Network X
14 - 16 October 2025
Paris Expo Porte de VersaillesParis, France

Tom Strickx
Principal Network Engineer at Cloudflare
Speaker

Profile

Tom Strickx is a Principal Network Engineer at Cloudflare. During his eight years with the company, he has been a key figure in the expansion and evolution of its global network. Tom led a significant redesign of the network architecture, resulting in a more resilient infrastructure capable of more reliable, high-volume data delivery. His work on automation has been critical to the network's ability to scale, and he maintains an active role in daily operations and incident mitigation. Beyond his work at Cloudflare, he is an active contributor in the routing security space and a recognized authority on best common practices for operating networks. He also contributes to Cloudflare's technical blog, co-authoring publications like the analysis of the 2021 Facebook outage and an introductory guide to ASICs.