• Leading product management for BIG-IP TMOS, F5OS, and F5 hardware systems, focusing on application delivery and security software.• Managing a portfolio of products serving data center customers across various vertical markets, including financial, healthcare, and government.• Collaborating with customers and partners to ensure product scalability and security in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.

Led the F5 hardware systems and platform software (F5OS) product management team with products that serve data center customers deploying in multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, and private cloud across a variety of vertical markets including financial, healthcare, telecom service providers, government and more.

Responsible for Aggregation, Metro and Core Routing products. Leading a team of product managers to expand Ciena's routing and switching portfolio to address high bandwidth connectivity needs, including IP/Optical converged networking. Working in cross-functional teams to provide guidance on automation in multi-layer networking including high speed multi-cloud on ramps for data services. Experience performing due diligence for corporate development and working with external partners.

Providing expertise and leadership to define, develop, market and sell Ciena’s cross platform packet software offerings. Driving IP networking strategy and 5G readiness. Applying market knowledge and technical expertise in packet networking software, 4G/5G Radio Access Networking (RAN), open computing, application programming interfaces (API), network functions virtualization (NFV), software defined networking (SDN), and lifecycle service orchestration (LSO). Enhancing the customer experience to provide networking and compute services.Leading a team of product managers taking a portfolio level approach for software feature development, software architecture, products, and roadmaps. Providing leadership to enable a transition to Agile based development for Engineering and Product Management. Experience in product marketing, sales training, and partner collaboration.

Responsible for carrier-grade IP operating system, including operating system components and evolution as well as networking protocols used in all Ericsson routers in the service provider fixed and mobile network markets, including the Ericsson Virtual Router (EVR), Router 6000, and Smart Service Router product families. Also responsible for IP software sub-systems and components used for IP RAN, Mobile Packet Core, SDN and Ericsson Cloud.Experienced in product definition requirements for virtual platforms, platform as a service, and providing software as a service to internal stakeholders.

Working in Ericsson Product Area IP and Broadband,Technical Marketing and Product Solution Consulting with multiple product lines internally specifying platform and operating system requirements for current and next generation Mobile Transport and Fixed Mobile Convergence nodes.Working with IP-based network solutions such as converged backhaul and multi-service packet backbone networks providing feedback from a RAN perspective.

Strategic Product Management for Ericsson Radio Access Network (RAN) Transport in wireless networks.Evangelizing Ericsson solutions to mobile operators in their development of an IP RAN design strategy to build infrastructure for LTE, and to modernize legacy 2G and 3G networks to support mobile broadband more effectively.

Product Management for IP based wireless solutions including RAN Backhaul and Fixed-Mobile-Convergence.Assisted in business development by analyzing potential partner relationships for the product.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Product Management/Product Marketing for Redback NetworksSpecifying technical and market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by on-going visits to customers, partners and vendors. Focusing on networking products used within the service provider market with an emphasis in IP broadband, VPN services and routing.Managing and maintaining software and hardware road maps.Developing and implementing a product line go-to-market plan, working with all departments to execute. Supporting marketing efforts to create product collateral and present messages at trade shows.Assisting account teams to provide RFP responsesAssisting in business development by analyzing potential partner relationships for the product.

Manage all post-sales support escalations worldwide Defined customer support escalation processInterfaced with Engineering to manage software maintenance releases Interfaced with Technical Publications to review release notes as well as documentation for new products and features Provided beta support for all new HW and SW rollouts Assisted engineering in customer profiling to establish stronger quality assurance test programs