Strategic Advisor / Mentor to the CEO and founders

Non-executive director.From May 2019 through acquisition of Asavie by Akamai Technologies in Oct 2020.

First CTO of the Cisco IoT business unit, created to extend Cisco leadership beyond networking, expand the company’s role in IoT and help drive Cisco's shift to more software-based and recurring revenue models. Responsible for technology innovation and global scale that has contributed to growth of more than 300% in the number of connected devices on the Control Center platform since Jasper’s acquisition by Cisco. As of October 2018, Control Center had 113M IoT devices on the platform from more than 20 vertical markets across 120 countries.https://www.networkworld.com/article/3179146/cisco-subnet/cisco-s-jasper-deal-one-year-18-million-new-iot-devices-later-challenges-remain.htmlhttps://www.iot-now.com/2018/02/28/77830-cisco-releases-first-commercially-available-global-nb-iot-platformA common thread: how 5G mobility will be the uniting force behind the IoT” - https://www.information-age.com/common-thread-how-5g-mobility-will-be-uniting-force-behind-iot-123460441/

As co-founder and CTO of Jasper, helped launch the company and was responsible for all wireless technologies and network operator integration for more than a decade. Built and led a truly world-class team credited with dozens of registered patents, to develop and grow a game-changing product: Jasper Control Center, the leading global Internet of Things (IoT) platform. Jasper was acquired by Cisco in March 2016 for $1.4B, after 11 years as an independent business funded by Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital, Temasek Holdings and others.https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2016/02/05/cisco-takes-a-leap-in-iot-with-jasper-acquisition/#84555ae36581 https://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?articleId=1741680http://wing.vc/blog/jasper-an-incredible-journey“Preparing Your Business for the Internet of Things Revolution” - https://software.cioreview.com/cxoinsight/preparing-your-business-for-the-internet-of-things-revolution-nid-4447-cid-22.htmlhttps://www.sensorsmag.com/components/five-questions-to-ask-when-designing-m2m-system

Responsible for Alcatel's North America’s convergence strategies and solutions, including business development on one of the company’s top 3 corporate initiatives worldwide. Prior to 2005, was Senior Director of the team of technical sales support engineers and network architects that helped grow Alcatel’s market share with wireless network operators.

Consultant and advisor on 2.5G, 3G and IP technologies to tier-one service providers around the world. From 2000 – 2002, was retained by AT&T Wireless as Chief Network Architect for the design and deployment of AT&T Wireless’s new nationwide GSM/GPRS network. Steered overall network evolution to most efficiently support diverse AT&T Wireless services portfolio.In addition, during that 4-year period, took charge of Product Management and System Engineering for a new suite of products at Synacom Technology, enabling an all-IP architecture for third generation wireless networks, supporting Voice over IP and using IETF protocols (SIP, MGCP, Sigtran, etc.) in combination with standard wireless network protocols. Also, lead a pilot project using Voice over IP technology in the PrimeCo / Verizon wireless network.

Responsible for a wireless core network design and consulting practice. Product manager for the JaX network design product.

Helped grow cellular from a fledgling technology to a mainstream consumer product. Helped launch the first GSM networks in the UK. Helped to adapt GSM to the United States and launch the first GSM networks in North America. Responsible for Ericsson's core networking switching products during this time.