About
Todd Nightingale joined Arista on July 1, 2025 as President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing enterprise data center, campus networking and manufacturing operations. He was previously chief executive officer and a board member of Fastly, Inc. from September 2022 to June 2025, and before that executive vice president and general manager of Enterprise Networking and Cloud at Cisco Systems, where he also led Cisco Meraki. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science and a master's in engineering from MIT.
Roles
Arista Networks, Inc.
President & Chief Operating Officer · Current role
2025–present
Fastly, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Cisco Systems
Executive Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Networking and Cloud
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Cisco Meraki
Senior Vice President and General Manager
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Fastly, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
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Cisco Systems
Executive Vice President and General Manager
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Fixed Compensation
FY 2025Salary
$183,160
ComponentAnnual base salary
All other compensation
$4,975
Includes401(k) matching contributions and a company-paid life insurance premium; salary reflects a partial year from a July 2025 start
Total compensation
$52,289,323
Performance Compensation
Data from FY 2025Cash incentive
Non-equity incentive plan compensation
$75,000
FormProrated annual cash incentive
Target Opportunity
—
Bonus$0
Stock awards
Stock awards
$52,026,188
FormNew-hire restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units
Vesting100% of the 2025 PSUs eligible to be earned in fiscal 2025 became eligible to vest; no maximum performance cap applies
Also at Arista Networks, Inc.
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