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Ashburn, Va

Researching new technology, setting strategic direction for Verizon Labs and New Business Group, and developing new product architectures. Focused on Blockchain & Smart Contracts, Information Centric Networking (ICN/CCN/NDN), SDN, NFV and Computer Vision. Developed software architecture for Digital Marketplace, Blockchain Microservices, and Hyperion Distributed Storage Platforms. Developed architectures for paradigm-shifting SDN concepts: Web-scale BGP (containerized), Ultramarathon (predictive container resource scheduling framework for cloud routing control plane), in-band SDN WAN controllers, and Contextual Routing System. Filed 74 patents with USPTO from 2007-2017. 46 USPTO patents granted as of 2018. Patents filed across a broad technology spectrum: Blockchain, ICN, SDN, AI, Security, Mobile, Identity, Biometrics, Advertising, Video, CDN and Networking. Co-authored “Route Table Scalability: An Operator’s View” in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, VOL. 28, NO. 8, October 2010. Co-authored IETF drafts: Global Table Multicast (RFC), 2013, MPLS Self-ping (RFC), 2015, RSVP-TE Scaling, 2015, Enhanced FRR Bypass, 2015, Multicast Controller, 2017. Presented at NDNComm 2017: ICN Content Security & Geolocation Compass: Geolocalized Data Registry and Forwarding for ICN Networks (NDNComm 2017). Selected for SDN Panel for Innovation Day from 2014 to 2016. Presented Blockchain and Beyond to USPTO Patent Examiners in 2018.Developed use cases for blockchain in Live Events, Ad Tech, Marketplaces, Mobile Wallet, Loyalty, Identity, IOT/Autonomous Mobility, Supply Chain, and Session Security. Performed technical analysis on startups, consulting with Verizon Ventures investment arm, including Carbon Money and other StableCoins. Led Blockchain Forum with 160 members across every organization, gathered internal and external speakers as well as creating and presenting activities from Emerging Technologies. Created Fortinet virtual firewall design in AWS.

Lead architect for global IP/MPLS backbone, AS70x, comprising more than 6000 routers in 135 countries. Technical Lead for Converged Core Transformation Program, converging private and public networks onto a common, BGP-free core. Collaborated with Planning, Engineering, Operations, IT, Product Development, Marketing, Legal teams as well as Juniper and Cisco account and Engineering teams. Created unified QoS design for Converged Core. Led industry as first production instances of several transformative hardware and software technologies: - first two worldwide deployments of OC-768 and 100GE each- North American first production multi-chassis routing system in TX (2005), TXP (2010), JCS Control Plane (2009) and PTX (2012)- Led industry to develop first containerized virtual routers (vRRs from Cisco and Juniper)Created Secure Digital Credentials for Mobile. Developed CDN Selector PRDs. Developed Partner Port product, reversing business customer churn and balancing peering ratios. Partner Port became fastest growing wireline product post-merger. Developed and presented several technical and business-oriented VP-level presentations. Developed SRLG design for Converged Core. Developed DoS Shield design, leveraging Edgecast CDN infrastructure. Worked with Capacity Planning to determine sites and project traffic loads. Primary security liaison for network and product to security teams.Led effort to merge AS19262 and AS701 into a single ASN in largest ever merger of networks. Architected design and migration steps to minimize downtime. Guided planning studies, working level through executive level assessments, testing, and change window activities. Technical lead for effort to divest regional and functional networks for asset sales, including largest ever divestiture for a US companyConsulted in development of eBGP scaling, JUNOScope, CDN blade in a router, PTX, QFabric, Cisco SAA, and Juniper Router Performance Module (RPM)