Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title CEO & Founder
  • Primary Organization 
    Netronome

Niel Viljoen is the Chief Development Officer & Founder of Netronome Systems Inc.

He was the founding CEO of Netronome.

He also serves on the Board of Nujira, a mobile fabless chip company.

Prior to founding Netronome, Niel served as group CTO for Marconi plc after serving as GM and SVP of the FORE Systems Service Provider BU.

Niel was CEO of Nemesys Research acquired by FORE Systems and founded a number of startups.

Niel attended the Universities of Stellenbosch and Cambridge.

Number of Current Jobs 4
Number of Past Jobs 4
Niel Viljoen has 4 current jobs including CEO at Mira Security, Chief Executive Officer & Founder at Netronome, and CEO & Founder at Netronome. Additionally, Niel Viljoen has had 4 past jobs including Chief Executive Officer & Founder at Netronome.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Netronome
Chief Executive Officer & FounderAug 2003Feb 2011
Marconi
CTO19992001
FORE Systems
Sr VP / GM, Service Provider BU19961999
CSIR
Director19861995
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Niel Viljoen is the Non-executive Director, Board of Directors at Nujira.
  • Nujira Non-executive Director, Board of Directors