Professional Journey

My professional career began working alongside Network Architects to Audit and develop a network overhaul plan in order to help address gaps in design, engineering and performance for a regional carrier. The role was mainly audit-based, involving piece auditing various components of the system, such as Switching (Backbone), Overall Transport and Routing, Customer Edge design, Capacity and Throughput. This was performed with the intention to enable a greater Quality of Experience across a growing consumer base. 

I, thereafter, transitioned into an Implementation Engineer role, with a mid-scale Managed Services Provider, acting as point of translating design into engineering deliverables. While with the same organization, I developed into a Service Delivery role with an end-to-end focus, starting with Pre-Sales and through Architecture, Design, Engineering, whilst being a point of escalation for operational issues that prolonged into Day - 2 for the tenure of the contracts.

Thereafter donning a Senior Network Engineer hat, with a specialization in Unified Communications and Collaboration Systems, helping with long term strategy, execution of key value and critical projects for a multi billion dollar enterprise spread in 45 different countries. I primarily work in serving the consumer space within the U.S.A region while retaining membership of global (org-wide) groups. 

Finally, I am currently working on the business side of the operations helping  improve enterprise IT OAM frameworks and assisting with the development of technology transformation initiatives. Including but not limited to Generative AI and Applied ML Infrastructure Telemetry and hybrid enterprise systems.

Academia

My academic journey in the world of Information Technology dates back to 2008. While pursuing my Bachelor's, I undertook CCNA, followed by CCIP to supplement my organic education. Upon obtaining my Bachelor's, in 2012, I pursued my Master's, with SUNY POLY (Utica/Rome), Majoring in Telecommunications within the department of Computer Science. My major focus areas (across B.E. and M.S) were Cryptography, SIP, VoIP, Telecommunication Networks, Data Networks, Microwave, Satellite and RF Communications, Data analysis and Decision Science with secondary and tertiary focus(es) that encompassed, Applied Numerical Methods for Statistics and Analytics, Programming, Data Structures, and Spread Spectrum Technologies. 

My Bachelor's project was an exploration of 3G - 4G Network design and coverage capabilities with improved topological design for long haul telecom networks. While my Master's Project/Thesis (unpublished) were A) Decorating a course curriculum for Undergraduate Data Network Lab and, B) Exploring the world of threats with the world of SIP based VOIP Telephony Implementations.

In addition to coursework, I was involved both as a Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant over time, conducting Seminars/Webinars and designing labs to be added to the course curriculum for undergraduate classes. 

Other Miscellany Education/Training/Certifications