Co-founded a technology company that received funding from a New York investment banking firm. Served in roles including board member, CTO and EVP Engineering. Work resulted in the development and delivery of a patented (US9531814B2) software-defined networking (SDN) platform and services allowing customers to securely connect their remote workers, offices, and datacenters to their AWS VPC(s) via the platform’s on-demand self service SDNs underpinned by AWS DirectConnects and IPSEC VPNs.* Established development processes and performed hands-on full stack software development resulting in the creation of over 30% of the code base under source control at Github resulting in delivery of multiple high quality and timely SDN platform releases
* Demonstrated experience with key platform technologies including NodeJS,  Bash scripts, and Python, MongoDB, OpenLDAP, FreeRadius, IPSEC VPNs/Strongswan, Ubuntu, OpenvSwitch, Open Networking Cumulus Linux, Open Source routing Bird/Quagga/FRR, REST APIs
* Designed and implemented geographically diverse systems and networks co-located at Equinix paired with multi-region AWS VPC environments resulting in enterprise scale solutions
* Demonstrated deep understanding of application, server, and network security concepts, including practical experience with various forms of encryption, VPNs and firewall technologies
* Directly responsible for customer facing activities including onboarding, training, and support enabling customers in HealthCare and Retail verticals
* Demonstrated hands-on experience with AWS technologies, Datadog for platform monitoring and VictorOps for customer support

Provided design and technical leadership to cross-functional teams, technology partners and customers. Identified and implemented key technologies in support of products and services utilized by international customers. Established development processes, system design and architectures, technology selections, in order to design and develop technical implementations.* Successfully transitioned the customer and partner lab from R&D to Orange Business Services
* Championed key technologies like ServiceNow resulting in company adoption
* Developed custom ServiceNow applications leading to productization 
* Provided administration of ServiceNow platform
* Provided training and guidance through all phases of system development ensuring compliance with best practices, policies and procedures
* Provided technical support to sales teams in the form of demos and participating in customer education

Defined and led research and development projects. Successfully developed and launched a customer and partner lab providing technical design expertise and thought leadership toward aiding customers adopting our partner technologies. Represented R&D at industry associations and standards groups. Showcased technology and provided technical expertise at global customer and press facing events in London, Berlin, and Beijing.* Successfully developed and launched a customer and partner lab providing technical design expertise and thought leadership toward aiding customers adopting our partner technologies
* Delivered multiple technical proofs of concept, receiving excellent customer feedback leading to customer adoption of new technologies such as WANOptimization
* Owned the technical relationship between R&D and the OpenGridForum (OGF) serving as chair of the Telco-CG (telco community group) culminating in a joint ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union)/OGF workshop in Geneva, Switzerland introducing OGF Telco work and ITU-T NGN standards activities
* Designed and developed Java-based JUDDI Semantic Web network performance engine

Led efforts to analyze, design, and implement the line of storage area network management software. Product was designed around the DMTF CIM models using a combination of Java, C++, C, Unix scripting, and MS SQL Server.* Successfully implemented CIM provider discovery engine using CIM, WMI, SNMP, ssh to collect data
* Owned the technical relationship between the company and the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) T11 and served as co-chair of T11.5 leading to the introducing of SAN management software data models for adoption consideration by this standards body 
* Worked with the Storage Networking Industry Association leading to new SAN management software features

Hired and led an engineering team that developed software features for SANavigator Storage Area Network (SAN) management software. Worked with technology partners and cross-functional teams to identify technical fit with software platforms. * Architected and Implemented multiple software feature releases using Java/C++ including custom API for the McDATA EFCM fibre channel switches, CLI for management of multi vendor fibre channel switches, CIM (Common Information Model) interface for SAN management software
* Delivered SAN expertise through vendor visits, speaking engagements and other communications, including presenting on SAN management at a NASA/AMES conference on storage technology 
* Technical relationship representative between the organization  and the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) T11 and served as co-chair of INCITS T11.5, advancing the companies role in shaping SAN technology standards