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About Kenneth Duda

Kenneth Duda is recorded as Board Member at Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) since January 1, 2023 and CTO at Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET). The newest filing on record that lists Kenneth Duda as CTO and Board Member at Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) is dated April 16, 2026. Arista Networks, Inc. reported in an 8-K filed September 8, 2025 that Kenneth Duda was appointed President and Chief Technology Officer, effective September 5, 2025. Arista Networks, Inc. reported in an 8-K filed December 1, 2023 that Kenneth Duda was appointed Class I director, effective December 1, 2023. The proxy statement of Arista Networks, Inc. reports total compensation of $7,212,028 for Kenneth Duda in fiscal 2025, including a base salary of $300,000. Disclosed compensation is on record for 8 fiscal years. Kenneth Duda has spoken on 6 earnings calls and 2 other investor events across 1 company, most recently for Arista Networks, Inc. on September 8, 2026. Arista Networks, Inc. is classified in the Computer Hardware industry within the Technology sector. Other leadership on record at Arista Networks, Inc. includes Jayshree Ullal (CEO and Chairman), Andreas Bechtolsheim (Chairman), Chantelle Breithaupt (CFO) and 5 others.

“On September 5, 2025, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Arista Networks, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Kenneth Duda, the Company's current Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Engineering, as the Company's President and Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately.”
Arista Networks, Inc. Form 8-K, filed September 8, 2025 · Read the filing
“Effective as of December 1, 2023, the Board appointed Kenneth Duda, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Software Engineering to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Bechtolsheim’s resignation from the Board to serve as a Class I director with a term expiring at Arista’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.”
Arista Networks, Inc. Form 8-K, filed December 1, 2023 · Read the filing

Kenneth Duda on recent calls

“We are so excited about what's happening in networking because the network is absolutely the lifeblood of so many different kinds of operations. And it connects everything together.”
CTO, Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference 2026 ·
“Look, I have never witnessed the combination of rapid innovation and scale deployment that we are seeing in AI networks. I'd like to call your attention to three innovations, SSU, MRC, and SRV6.”
CTO, Arista Networks Q2 2026 Earnings Conference Call & Webcast ·
“Arista is diversifying its business with new customer acquisitions covering a broad set of use cases, all unified by Arista's EOS stack and its ability to modernize enterprise infrastructure operating models.”
CTO, Arista Networks, Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call ·
“Yeah, look, I think that what we've shown is that in networking, software is tremendously important. That without the right software running across the network, the network just does not have the reliability, stability, flexibility that it needs.”
CTO, Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference ·
“Look, the EOS architecture is based on state orientation. This is the idea that we capture the state of the network and stream that state out from the system database on the switches into whatever the cloud vision or whatever system can then receive it.”
CTO, Arista Networks, Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call ·

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Executive compensation

Compensation components disclosed in company proxy statements. Amounts are nominal USD; total is the company-reported figure.

Fiscal year Company Salary Total
2025 Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) $300,000 $7,212,028
2024 Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) $300,000 $35,248,191
2023 Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) $300,000 $4,415,806
2022 Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) $300,000 $2,940,903
2021 Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) $300,000 $3,084,842
2020 Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) $300,000 $2,764,069
2019 Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) $300,000 $3,399,511
2018 Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) $280,769 $4,947,702

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