Leadership
- Experienced in leadership of large organizations and organizational design
- Senior Director of organizations as large as 45-person with multiple levels of management
- Scope of responsibility includes $22B+ Cisco enterprise product suite
- People-oriented leader–mentor and develop talent
- Cisco Distinguished Technical Marketing Engineer promotion committee member
- Built and led Cisco Principal TME promotion process/committee for NX Team
Conferences and Presentations
(* indicates Cisco Live Distinguished Speaker Award)
Cisco Live US 2024
CENOPS-1011: Unlock Your AI-Enabled Campus Transformation
With Prab Singh
Cisco Live 2022
BRKCRT-1385: The CCIE in an SDN World
Cisco Live 2021
N.B.: CLUS 2020 is virtual because of COVID-19. No Distinguished Speaker awards will be given due to the format change.
BRKENS-2599: Building for the Campus of the Future
(with Muhammad Imam, Bipin Kapoor)
Cisco Live US 2020
N.B.: CLUS 2020 is virtual because of COVID-19. No Distinguished Speaker awards will be given due to the format change.
DLBTEC-51: SD-Access: Why is my Salsa so Tasty?
DGTL-BRKCRT-3075: The CCIE in an SDN World
DGTL-BRKPRG-2451: Scripting IOS XE Beyond the Basics
Cisco Live Europe 2020
BRKPRG-2451: Scripting IOS XE Beyond the Basics*
Cisco Live US 2019
BRKCRT-3075: The CCIE in an SDN World*
BRKPRG-2451: Scripting the Catalyst Beyond the Basics
Cisco Live Europe 2019
BRKCRT-2346: The CCIE in an SDN World*
BRKRST-2672: Scripting the Catalyst Beyond the Basics*
Cisco Live Australia 2019
BRKCRT-3075: The CCIE in an SDN World
BRKPRG-2451: Scripting the Catalyst Beyond the Basics
DeveloperWeek, Santa Clara, February 2019
A New Breed of IT Pro: The Hybrid Engineer
Cisco Live US 2018
BRKPRG-2451: Scripting the Catalyst Beyond the Basics
LTRCRS-2450: IOS XE Programmability and Automation for Network Engineers
Lab. With Fabrizio Maccioni and Krishna Kotha.
Cisco Live Europe 2018
BRKPRG-2451: Scripting the Catalyst Beyond the Basics*
BRKSDN-2666: IOS XE Architecture and Programmability
Cisco Live US 2017
BRKPRG-2451: Scripting the Catalyst Beyond the Basics*
LTRCRS-2450: Campus Fabric Programmability Lab
Lab. With Fabrizio Maccioni.
DEVNET-2589: Solving Problems with Application Hosting
Devnet workshop. Lecture with hands-on lab.
Cisco Live Europe 2017
BRKPRG-2451: Scripting the Catalyst Beyond the Basics
LTRCRS-2010: Campus Fabric Programmability Lab
Lab. With Sai Zeya.
LABCRS-2222: Campus Fabric Programmability Walk-in Self-Paced Lab
Cisco Live US 2016
BRKNMS-2002: Monitoring, Managing and Automating Nexus LAN Infrastructure With DCNM 10
Cisco Live Europe 2016
DEVNET-1077: Automating with NX-OS: Let’s Get Started
Enterprise Sales Engineer Virtual Team
SEVT is a twice-yearly gathering of our sales engineers. Presentations at the SEVT main tent usually include 500-600 in-person SEs, along with hundreds more attending virtually.
AI Trust Analytics, November 2021
SD-Access, Campus of the Future, April 2019
Programmability Use Cases, October 2017
Publications
Books:
IOS XE Programmability
June, 2018
Blogs/Articles:
Identify and secure your network with Endpoint Analytics
Cisco Blogs, September 2021
Cisco DNAC Rogue Detection and aWIPS
Cisco Blogs, June 2021
SD-Access is a New Approach to Old Problems
Cisco Communities, June 2020
Cited in Network World
Are new Cisco certs too much? October 2019
Programming the Network: It’s a Whole New World!
InfoWorld Magazine, 2017
The New Network – It’s for Developers!
Cisco DevNet Blogs, 2017
Certification Development
Question Author
CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure Lab Exam
Subject Matter Expert/Question Writer
CCIE Evolving Technologies (CCIE Written Exam)
Blueprint Contributor
CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure
Subject Matter Expert/Question Writer
Juniper Networks JNCIS-Service Provider
Webinars and Video
Interview with a Sr. Leader at Cisco!, Art of Network Engineering Episode 96
November 2022
CCIE Webinar Series Inaugural Speaker
January, 2023
Host, Coffee with TMEs Video Series
Episodes: Here, here, here
The CCIE is Dead in an SDN World! Right?
YouTube interview with David Bombal
June, 2019
Want a Job at Cisco? Resume and Interview Tips!
YouTube interview with David Bombal
June, 2019
Catalyst Programmability
TechWise TV with Robb Boyd
October, 2018
IOS XE Programmability
CCIE Evolving Technologies Webinar
June, 2018
Application Hosting on Catalyst 9000 Switches
Networking Field Day
June, 2017
Catalyst Programmability Webinar
with Fabrizio Maccioni, Gino Suri, Saqib Ali
April, 2017
Cisco Nexus Configuration Management with Puppet
Networking Field Day
Jan, 2016
Awards
Cisco Live Hall of Fame Distinguished Speaker (2020)
Certifications
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) #14023
Routing/Switching, Security (re-certified)
Formerly JNCIE-Service Provider #2332 (expired)
Education
Master of Science, Telecommunications Management, with honors. Emphasis in data communications.
Golden Gate University, San Francisco.
Bachelor of Arts, Government.
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs New York