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Austin, TX, US

• Part of a solution architecture team responsible for customer implementations on Platform Digital’s 310+ worldwide datacenters, 16 global metros, and access to 233+ cloud network provider on-ramps.
• Drive deal development and bookings growth by architecting complex network delivery solutions for customers.
• Develop technical relationships with customers to better understand desired end-state interconnection, and co-location architectures.
• Articulate solution benefits to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Customer Advocate

Armonk, New York, NY, US

Led team of 8 international engineers that designed and maintained solutions hosted on virtualized infrastructure. Managed technical and business performance of IBM CMAS 3.x SmartCloud offerings.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

Provided lifecycle management of shared infrastructure data centers hosting 300+ customers. Led team of project managers, network and security engineers, and clients’ account representatives.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Headed global team of engineers through acquisition and integration of IBM-AOD (Corio) networks.
• Designed 2,500 square foot datacenter space in Sterling, Virginia, and 7300 square feet of Level 3 datacenter space in Tempe, Arizona, accommodating two-fold business growth.
• Deployed 2-tier core and access switch design, eliminating physical space dependencies for compute Infrastructure.
• Implemented AIX and network virtualization, reducing 40% in deployed asset costs.
• Championed external company SAS 70 audit for network compliance, validating network security, process, and procedures.

Engineering and architecture activities included: establishing VPN encryption models, BGP peering arrangements, route filtering, traffic engineering, extensive NAT, testing of failover to disaster recovery datacenter sites, addressing security concerns, managing circuit capacity, 3rd level network engineering and consulting services, and SLA compliance.

Cupertino, California, US

Coordinated network infrastructure for Silicon Valley and Sacramento Campus which included support for 15K+ nodes and coordination of 20 contract employees for IT moves, adds, and changes. Directed Infinite Loop campus fiber project and metro area network deployment in Cupertino, Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara.