Senior level technical leader with extensive expertise in the delivery of virtualized, cloud-based and hardware-based network solutions to network service providers in North America. Unique blend of leadership, management, technical and business experience in the successful delivery of large complex network solutions. Strategic thinker who can transform top level corporate objectives into operational strategies with executable plans. Collaborative approach to strategy development encouraging an environment seeking input from all levels, thoughtful exchange of ideas, and team centered decision making. Systematic approach to management using simple repeatable processes and KPI/OKR metrics to assess process performance. Extensive experience engaging customers to understand key business drivers and define mutual success. Visceral distaste for overly complex management practices which inevitably make work harder and almost always collapse under their own weight. Specialties: Managing service delivery, managing professional services, strategy development, deploying virtualized, cloud-based and hardware-based network solutions, leadership, developing new leaders, program management, building and managing customer relationships, network engineering management, product development, mergers & acquisitions, operations management, process control, national defense and security, top secret security clearance.