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Phoenix, AZ, US

• Identify powered site for new datacenter growth in the field of OTT expansion and AI design and deployment.
• Architect and monetize fiber conduit systems.
• Broker power sites to top tier datacenter and OTT companies
• Construct adaptable fiber conduit systems to accommodate future campus expansions and accelerate go-to-market strategies for hyperscale clients, enterprises, and public/private sector entities.
• Create comprehensive statistical demand forecasts for global data center and networking requirements on a consistent schedule
• Convert those forecasts into optimal supply orders to effectively manage inventory, delivery lead times, demand variability, and financial limitations.

Greater Phoenix Area

• Play a crucial role within the Platform Engineering team, driving the expansion of Network Infrastructure, particularly in peering and interconnection strategies, by serving as the primary contract negotiator.
• Engage closely with vendors to coordinate implementation schedules and delivery of essential IP, Colocation, Peering, and L2 fabric.
• Maintain capacity tracking to support network growth and manage power capacity requirements globally.
• Address program inefficiencies found and drive resolution.
• Proactively predict bottlenecks, manage risks and escalations, and strike a balance between business needs and technical constraints.
• Collaborate with suppliers to confirm and secure supply in alignment with forecasted demand and network topology strategies.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Collaborate with major hyperscale companies and regional telecommunications firms to develop and execute Lit Fiber and Dark Fiber networks, using long-term Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) agreements.
• Specialize in building redundant, low-latency fiber networks for both metropolitan and long-distance routes, minimizing the risk of Single Points of Failure (SPOFs).
• Take the lead in negotiating carrier contracts and deploying international carriers to ensure diverse and resilient internet service provision in various regions.
• Manage technical projects to ensure compliant internal cabling diversity from Outside Plant (OSP) to Inside Plant (ISP) to rooms, guided by comprehensive design documentation.
• Develop masterplan data center hubs with superior connectivity, reliability, and security.
• Engage with global hardware vendors to secure competitive pricing for storage, networking equipment, and computing resources essential for network deployment.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Present technical guidance to US sales team on SDN Fabric based Elastic Interconnect platform and customer facing solution engineering.
• Provide sales teams with technical guidance on connectivity options for AWS, Azure, Google, and partner networks to support their efforts.
• Collaborate with Solutions Architects across various regions and the core marketing team to increase product visibility and create training materials.
• Take the lead on proof-of-concept initiatives to assess solution feasibility and show the technology's potential to our product partners.
• Engage with senior business leaders and technology teams throughout the organization to align technical solutions with business goals, considering both current and future architectural needs.
• Champion continuous innovation and process improvement initiatives to enhance program efficiency.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Develop network and architectural strategies focused on the development and delivery of cost-effective technical solutions to meet business requirements; propose new and agile network applications based on cost/benefit.
• Oversee the annual capital and operating expense budget planning for the Network Services team; align resources and investment plan towards mission critical enterprise initiatives.
• Introduced a disciplined analytical and data-driven approach to evaluate network, personnel and product offerings in M&A and Greenfield datacenter build strategies.
• Strengthen relationships with vendors to improve the delivery and reliability of network services; use those relationships to build two new datacenters.
• Direct infrastructure projects and partner on multi-disciplinary teams consisting of network architects, project managers and field technicians; lead the planning, prioritization, and execution of projects.
• Architected a secure multi-tenancy replication using EMC Data domain and Elastic Cloud Storage

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Manage and maintain network backbone
• Building peering relationships and contract negotiations with global ISPs
• Datacenter interconnects
• VPLS and Carrier Ethernet design and deployment
• SDN deployments and strategies within datacenters
• Drive cloud computing initiatives, design and deployments

• Project lead in network design, configuration, and deployment for all customer facing networks
• Design network integration between the existing network and the newly acquired datacenters
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to sales engineers and sales staff regarding product positioning
• Act as a catalyst between upper management and network engineering and operations teams for timely completion of projects
• Manage corporate and vendor relationships for SLAs, licensing, and hardware procurement
• Manage a team of Network Engineers and Operators in US and the European Union

• Manage and maintain global network backbone
• Project lead in network design, configuration, and deployment for all customer facing networks
• Design network integration between the existing network and the newly acquired datacenters
• Participate in the contract negotiations with global ISPs
• Work closely with routing registries like ARIN, and RIPE to acquire IP spaces and ASN
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to sales engineers and sales staff regarding product positioning

• Built hands-on labs and upgraded content for various Cisco courses
• Provided training delivery support and interaction for online Cisco training
• Acted as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to develop off-line interactive courseware
• Monitored student chat groups and provided "real time" technical solutions
• Provided technical support by designing and developing enrichment questions for the multitude of courses
• Conducted quality assurance testing on assigned product lines

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