Innovative, resourceful, energetic and results-driven Technical Consultant/Senior Systems Engineer/Cloud Architect and Instructor with 38 years of experience in IT; the last 26 analyzing, supporting and designing large-scale, complex, high performance and available enterprise application, server and networking systems. Winner of the Firefly Education 2011 Instructor of the Year award and consitent winner of the Cisco Data Center Excellence Award received for maintaining a 4.8+ instructor rating from students in classes delivered globally in English and Spanish. Skilled bilingual professional effective at communicating with technical and non-technical audiences. Renowned international speaker, having lectured in over 80 countries. Possess a sound understanding of business financial practices and operations so as to consistently produce value-creating results and convert business requirements into functional technical solutions. An experienced project manager, leader, teacher, and mentor with the proven ability to lead, influence, negotiate, and compromise in a corporate environment. Excellent customer service skills.