● Telecommunications professional with over 25 years of experience focusing on data products, services, and network implementation. ● Vast experience in service provider core engineering, architecture, capital budgeting, vendor selection, sales processes, and backbone/enterprise infrastructure deployment.● Excellent customer-facing skills with the ability to make technical concepts and associated impacts understandable to a wide variety of audiences● Results-oriented leader with experience in managing highly technical teams ● Highly proficient in core WAN transport technologies including MPLS, Ethernet, SD-WAN, VoIP/SIP, SONET, DWDM and all associated higher level protocols● Program management expertise for projects over $50M; including project scope, planning, milestone timelines, schedules, risk management, contingency planning, budget, and resource allocation.