• Director, Network and Security Architect, PreSales Architect, Cloud Architect, Lead Network Engineer • Expert experience with Networking and Security Architecture, Design, Configuration, and CLI. • Highly experienced with multiple lines of IT including Cisco, HP, Dell, Palo, Fortigate, VmWare - routers, switches, firewalls, Software defined networking, private public and hybrid cloud architecture. • Over 10 years pre-sales experience as both Account Manager and Sales Engineer for Named Accounts. Proven track record of increasing pipeline, product sales, and resource utilization. • Firewall experience with Cisco ASA with FirePower Services, Fortigate, and Palo Alto with WildFire. • Switching Experience Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3850, 4500, 6500, Cisco Nexus 3K, 5K, 7K, 9K, and 2K FEX, 3rd Party switching including HP ProCurve, Siena, Dell, Sonicwall switches. • Strong experience in complex Datacenter environments with Dell M1000E, Cisco UCS, 10Gb-40Gb networking • Software Defined Networking (SDN) with Cisco ACI or Vmware NSX • Public, Private, and Hybrid cloud methodologies with Azure, vCloud Air, AWS. • VmWare VCP6, VCP-NV, experience with ESX ver 3.5-6.0, experience with VmWare NSX • Strong troubleshooting skills with Cisco, VmWare, Dell EqualLogic, SAN. Solid understanding of OSI model and Best practice troubleshooting processes and tools (IP Scan, Packet Analyzers, etc) • Thorough understanding and experience with network protocols, technologies, TCP/IP, routing protocols including RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, VRF, firmware procedures, scripting. • Very strong with Server 2008, Exchange, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, Active Directory • Fully proficient in Outlook/Visio/Office Suite. • Very strong customer skills, successful experience in sales and negotiations.