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I lead a team of multi-substrate architects to align infrastructure strategy and architecture across first-party and third-party infrastructure substrates in one of the largest cloud-services footprints on the planet. We focus on representing infrastructure as code, automation strategies, and managing hybrid implementations to create consistent and predictable outcomes.Our focus is on customer success and trust, ensuring a robust and available platform with industry leading… Show more I lead a team of multi-substrate architects to align infrastructure strategy and architecture across first-party and third-party infrastructure substrates in one of the largest cloud-services footprints on the planet. We focus on representing infrastructure as code, automation strategies, and managing hybrid implementations to create consistent and predictable outcomes.Our focus is on customer success and trust, ensuring a robust and available platform with industry leading availability and performance. Show less

Lead architect and product owner for a team of eight network architects. Steering infrastructure strategy, team delivery, and driving key architecture projects.

Architect and product owner of software-defined networking. The team is responsible for network virtualization, abstraction, and declarative software-defined services.

Responsible for steering technology direction and process. Working with other business units to forecast requirements and timelines. Working with partners and vendors to steer internal and external development efforts. Developed documentation, documentation review, and management standards. Designed, tested, selected, and deployed a demand-scalable datacenter underlay fabric - reducing datacenter CapEx by 60%. Tested, selected, and deployed a network abstraction model. Part of the design team… Show more Responsible for steering technology direction and process. Working with other business units to forecast requirements and timelines. Working with partners and vendors to steer internal and external development efforts. Developed documentation, documentation review, and management standards. Designed, tested, selected, and deployed a demand-scalable datacenter underlay fabric - reducing datacenter CapEx by 60%. Tested, selected, and deployed a network abstraction model. Part of the design team that developed our security abstraction model to aid in automation. Show less

Responsible for development, validation, and deployment of network standards. Design and validation of new network deployments, both for infrastructure and new application onboarding. Consult with developers on new application design and network utility, recommending efficiencies in calls, compute layout and requirements for scaling and network stability.Projects highlights include: Stabilization, re-architecture, and re-deployment of the production Voice infrastructure. Standardization… Show more Responsible for development, validation, and deployment of network standards. Design and validation of new network deployments, both for infrastructure and new application onboarding. Consult with developers on new application design and network utility, recommending efficiencies in calls, compute layout and requirements for scaling and network stability.Projects highlights include: Stabilization, re-architecture, and re-deployment of the production Voice infrastructure. Standardization of all datacenters, including standards documentation and validation. Re-design and deployment of new backbone policies to make them extensible and automatable. Network lead for CWET (Cisco Webex Enabled Telepresence) design and deployment. Show less

Led a team of engineers responsible for the networks of high-revenue and high-impact applications and business units. Engineer and tune datacenter network designs with a specific eye on large-scale application design and dataflow. Act as a senior point of escalation and subject matter expert for network issues involving high-revenue or high-impact properties. Responsible for network integration of all Mergers and Acquisitions. Manage the business relationship with pertinent… Show more Led a team of engineers responsible for the networks of high-revenue and high-impact applications and business units. Engineer and tune datacenter network designs with a specific eye on large-scale application design and dataflow. Act as a senior point of escalation and subject matter expert for network issues involving high-revenue or high-impact properties. Responsible for network integration of all Mergers and Acquisitions. Manage the business relationship with pertinent vendors.Project highlights include: Managed the datacenter, application dataflow, and network SLA monitoring design portions of the Yahoo!-Microsoft Search Alliance. Automated and drove a production re-IP of 17% of Yahoo! public IP space into RFC1918 space (approx. 105,000 hosts and affiliated network devices.) Oversaw a variety of data localization projects to improve Yahoo! application performance for end-users. Show less

Collaborated with a team of Architects on new environment, infrastructure, and disaster recovery designs. Designs could be from complete product cycle, including requirements capture, to simple review and validation. Designed and implemented large-scale migration plans. Acted as high-level network and system support for top-tier customers. This support could range from Savvis backbone and peering down to customer networking, system, and application interoperability issues. Subject Matter Expert… Show more Collaborated with a team of Architects on new environment, infrastructure, and disaster recovery designs. Designs could be from complete product cycle, including requirements capture, to simple review and validation. Designed and implemented large-scale migration plans. Acted as high-level network and system support for top-tier customers. This support could range from Savvis backbone and peering down to customer networking, system, and application interoperability issues. Subject Matter Expert for top-tier support escalation on a variety of networking technologies. Show less

Brought in for two six-month contracts to complete four high-profile projects: Review and re-architect the Siebel network and peering infrastructure. Improve performance, resiliency, and ease of troubleshooting. Review current monitoring products, methods, and processes. Minimize mean time to detection, time to escalation, and resolution of network issues. Assess the feasibility of the above monitoring solutions for output to Siebel Analytics and for reporting of network performance metrics to… Show more Brought in for two six-month contracts to complete four high-profile projects: Review and re-architect the Siebel network and peering infrastructure. Improve performance, resiliency, and ease of troubleshooting. Review current monitoring products, methods, and processes. Minimize mean time to detection, time to escalation, and resolution of network issues. Assess the feasibility of the above monitoring solutions for output to Siebel Analytics and for reporting of network performance metrics to Siebel Executives. Architectural support for a new hosted product deployment, including design requirements, performance and load targets, and failure projection and analysis. Secure portable IP space and develop a deployment strategy to migrate the network.Additional projects included: Ongoing multi-product load balancer support and analysis for Development and QA business units. This included detailed traffic-flow analysis to identify interoperability issues with pre-deployment, alpha, and beta versions of Siebel products. Deployed an ACE/server infrastructure to support TACACS+ with token authentication for network devices. Develop and deployed varieties of queuing and traffic shaping for VOIP and application data, enabling maximum function of business-critical applications over low-capacity circuits to outlying offices. Show less

Led a team of engineers in maintaining and troubleshooting the access layer of the Exodus/Cable & Wireless network and attached customer networks. Troubleshot backbone and peering issues. Consulted with customers regarding network design and deployment. Validated new load balancing devices and architectures for resiliency and reliability prior to deployment in the Exodus network or affiliated customer networks. Developed custom tools to monitor specific indicators of network health on a… Show more Led a team of engineers in maintaining and troubleshooting the access layer of the Exodus/Cable & Wireless network and attached customer networks. Troubleshot backbone and peering issues. Consulted with customers regarding network design and deployment. Validated new load balancing devices and architectures for resiliency and reliability prior to deployment in the Exodus network or affiliated customer networks. Developed custom tools to monitor specific indicators of network health on a proactive basis. Collaborated with other departments and business units to facilitate the support process and decrease mean time to resolution of network issues. Show less

A nine-month project to manage Exodus' initial European expansion. Hired and trained all technical personnel as well as handled day-to-day operations of the London Data Center. Advised on peering needs and capacity planning. Coordinated with vendors for installation and ongoing maintenance of copper and fiber circuits. Lastly, trained and put in place a replacement structure for ongoing management and support.

Acted as 3rd tier support for the Exodus NOC. Administrated DNS machines. Worked with network engineering groups to diagnose and resolve problems with routers, chassis switches, and high-capacity circuits. Developed and administered training and laboratory exercises for grave shift personnel. Made hiring recommendations on all NCC applicants.

Computers For Marketing Corporation (Now Survox)

Managed development effort for WebSurvent, online quantitative market research software. Managed, and assisted, eight software professionals during design and coding phases. Worked with clients to develop a live beta-testing program. Authored documentation and trained support staff as well as system administrator of production servers.