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On Sabbatical

Build an efficient, affordable data center network using open networking software that runs on Linux using web-scale principles.

14 years of Network System Test experience 14 years of Direct Network Customer Technical Support including: - 4.5 years designing and leading large scale network testing projects of Enterprise technologies for large Enterprise customers, focused on high reliability of their networks. - 6 years designing and leading large scale network testing projects of Internet technologies for large Service Provider customers - 6 years direct network admin and network support for a large pharmaceutical company - 5 years direct customer Technical support, including 1.5 years directly supporting networks of top tier US Internet Service providers - 1 year improving efficiency, productivity and effectiveness of system testing organization, including training of an offshore team in Bangalore - 1 year project management and product marketing research in SmartGrid technologies. Specialties: CCIE #2049 in Routing and Switching Cisco Hardware Expertise: Cat 6500, GSR, 7200, WAE/WAVE, Nexus Networking Technologies: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, MPLS-VPN, L2 Switching, WAAS, IPSec VPNs,