Director, Solutions Architect Engineering
CurrentDirector of the Solutions Architect team responsible for engaging directly with customers and potential customers, to understand near term and emerging mission needs, product sales opportunities and associated cybersecurity requirements, and drive business strategy and product development of GDMS solutions for every customer environment. • Determine product directions, desired features and other critical elements that help maximize customer’s adoption and preference for the GDMS brand of products.• Provide intelligence in the customer, competitor, government and economic factor arenas to support business development activities and investment decision making• Develop strategic plans by identifying internal and external strategic issues that could affect growth and profitability• Analyze market data to identify trends/opportunities to develop strategic direction from market information and create market analysis presentations• Help customers design, develop and implement high reliability, high performance networks utilizing GDMS products and solutions. • Provide technical expertise on the breadth of the solutions available to customers from GDMS portfolio of cyber security products including Ethernet/IP encryptors, voice/mobile encryptors, and management software.• Collect customer strategies and roadmaps to assist product development in finding new opportunities for new products, updated product features, and current product improvements.• Advise engineering teams during product development to ensure that product requirements continue to meet customer needs and provide guidance to solve product issues.• Focus on industry trends and assist in forming strategic partnerships with industry across the GDMS organization.• CISSP, CCNP, CEH Certified