Pitched to IBM's internal Shark Tank to create a Telco Network Cloud Offering "Network Cloudification"Created the first version of the OfferingTook the offering to market and won IBM's first contract in Telco Network Cloud (DISH)This was IBM's first deal in 5G: DISH Network 5G Orchestration and Slicing.

Recruited into the Senior Leadership Team for the BSS Business with the charter to turnaround the business. Responsible for Product Management (including Product Strategy) and Product Marketing of the Comverse BSS/OSS/Network portfolio, including management of the budgets for R&D (Product Development), Product Management and Product Marketing and the Product Portfolio P&L.Successes till date:* Re-oriented the Product Roadmap to drive new business and new customers. Focused the roadmap on being an end to end virtualized BSS solution that supports multiple approaches to transformations resulting in being positioned as the leader in four vendor selections in 2015 (over $50M cumulative) and a well-qualified pipeline for the remainder of 2015 and 2016* Established Comverse BSS as a Leader for the third consecutive year in the Gartner Magic Quadrant. * Drove the R&D, Product Management & Product Marketing budget for the Financial Year 2015 and participated in the overall Budget planning for the Financial Year to ensure the first year of positive Operating Income after almost 5 years.

Member of the 4 person leadership team for Infosys Management Consulting Services focused on the Telecommunications Industry Vertical. Responsible for strategic business development and delivery of transformational engagements to clients in the Telecommunications Industry.Successes include:* Led the solution and thought leadership of a $30+M BSS / OSS systems transformation pursuit, competing head to head against Accenture, which culminated in the selection of Infosys. This involved leading multiple interactions, presentations and discussions with C-levels through Technical levels, leading to establishing myself as the trusted advisor to the CxO’s

Member of the Senior Leadership Team of the OSS Division and responsible for thought leadership, evangelizing, championing and consultative selling (Strategic Business Development) of Amdocs OSS Solutions and Business Benefits to new prospects and existing customers worldwide. Involved developing end to end solution architectures involving Amdocs and non-Amdocs software, roadmaps to achieve the target state and business benefits to align with the customers strategies and goals.Examples of Strategic Business Development include:• For the largest Service Provider in the US, developed end state architecture, roadmap, high level program plan, technology risk mitigation strategy and business case for an OSS Transformation that combined the Consumer, Enterprise and Wireless segmented OSS's into a common and segment agnostic OSS and increase agility. • For the largest Service Provider in Australia, developed end state architecture, roadmap and phasing for a potential regulator driven option of breaking the Service Provider into a Wholesale Business and a Retail Business where the Retail Business was required to buy from the Wholesale Business via a Point of Equivalence.

Member of the Senior Leadership Team and responsible for evangelizing and championing (Consultative Selling based Strategic Business Development) of Products and Solutions to Senior Level Executives of Telecommunications, Cable and Mobile Providers globally. Also responsible Implementation Governance to ensure the integrity and benefits of Solutions being delivered.Consultative Selling, Executive Champion and provided Executive Oversight for a number of large implementations including:* For implementation at the Largest Cable Operator in Europe, was executive responsible for end state architecture, roadmap, supervision and integrity of implementation for Enterprise services (Ethernet based services). The implementation was first of its kind in the industry and allowed Cable Operator to successfully compete against Telco incumbent based on tougher SLA's than the Telco could provide.* For implementation at a “BT style” Business Transformation in New Zealand, was executive responsible for end state architecture, roadmap, supervision and integrity of implementation for Business Transformation across Retail, Enterprise, Wholesale Market Segments and the creation of a new Access Provider Business.

Member of the Senior Leadership Team and responsible for Product Management and Product Marketing. Positioned and launched the key capabilities needed to align with “Transforming the Service Layer™”, which has been a significant differentiator against the competition and enabled the rapid growth of the company.Positioned Product and Solutions with key Executives of prospects and clients and aligned NetCracker’s roadmap with their needs and roadmaps.Executive Champion and provided Executive Oversight for a number of large implementations.

Led a number of RFP responses and Business Development activities. Types of Proposals included Next Generation OSS, VoIP Network and OSS, Inventory Systems, Metadata Implementation, Order Management, EAI Vendor selection and Implementations, etcManaged a number of consulting and systems integration engagements including:* For a Next Generation OSS Strategy and Roadmap at a major Regional Bell Operating Company in Southeast US, led the team responsible for defining the Next Generation OSS Strategy, Solution Architecture and Roadmap. Was awarded the work based on a workshop (evangelizing session) on Next Generation OSS Principles conducted at this RBOC in 2003.Network Supply Chain Strategy and Implementation Roadmap for a large RBOC in the US* End to End Solutions Architecture and Systems Engineering Consulting to Australian Telecommunications Company* Next Generation OSS and BSS for Broadband products (ADSL + Cable) for an Australian Telecommunications Company* Network and Service Inventory and Resource Management System for Carrier Grade IP Backbone and Edge networks and IP Services for a major US Telecommunications Company

Started as Lead Software Designer and Developer and went on to become an Architect for Telecommunications Network Element and OSS Software. Projects worked on included: TDMA Over the Air Function for Service Provisioning (application on an SCP) – OEM for a major Global Wireless Equipment Vendor CDMA Over the Air Function for Service Provisioning (application on an SCP) – OEM for a major Global Wireless Equipment Vendor Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) for Local Number Portability (LP) PCS Call Processing Gateway – Allowing a major Wireless Equipment Vendors MSC to be used in heterogeneous network architectures Inventory and Provisioning systems for a major Telecommunications company

Lead Software Designer and Developer of Telecom OSS and BSS systems utilizing Artificial Intelligence.

Software Design and Development of the XA/21 system (NOC system) for Power Utility industry. The XA/21 system is the equivalent of OSS in Telecommunications industry. Utilized Artificial Intelligence techniques in development of the system, which was subsequently patented. Began as an individual contributor and was a Technical Lead when I left.