Stuart Elby

Dr. Stuart Elby is Senior Vice President, Advanced Engineering at Madison Square Garden Ventures, where he is responsible for the development of new media and entertainment technologies spanning video, acoustic, haptic, sensory, and camera platforms that will be deployed in MSG Sphere venues.
Previously, Elby served as Senior Vice President, Cloud Strategy and Network Technology at Infinera Corporation where he is responsible for the P&L of their data center networking product portfolio targeted at cloud and data center operators.
He also leads R&D activities in the area of packet-optical optimization.
Prior to Infinera, Elby served as VP and Chief Technologist of Verizon Labs and Verizon Digital Media Service.
During his tenure at Verizon, he had significant influence in the architecture and development of Verizon’s networks and services platforms including the migration to packet voice, the adoption of MPLS, introduction of wavelength switching/ROADM platforms, the first live Carrier 100G long haul circuit, and automated digital media distribution services.
He serves on several university and industry advisory boards.
Elby holds a BS in Optical Engineering from the University of Rochester and an MSEE and Doctorate from Columbia University.