Paul Liesenberg Email & Phone Number

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Very exciting times in architectural transformation. Stay tuned for some really cool stuff.A lot of my time is spent on strategic internal initiatives I cannot advertise.:-)

Santa Clara, California, US

Lead for thought leadership, content creation (technical/business) as well as sales/partner training - and jack of all trades in other miscellaneous areas including product demos, video scripting and creation etc.Highlights included:* Hybrid Workplace solution with SmartSecure Private Access, scoring 15k licenses within 2 weeks of the launch.

San Francisco, California, US

Early Market Strategy and Business Development Consulting for DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) Blockchain startup. The founding team includes a TIBCO co-founder and leading DevOps engineers.* Defined strategic messaging. Key Collaterals (Product and Funding presentation, Company Overview and Product Strategy Brief)* Designed revenue model spreadsheet.

Palo Alto, CA, US

* Leads new software release launches for LiveNX, LiveSP and LiveAgent launches - Analyzes and prioritizes product features and creates messaging for next generation network performance monitoring and diagnostics (NPMD) platform with support for SD-WAN, SD-Access and AI/ML (including Security) as well as AWS, Google Cloud and Azure Saas early adoption.

San Mateo, CA, US

Consultant and Subject Matter Expert on Network DevOps: NFV, OpenStack, OPNFV, Kubernetes.Developed positioning and collateral including blog. Lead successful outreach to leading network technology vendors.

San Jose, CA, US

• Subject Matter Expert for Content Creation. Worked with Product Management and Engineering to elevate technology messaging for different audiences.
• Delivered highly rated presentations to large audiences in industry events (CiscoLive, Webinars), analysts, and customers in Cisco’s Customer Experience Center (CXC, formerly EBC).
• Contributed to DNA Campaign (cisco.com/go/dna): Defined content; recruited customers and development partners for press and analyst event as well as video testimonials; led production of high impact videos.
• Helped define Digital Transformation and business relevance of investments in network technology. It permeated the messaging stack - my business consulting background, combined with Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF, FEA).
• Interlocked with with Sales and Partner Enablement organizations.
• Integrated network security proof points into DNA.

San Jose, CA, US

• Drove business development outreach for hyper-scale, cloud-based TelePresence SaaS for Service Providers.
• Drove technology and business strategy for network relevance.
• Executed on strategic marketing initiatives.
• "Ideated" and evangelized insertion of collaboration services into BPM (Business Process Modeling) to Enterprise Architects.
• Promoted to trusted subject matter expert and advisor to executive management, specialized overlay sales force and large customers.RESULTS: Direct involvement in closing large opportunities ($100M+) in USA, Latin.

San Jose, CA, US

• Created alignment between emerging Service Provider Architectures (IMS, Tispan) and Cisco's NGN Service Insertion Framework.
• Launched Cisco's Intelligent Services Gateway and Metro Ethernet Products
• Extensive sales training, customer presentations, conference presentations.RESULTS: ISG was key to migrate installed base of 7200/7600 routers to stay relevant in evolving service provider network architectures.