Daniel Scheinman has served on Arista's board since October 2011 and is the company's Lead Independent Director and chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He has been an angel investor since 2011 and previously spent 1997 to 2011 at Cisco Systems in various capacities, most recently as senior vice president of the Cisco Media Solutions Group. He holds a B.A. from Brandeis University and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and also serves on the boards of Zoom Video Communications and SentinelOne.