Elyor Khakimov

Principal Technical Marketing Engineer, Forward

Elyor Khakimov is a Principal Technical Marketing Engineer at Forward Networks, where he partners with enterprises to operationalize the network digital twin, enabling them to understand, validate, and safely operate complex networks. Over nearly a decade at Forward, he has worked closely with customers to eliminate uncertainty, accelerate automation, and confidently support modern workloads, including AI. A CCIE in data center, routing, and switching, Elyor brings deep technical expertise paired with a practical, customer-first approach, translating network complexity into clear, verifiable answers that teams can act on with confidence. Prior to Forward Networks, Elyor was a Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco.