Professional Timeline
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28 Years of experience in telecommunications product design, cloud design and virtualization initiatives.
Directly responsible for products deployed worldwide providing service to millions of carrier customers.
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Oct 2017 - Present
SVP Technology and Strategy
Ribbon Communications
Responsible for a geo-distributed multi-site, multi-cloud OpenStack NFV infrastructure, SDN, Cloud architecture including Micro Services, ETSI MANO and VNF Management cloud automation products, and Big Data Analytics solutions.
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May 2016 - Oct 2017
CTO
GENBAND
Chief Technology Officer with responsibility across all core products for architecture, technology planning, customer facing and market facing communications, and incubation of new technologies and advanced development programs.
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Aug 2013 - May 2016
Vice President, Technology and Strategy
GENBAND
Promoted to Vice President in August 2013. Responsiblities included all core product technology and forward-looking strategy.
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Jan 2011 - Aug 2013
Chief Technologist, Sr. Dir., Multimedia BU
Sr. Director, Office of the CTO
GENBAND
Senior Director working in the CTO office on various next generation initiatives, promoted to Chief Techologist for the Multimedia BU specializing in Session Border Controller and Virtualization initiatives.
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Jun 2001 - Jan 2011
Chief Architect, Office of the CTO
Principal Architect, Office of the CTO
Hardware Architect
Cedar Point Communications
Startup, joined pre-series A. Responsible for the architecture and implementation of a class-5 end office switch for the cable market. Over 12 million residential homes on the system. Promoted to Principal and then Chief Architect where I oversaw all forward looking technology initiatives.
Successfully sold to GENBAND in December 2010.
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Nov 1998 - Jun 2001
Architect
Senior Principal Engineer
Cisco
The beginning of my Architecture career and transition from Hardware Engineering across multiple programs.
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Feb 1990 - Nov 1998
Project Lead and Architect
Principal Hardware Engineer
Senior Hardware Engineer
Hardware Engineer
Associate Engineer
Summa Four, Inc.
Extensive Hardware Engineering practiced over a eight year employment span. Promoted four times.
Successfully sold to Cisco in November 1998.
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Electrical Engineering
Contract, Full-Time
Northeast US, no relocation