Responsible for pre-sales solutions' discussions for the Google Security portfolio that now includes the Mandiant security portfolio, Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant Threat Intel, VirusTotal, and Google Security), SecOps (formerly Chronicle) SIEM/SOAR offering, Chrome Enterprise Premium (formerly Beyond Corp Enterprise), and GCP Security Command Center.

** Google acquired Mandiant's world-class security platform and team to provide security at a global scale. **Responsible for leading the backend Engineering and Sustaining teams for the Security Validation product line, release management, program management, and product innovation ideation.Responsible for working with Product on strategy, vision, compliance, and execution for the product.Authored papers on leveraging AI in multiple areas.

** Acquired by Google. **Responsible for defining organizational structure, managing program execution for a team of teams for the Security Validation platform offering (SaaS and on-prem offerings), and building/managing a high-performing team of talented engineers.

** Fortinet Acquired Opaq to create the most complete and comprehensive SASE offering in the world **Responsible for the creation and delivery of the most complete SASE offering in the world integrating Fortinet capabilities with the Opaq offering in a world-class end-to-end SASE offering. Responsible for product discussions, requirements gathering and creation, project management, resourcing, and program management.

** Acquired by Fortinet**Reporting to the CEO, responsible for leading the engineering team of the combined product lines of Opaq Networks, Drawbridge Systems, and FourV Systems that comprise a fully integrated security stack offering from endpoint agent through MSSP-level reporting.

** Acquired by Opaq **Reporting to the CEO, responsible for strategic planning, product design, quality assurance, problem resolution, staffing, and process definition.• Recruited, hired, and trained a team of world-class software development engineers both on and offshore.• Negotiated offshore contracts for development and quality assurance resources.• Worked with product management and executive team for product roadmap and engineering efforts to support.• Implemented Agile methodology and all products to support continuous integration efforts with a DevOps-first approach• Automated quality assurance regression suite for functionality, performance, and security testing• Ongoing customer support interactions for product enhancements and technical publication updates

Infoblox acquired Netcordia on May 1, 2010 in what analysts are calling a very positive synergy between two great companies. Infoblox is a publicly traded company with over 7,100 customers worldwide Responsible for release management, project management, full SDLC, and recruiting, hiring, and training world-class software development talent both on and offshore for the NetMRI and Network Insight Network Orchestration and Automation platforms.• Recruited, hired, and trained a team of world-class software development engineers both on and offshore.• Responsible for release management in defining release content, scoping effort for development and QA, managing the full software development lifecycle, training, and delivering quality product on-time and within budget.• Project management using Agile methodology from concept through delivery using proven techniques for scoping, defining, scheduling, status reporting, and training using MS Project and Excel.• Define and execute capital expenditure purchases for development resources.• Manage the device support development process from customer to product management through development and delivery.

** Acquired by Infoblox **Specializing in process improvements, manufacturing automation, license creation automation, open source licensing research, 3rd level support team, Common Criteria Compliance, cross-department initiatives, and 3rd party product integrations.

Reporting to the CEO, I provided executive leadership for all strategic Information Technology planning, implementation, and support. Aligned IT objectives to meet those business objectives. Managed all IT functions: network operations and security, server and database administration, application development, project management, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, data center management, vendor relationships, technical support, financial monitoring, and DR and BCP. Implemented change control and process documentation to achieve Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Analyzed and documented process and system workflows. Worked extensively with operations teams during the project design and rollout phases to design and implement process improvements and train on the systems. Produced and delivered presentations to the Board of Directors and Audit Committee. Development projects include an imaging system automating processes from application (B2C) through investor delivery (B2B); an automated decisioning engine incorporating investor guidelines (B2C and B2B); and an automated warehouse management system (B2B).Managed a maximum budget of $17M and a team of 72.

Recruited to administer and develop IT systems. Performed network management development for Cisco routers. Provided network training and consulting to customers.Cisco and CheckPoint certified instructor teaching two courses per month on average. Managed technical support personnel.Developed and maintained student registration system and assisted in development of student training prototype for Cisco certifications.

Directly involved in major client projects including: development of application programs and evaluation of Computer Aided Software Engineering tools for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; development of a PC disk analysis program for the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and, designed, developed, and implemented an integrated data acquisition system for engineers at a large national company.