Deliver enterprise infrastructure modernization initiatives across core, data center, and identity platforms.

• Lead Cisco Catalyst and Nexus core and IDF refresh programs across enterprise environments

• Deploy and modernize Cisco UCS and VMware infrastructure platforms

• Partner with sales and pre-sales teams to validate Statements of Work, scope alignment, and delivery risk exposure

• Drive configuration standardization and automation using Catalyst Center

• Designed and built internal operational tooling (React.js + Firebase) to improve workflow visibility and execution consistency

Owned delivery execution and financial performance across a large, concurrent services portfolio.

• Led 18–22 engineers and project managers delivering ~160 active projects

• Held financial accountability for forecasting, margin protection, and resource allocation

• Designed and executed high-risk customer recovery (“get-well”) plans to stabilize engagements and protect revenue

• Served as senior escalation authority across technical and commercial disputes

• Partnered with sales leadership to validate SOW scope, profitability, and delivery risk alignment

• Implemented standardized deployment frameworks to increase predictability and reduce execution variance

• Drove training, certification, and readiness initiatives to maintain quality at scale

Balanced hands-on architecture leadership with commercial validation and team mentorship.

• Designed enterprise and data center architectures across multi-technology environments

• Reviewed SOWs and BOMs to validate scope and profitability

• Mentored engineers L1–L4 through delivery and lab-based validation

• Led projects from design through handover

Led enterprise network architecture and large-scale operational support for a major retail organization.

• Designed and supported infrastructure spanning 400+ retail stores, 6 distribution centers, and 2,500+ devices

• Built and maintained redundant data center architectures using Cisco Nexus 7K/5K/2K (FabricPath, FCoE)

• Led enterprise wireless migration of 1,500+ access points to Cisco FlexConnect

• Standardized IOS upgrades and developed automation tooling using Perl, PHP, SNMP, and MySQL

Notable Achievement:

Designed and developed a custom CMDB and configuration automation platform that became the organization’s primary source of truth — reducing configuration drift and accelerating deployment cycles.

Supported and maintained enterprise infrastructure operations across regional environments.

• Provided senior technical guidance across networking, servers, storage, and monitoring

• Managed NetApp storage and Brocade Fibre Channel environments

• Owned backup, restore, and operational readiness strategy

• Authored infrastructure standards and technical documentation

• Served on Microsoft and Cisco technical review boards