My career spans enterprise network engineering, infrastructure operations, solutions architecture, and technical advisory across a diverse range of industries and technology environments.

Recent Experience

Arista Networks

Mar 2025 – Present

Advisory Systems Engineer

Provide technical advisory to enterprise customers across network architecture, automation, platform adoption, and modernization initiatives.

  • Advise customers on data center, campus, routing, and automation strategies.
  • Identify technical gaps and expansion opportunities through discovery, solution validation, and proof-of-concept activities.
  • Develop Ansible automation and deliver technical workshops covering EOS, CloudVision, and Arista AVD (Architect, Validate, Deploy).

Presidio

May 2023 – Mar 2025

Senior Solutions Architect

Designed enterprise network and security infrastructure solutions across on-premises and cloud environments.

  • Led customer discovery, architectural reviews, and technical solution development.
  • Provided technical leadership across network modernization, security, software, and professional services engagements.

Insight Enterprises

Jul 2019 – Apr 2023

Architect, Network & Security Solutions

Led enterprise network architecture, pre- and post-sales solution design, and technical enablement for large multivendor environments.

  • Developed outcome-based network and security architectures, technical proposals, SOWs, and BOMs for Fortune 500 customers.
  • Led practice development, technical mentoring, and architectural validation using network modeling and simulation tools.
  • Developed NetDevOps automation for network discovery and repeatable infrastructure provisioning.

Earlier Career

Lowe's Companies

Jul 2018 – Jul 2019

Network Engineer III

Designed and automated enterprise data center networks supporting approximately 1,800 locations, including segmentation, infrastructure modernization, and automation frameworks targeting more than 20,000 network devices.

Duke Energy

Aug 2017 – Jul 2018

IT Architect

Defined technical strategy for nuclear network infrastructure, advised leadership on technology investments, and evaluated architecture through proof-of-concept studies.

IBM

May 2015 – Jul 2017

Client Technical Specialist (Senior Systems Engineer)

Provided pre-sales architecture, technical consulting, solution demonstrations, and proof-of-concept validation for enterprise storage and software-defined infrastructure.

Lowe's Companies

Nov 2012 – May 2015

Network Engineer II

Led network infrastructure initiatives across enterprise data centers, distribution facilities, and retail locations.

City of Norfolk

Dec 2006 – Sep 2012

Network Engineer III

Designed and supported network, security, server, and storage infrastructure for municipal government agencies.

Universal Health Services

Aug 2005 – Dec 2006

LAN/WAN Engineer

Managed network and systems infrastructure supporting a nationwide healthcare environment.

WVR Consulting

Mar 2004 – Aug 2005

Systems Engineer

Delivered network and server infrastructure solutions for small and midsize businesses.