I provide consulting engineering services for programmable infrastructure, DevOps, IoT and SDN. My customers and collaborators include startups at IDEA London (http://www.idea-london.co.uk), Sparkl (http://sparkl.com), Situational (http://situationalcorp.com) and others. - Software Driven Networks (SDN), programmable infrastructure and DevOps strategy and development specialist. - Cloud, virtualisation, NFV. - Highly self-motivated, self-managing, results focused. - Leading globally distributed teams of senior technical architects across many industries, cultures and geographies. - Over 28 years of solution and systems engineering experience with leading fortune 100 companies and startups in telecommunications and finance. - Strategic planning, CTO and standards bodies. - Excellent communications skills in English, capable in Spanish. - Patents awarded in network management, identity, security and web technologies. My experience as the Senior DevNet lead for network infrastructure programming, DevOps and SDN developer enablement, and, before that, driving the adoption of OpenDaylight, NX-API, onePK, and other Cisco SDN technologies, has equipped me with a breadth and depth of knowledge and experience in this domain that few could equal. I have been involved in professional software development and technology strategy for over 28 years. My commercial background has been divided between finance and telecommunications. My financial experience includes stints at Salomon Bros., Merrill Lynch, IBJ, Nomura and JP Morgan where I have worked on both front and back office systems as well as corporate infrastructure and strategic architecture. In the telecommunications field I have worked for BT in the UK, for Telkom in South Africa on telematics systems and SAIX, for AUCS in Amsterdam on content management and hosting solutions and currently for Cisco in a variety of security, service and network management related positions. Expertise: - Software Driven Networks (SDN), programmable infrastructure and DevOps strategy and development specialist. - Cloud, virtualisation, NFV. - Highly self-motivated, self-managing, results focused. - Leading globally distributed teams of senior technical architects across many industries, cultures and geographies. - Over 28 years of solution and systems engineering experience with leading fortune 100 companies and startups in telecommunications and finance. - Strategic planning, CTO and standards bodies. - Excellent communications skills in English, capable in Spanish. - Patents awarded in network management, identity, security and web technologies.