Distinguished Engineer (Senior Director)
San Francisco Bay Area
Chief Architect for Rakuten TelcoCloud (Tokyo March 2018- Feb 2020): I moved to Tokyo and worked hand & glove with Rakuten CTO/EVP to build architecture. This is industry benchmark https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/mobile-internet/reimagining-mobile-network.html. I led Architecture Management Office to manage design, solution testing, 5G CI/CD pipeline, deployment and Ops. Case study published as best customer obsession https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB53kVWqgS0. I… Show more Chief Architect for Rakuten TelcoCloud (Tokyo March 2018- Feb 2020): I moved to Tokyo and worked hand & glove with Rakuten CTO/EVP to build architecture. This is industry benchmark https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/mobile-internet/reimagining-mobile-network.html. I led Architecture Management Office to manage design, solution testing, 5G CI/CD pipeline, deployment and Ops. Case study published as best customer obsession https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB53kVWqgS0. I developed vRAN automation for ZTP. In nutshell I have proven that, it is POSSIBLE to build Carrier Grade. I can drive this to public clouds.At a company level I am responsible to lead SDN datacenter, virtualization and 5G mobile technology strategy. I lead teams of managers and solutions architects in a techno-managerial role. I work with CTO/CIO executives to help them finalize network architecture, aligned to their business goals. On a technology front, I am responsible to put together E2E architecture for global SP and enterprises involving hybrid and public cloud and Apps. My core expertise includes the following technologies:• Cloud Virtualization technologies using Openstack, VMware, Kubernetes containers• SDN DC spine-leaf architecture. Cisco ACI • Network protocols-OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, Segment Routing, EVPN, VPN, multicast, IPv6, • Network design covering merger, consolidation and divestures• Cloud Interconnect technologies for edge cloud, public cloudIn enterprise segment, worked with several major customers (Chase bank, Humana, Home Depot, Facebook, JC Penney). Work included designing datacenter, transport, cloud interconnect In SP segment, worked with numerous operators worldwide (AT&T USA, Mexico, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Telus, Reliance Jio, Bharti, Vodafone, Telstra, Spark New Zealand, KDDI, Telefonica, Rakuten, Dish Wireless and others) and led design and deployment of new network technologies. Show less