Self-motivated professional with a successful 25+ years track record of technology, network, security and software architecture, product management, engineering, and professional services in the networking and security industry. Passionate about bringing disruptive and/or foundational technologies to products and solutions that solve real customer problems. Helped to create a service router product that opened a new market segment and became a multi-billion dollar business.

Broad and in-depth knowledge of networking, security, modern distributed scale-out software architecture and frameworks, big data analytics using Hadoop, Spark, SQL/NO-SQL databases, machine learning, graph computing, and real-time streaming processing. Rock-solid knowledge and hands-on experience on networking protocols, data science and software programming in the areas of both imperative (C/C++, Go, Python) and functional programming (Haskell, Scala, R). Certified data scientist.

Demonstrated ability to quickly grasp and evaluate new ideas and technologies and apply them to appropriate business problems to yield pragmatic innovations.

Flexible and versatile – able to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. Poised and competent with demonstrated ability to exceed expectations. Thrive in deadline-driven environments.

Passionate team leader with many years of experience in successfully building and leading architect and product teams.