Established technology leader with over 20 years of experience managing solutions from Silicon Valley to Wall Street.Proven track record: • Product and project manage machine learning initiatives and software defined networking (SDN, NFV) solutions to secure datacenter portfolio and extend market reach • Work with global sales, CTO group, development, engineering, marketing and executive leadership to prioritize and balance product futures and customer requirements• Drive product strategy and business development to help make strategic decisions in key business and technology areasRiverbed Technology for over 11 years: • Global Senior Director of Sales Engineers : ○ Build and manage top-notch worldwide sales engineering organization ○ Develop SE policy and procedure to meet and exceed all sales expectations ○ Encourage growth and career guidance for sales engineers and managers ○ Regularly meet and maintain contact with sales teams in the field, along with customers, prospects, channel and service providers • Employee #34, Grew from first customer to a publicly traded company doing over 1 billion dollars/year