Solution-Oriented Business and Technology Architect. Expert in Identifying Challenges and Driving Effective Resolutions
Nashville, TN
Completed Projects
Client Rating
Years Experiece
Current Position
Feb 2021 - Current
Director, Networking Architecture
Verinext
Apr 2023 - Current
Vice President
Vine Christian Academy
Technical Skills
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud
HTML & CSS
JavaScript
Python
Current Position
Feb 2021 - Current
Director, Networking Architecture
Verinext
Apr 2023 - Current
Vice President
Vine Christian Academy
Previous Work Experiences
Oct 2017 - Feb 2021
Principal Architect
BEDROC
- Create and optimize service offerings, includes sales enablement, best practice configuration runbooks, methods to calculate time and profitability, and demo environments.
- Serve as Lead Architect from presales to delivery and continue to optimize for easier deployments. Projects include multi-year, large-scale healthcare M&A projects.
- Developed and delivered multiple instructor-led hands-on cloud and collaboration training courses to upskill the Engineering team.
- Managed a team of over 15 engineers, created growth plans for technology and soft skills, and served as a mentor for overall career progression.
- Built the Bedroc Engineering lab that allowed engineers to test and build customer environments to improve professional service outcomes drastically. Lab included multi-vendor solutions from Collaboration, Enterprise Networking, Security, Data Center, and Cloud technologies.
2014 - 2017
Founder
Alto Cloud Solutions
- Managed a company specialized in providing small and mid-size businesses with cloud services.
- Developed and implemented business and sales strategies to extend customer base and ensure higher revenues.
- Conducted negotiations and meetings with customers and business partners to explain the benefits of cloud services.
- Managed a team with 60 years of combined experience in IT sales, service, and support.
- Conducted market research and improved business development strategies and services according to their results.
Apr 2015 - Oct 2017
Systems Engineer
Cisco
- Conduct sales briefings for account executives and sales engineers, and define use cases to help drive overall growth for the region.
- Partner with Account Executives in a pre-sales technical role, showcasing Cisco's product solutions; consult, influence and design solutions to meet customers’ business requirements.
- Keep up-to-date on relevant competitive solutions, products and services; assist with the development of formal sales plans and proposals for assigned opportunities.
Jan 2014 - Mar 2015
Network & Collaboration Engineer
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics
- Translate business needs into technology specifications and play a key role in the implementation of end-to-end network and UC technologies.
- Create detailed technical documentation and diagrams including Unified Communications Deployment templates and best practices guidelines.
- Optimize Cisco Unified Communications Manager dial plan with globalization and localization.
Certification
- Amazon Web Services
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
- AWS Certified Developer - Associate
- Cisco
- CCIE #46879 - Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Collaboration
- Certified Meraki Network Associate
- Cisco Certified Network Professional - Routing & Switching
- Cisco Certified Network Associate - Wireless
- Fortinet
- Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist - OT Security
- Fortinet Certified Solution Specialist - Network Security
Professional Skills
Cloud Platforms
Code Skills
Latest Work
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Latest Blogs
Creating a Scholarship Program: My Journey at Vine Christian Academy
Explore the challenges and triumphs of establishing Vine Christian Academy’s scholarship program in my latest blog. Delve into our journey of innovation, community engagement, and the transformative power of education.
Career Path Planning
Experience is a funny thing when you’re trying to land an entry-level IT job. Most people separate experience and certification but I like to keep them together.
How to get a Tech Job with No Experience
How do I get experience if no one will hire me? I secretly hate and love this question and my answer is…use the Google! There is SO much information on the internet that is free.
Do I need a College Degree to work in Tech?
I spend some of my free time mentoring people that want to get into the tech industry and this is the number one question for everyone. Do I need a college degree to work in the tech industry?
How I passed all three AWS Associate certifications in 10 days
To start the only AWS experience I have is some limited exploration before I purchased training material. Through Udemy (now aCloud.Guru) last year I watched the AWS Certified Solutions Architect (CSA) course and tried to multitask while studying.
Audio Conferencing Using Tropo
Another thing I really like about Tropo is that it’s absolutely free for developers! Anyone can create an account at Tropo and immediately start testing your ideas.