• Leading the team in evaluating creating a spin-out company based on a U.S. University’s IP/Patent in the terahertz radio market.• Productizing MVP, executing product-market fit, creating product roadmaps and go-to-market strategies, and hiring founding executives, advisors, and technical teams with plans to raise venture financing.

• Industry analyst and strategic innovation advisor to technology executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and municipal leaders in telecommunications, broadband, fiber, 5G/6G, MVNO, cloud/edge, smart city, smart homes, digital infrastructure, and other markets. o Executed global research into technologies, industries and ecosystems and generated business, technical, and financial architectures, growth & innovation strategies/plans, product requirements and customer validation, MVP & roadmaps, product-market fit, go-to-market plans, ecosystem insertion and sustainable market success plans. o Pioneering work with Private Equity firms to build private funded open fiber networks in the US. Target investments exceeded $1 Billion. Worked with: o Global tech vendors to implement early open access municipal broadband networks in U.S., including Ammon, ID. o Leading European open access fiber experts and investors to adapt models to the U.S. market. o Private equity and investment firms to create private funding models, value creation models risk profiles, etc. for open fiber, open access broadband and neutral last mile communication infrastructure. • Frequent published author and speaker.

Provide comprehensive broadband, fiber, and smart city consulting services to city governments, public utilities, and private companies across the U.S.A. Provide feasibility studies, market analysis, ISP strategy analysis, network architectures, business models, financial modeling and analysis, conceptual network designs, use case creation & prioritization, ISP public-private partner negotiation (3P), RFP creation/evaluation, etc. Developed a complete smart city and connectivity plan for a US City with long-term strategies, budgets, and implementation plans. Created open smart city architecture and end-to-end system supporting all use cases (~35). Interviewed city officials, community leaders, local ISPs, and tech ecosystem participants.

Led Cisco’s global Service Provider marketing for video, voice, mobile, cloud and connected home.- Won Chief Marketing Officer Award for Best "Big Bet" Marketing Program –- Won Lightreading.com Leading Lites(R) Award for Best Marketing Public Company • Led the integration of Scientific Atlanta and Arroyo into Cisco from a messaging, thought leadership and end-to-end network architecture perspective. Created a 1+1+1=5 end-to-end solution • Created and drove the solution marketing campaign which became Cisco’s primary messaging platform for all SP and subsequently all of Cisco Consumer. Campaign created a technical and marketing umbrella to drive CxO level conversations and align and drive technical roadmaps.• Developed and launched a long-term SP end-to-end video architecture vision and tactical evolution roadmap addressing requirements from executives, global SPs, subject matter experts, senior network architects, BU’s and global field teams. Program was lauded as a model for marketing/engineer collaboration.o Architecture encompassed evolving technology trends, industry value chains, business transformations and evolving content provider business models. • Created a comprehensive Network API strategy at multiple protocol layers. Formed the foundation of Cisco ONE. Drove meaningful executive communication, structured product roadmaps and developed effective and actionable competitive positioning. • Representative for Cisco to the MIT Communications Future Program and MIT MediaLab

Product Marketing & Sales SupportFocus on network service providers selling VPNs and network-based security services.

Product Marketing, PR, Market Initiatives, Trade organization managementFocus on selling switched interconnect solutions to developers of communication equipment and other embedded distributed computing applications such as mil/aero, blade servers and medical/industrial instrumentation.Recruited 28 companies as members of the StarFabric Trade Association.

Product Marketing and Product Management for Broadband Gateways and CPE.Worked closely with sales on opportunities in ILEC, MSO, IXC, ISPs and CLECs.

Technical marketing for ADSL lite, VoDSL, VDSL, SHDSLParticipation in T1E1.4, DSLForum, UAWG and ITU SG15 Q4

Product Manager for a skunk works DSLAM.

-Created from inception and managed a portfolio of broadband telecommunication product lines including ADSL, HFC and FTTC (VDSL) transceiver technologies which resulted in revenues in excess of $250M/Yr.- Cofounded the Broadband Forum, steering committee member and working group chair for the Internet Access WG.- Particiated in T1E1.4, 802.14