Keith Nichols is a Principal Owner at Double Nichols, LLC - Consulting Services - Contract. He possess expertise in vod, integration, telecommunications, ip, iptv and 48 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I've had the opportunity and pleasure working with, and for, Keith across multiple disciplines in the Telecommunications industry. This includes the integration & implementation of both DevOp based user interface applications & their support architectures as well as vendor proprietary back office control systems. These control systems were integral in providing new technology platforms enabling both expanded customer features and functions and always with an increase in efficiencies and subsequent capital cost savings. Keith has a deep level of experience in the product management and deployment of customer facing technologies & their associated hardware platforms. This would be true from both a video systems & networking perspective. His ability to see and understand the big picture objectives championed his companies have served he & his employers well. He has vast experience in the cross-functional operating environments required to launch complicated new products. Keith would be a great management addition to any DevOps, integration, deployment or service type organization." and "Keith Nichols was my director when we both were working on an account of a very large global service provider while at Cisco. You know the expression “People don’t leave jobs, they leave bad leaders”, well working for Keith was the complete antithesis of this. Keith is an incredibly effective leader, who entrusted his employees to always do the right thing, and he made it such that you wanted to work that much harder for him. A story that best epitomizes Keith is something I learned early on working with him. When presented with a problem, he asked his employees to not only share the problem but to also share possible solutions. He tasked us with proposing solutions to make us a part of the process and then we’d come to a consensus as to the best path going forward. This managerial style set the tone for what was expected of his team. And it was both entirely motivating and empowering. Keith is a highly competent leader who does an excellent job fostering a culture of inclusion, is very passionate about the customer, and is highly respected by his employees. In fact, Keith has been one of the best leaders I have ever worked for and through his mentoring, he helped steer my professional and personal development. Keith is an asset to any organization that he is a part of. "