My journey began as a network engineer, teaching Cisco certification courses at the university level while still an undergraduate. Shortly after earning my Master's degree, I had the opportunity to work in datacenter networking, a field where I’ve spent the better part of the last 15 years. During this time, I witnessed the transformation from traditional, CLI-driven device configurations to next-generation networks featuring centralized orchestration and tight integration with server-side hypervisors.

Over the years, I’ve held a variety of roles including network engineer, instructor, SDN automation developer, customer-facing consultant, network architect, and since networking is today going hand in hand with automations and orchestration, I have slowly transitioned into automation development where I at the end reached a leading role for a team of developers and took a hat of Product Owner within Agile development methodologies.

Although datacenter and cloud networking remain my primary focus, I’ve always stayed true to my inner tinkerer. I strive to maintain a broad technical skill set, exploring areas such as Linux, virtualization, various programming languages, and more recently, the basics of computer vision, electronics, data visualization, and deep learning. Many times throughout my career, this interdisciplinary knowledge has proven essential in delivering successful projects.

In addition to my technical background, I’ve worked in customer-facing and leadership roles and have also done part-time consulting. I’m confident in presenting technical work clearly and professionally and take pride in maintaining strong, formal working relationships.