Supporting our customers cybersecurity transformation, ensuring each day is safer and more secure than the one before.

Leading the growth and development of the Professional Services teams for the East, ensuring each day is safer and more secure than the one before.Skills wanted:- Experience with the Palo Alto Networks platform- Comprehensive understanding of networking & security fundamentals with a proven history of applying that knowledge to design, configure and deploy our solution in a customer environment- Experience developing security policies and best practices that enable customers to conduct business while securing their environments from external threats- Minimize customer cyberattack surface by applying Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform to all deployment scenarios - Work cross-functionally within client organization to collect information to be used in designing for future state, taking into consideration Mergers and Acquisitions, divestitures, organization growth and other business impacting activity Attributes required:- Consultative by nature with ability to influence and direct customers in adopting recommended best practices- Self-motivated and able to work autonomously - Strong Sense of personal commitment and self-awareness- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to communicate to sr. leaders and technical peers. If you are interested in securing your career with Palo Alto Networks, take a look at our open positions within the Professional Services section of our Careers page (link below). If there is a position you are interested in, please direct message me on LinkedIn with a brief description of your interest and related experience.

I currently oversee the growth and development of the Resident Engineer teams for the East coast and I am always looking for highly skilled cyber security consultants to configure and deploy Palo Alto Networks solutions.Skills wanted:- Experience with the Palo Alto Networks platform- Comprehensive understanding of networking & security fundamentals with a proven history of applying that knowledge to design, configure and deploy our solution in a customer environment- Experience developing security policies and best practices that enable customers to conduct business while securing their environments from external threatsAttributes required:- Consultative by nature with ability to influence and direct customers in adopting recommended best practices- Self-motivated with ability to work autonomously, often with little direction- Strong Sense of personal commitment and self-awareness- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to communicate to sr. leaders and technical peers.General responsibilities:- Work full-time at customer site supporting the deployment and configuration of Palo Alto Networks solutions, including but not limited to: -- Next Generation Firewalls (physical & virtual) -- Traps end-point solution -- Integrating Palo Alto Networks solutions into existing SOC environment (i.e SIEM integration, logging, etc) -- Evaluation of customer security practices and recommending path forward to drive efficiency and efficacy -- Transform the customer environment by helping them achieve full adoption of Palo Alto Networks platform and suite of services/productsIf you are interested in securing your career with Palo Alto Networks, take a look at our open Resident Engineer positions within the Professional Services section of our Careers page (link below). If there is a position you are interested in, please direct message me on LinkedIn with a brief description of your interest and related experience.

Management and oversight of Senior Technical consultants supporting international sales and pre-sales in developing new business opportunities through structured consultative selling and service deployment. Including, but not limited to, WAN Optimization, Network Audit and Assesments, Wireless Deployment, and Network Management services. Responsible for ensuring overall team profitability and increased revenues while driving costs reductions through improved delivery models.

Oversee the development of commercial proposals in response to RFPs and early contract renewals for Orange’s largest and most key accounts in North America. Responsibilities include, but not limited to, managing the lifecycle of the entire bid process; developing win strategies based on client feedback; capturing all cost elements associated to the proposed solution while identifying efficiencies to improve overall gross margin; engage financial architects to develop business cases and creative financial models to support winning price strategies; socialize financials with senior management to obtain corporate approvals and authorizations to submit offers.

Responsible for the development and deployment of Incident and Problem management processes within the international service desks that were required for the ISO20K certification audit of Cairo Service Operations teams in November 2008.

Managed the Global Customer Service Center providing technical support for over 2600 customers with 47,000 international connections and 600 million dollars in revenue; providing tier 2 and tier 3 support for Frame Relay, ATM, X.25 and IP services to global customers in over 200 countries

Created and implemented Relera’s Managed Services product offering including a 7 phase customer lifecycle management program engaging Sales, Design, Implementation, Operations and Customer Care teams

Managed the Customer Engineering and Implementation department with over 20 multi-skilled engineers responsible for deploying time-sensitive IT projects. Designed and deployed high-availability, turnkey solutions utilizing NT and SQL clustering, Veritas Cluster Server, and HP’s MC/Serviceguard along with fully redundant networks. Developed Intira’s configuration and change management process, guaranteeing controlled, successful system modifications with minimum service interruption.

Team lead for MCI’s Managed Network Services Division overseeing a team of 5 engineers deploying and maintaining the United States Postal Service network.

Honorably discharged under voluntary separation, leaving with the rank of SSgt holding position as Tech Controller with a Top Secret clearance. Trained in end-to-end telecommunications and circuit switching systems. Responsibilities included deployment of Token Ring network in the Air Force Personnel Center (HQ for military Human Resources), maintaining & managing base telecommunications on Osan AF Base in Korea and directing 15 network engineers in the maintenance and management of the U.S. Space and Air Defense, Missile Warning and Intelligence Gathering systems at North American Defense (NORAD) in Colorado Springs, CO.