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San Jose, California, United States

* Founded Jumpstart Nature dedicated to catalyzing personal environmental journeys through technology, media, and storytelling.* Managed a team of 10+ volunteers, overseeing podcast production, social media content, and newsletter creation, and website user journeys.* Led the preliminary development of a personalized mobile app designed to empower individuals to take meaningful action for nature.* Achieved significant engagement metrics, with the podcast pilot season reaching #3 on the Apple US Nature podcast charts and over 16,000 monthly visitors/listeners.

Cupertino, California, United States

Elected as Secretary starting July 2022, interim member of BoD starting January 2022.Additional duties: * Led recruitment and selection of board members for SCVAS* Active participant on Outreach Committee, Nomination Committee, Executive Committee* Field Trip leader

Mountain View, Ca

* Led a global team in developing next-generation software-defined networking technology, incorporating Agile and DevOps methodologies. This included product management, project management, QA, CI/CD-based release engineering, deployments, and operational support.* Defined and communicated strategy, managed multi-million dollar budgets, and established short- and long-term goals for innovative network products.* Oversaw the annual performance management process for the entire department, focusing on team growth and career development.* As part of a team, selected network solutions vendors and managed ongoing engagements with our vendors

Mountain View, Ca

* New technology design and product development* Responsible for geo-diverse teams that design and deploy bespoke and standard network and IT solutions for datacenters, campuses, and offices worldwide.* Consultation and integration of mergers and acquisitions.* Implemented continuous improvement processes, knowledge management and related business process development

Phoenix, Az

* Built and led an international team responsible for designing and deploying managed services networks, including customer premise equipment (CPE) and MPLS backbone connectivity.* Created technical standards for managed network and security services.* Developed content and strategy for large account sales efforts, delivering presentations to customers.* Led impactful projects, including creating new order processes and workflows for customer onboarding.

Omaha, Ne

* Developed network designs for large enterprise customers, including those from the retail, banking, and energy sectors.* Configured, deployed, and supported complex enterprise environments involving a wide variety of equipment and technologies, such as IP, SNA, content switching, security (firewalls, VPNs, IPS), LAN, and WAN.* Provided pre-sales support and due-diligence.* Developed and delivered training for the new Network Operations Center (NOC) department.

Broomfield, Co

Exodus acquired GlobalCenter, resulting in this position change* Developed company positions and strategies on new technologies and technology directions (MPLS, VPN, etc)* Developed positions on strategic business development opportunities leveraging our technologies and capabilities

Sunnyvale, Ca

GlobalCenter was spun-off from Global Crossing* Hired and trained network engineering and management systems staff across two countries and three offices, growing the team to over 20 employees.* Managed the IP network infrastructure budget, design, and deployment for an international datacenter network.

Sunnyvale, Ca

* Responsible for routing, configuration, and code deployment on an international IP network.* Designed and implemented multiple backbone routing architectures, including merging three acquired autonomous systems into AS3549 and establishing a global route-reflector hierarchy.* Transitioned the global backbone network from OSPF to IS-IS.* Developed and conducted training for a rapidly expanding operations staff.

Ecology

Actively taking courses in ecology and environmental sciences, including Cornell's Comprehensive Bird Biology, California Field Biology.

Computer Science

45 hours taken part-time in Computer Science and Math; 4.0 GPA

Electrical Engineering

72 hours of EE and CS; 3.5 GPA