analyzed DOCSIS voice issues for various patent cases.He has also developed reliability models and network designs for fibre optic switches and fiber networks for an optical switch supplier

From 1984 to 1995 Len was with Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), leading the Network and System Analysis Group, which analysed the performance of almost all switching systems deployed in the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), and provided network engineering and design advice to the RBOCs. Highlights of his period at Bellcore included the implementation of his groundbreaking research on congestion control in voice networks, and his technical leadership of voice network signalling outages that severely impacted service in California and Washington DC in 1990. For his landmark contributions to the engineering of public networks in the U.S., he was recognized as a Bellcore Fellow in 1992 and was made Bellcore Chief Scientist in 1994.

From 1968 through 1984 Len was with Bell Labs.

He has a BSEE from Notre Dame, an MS from MIT and he obtained his PhD from U.C. Berkeley.