Muhammad Afzal is a lead engineering architect in Cisco UCS product management and datacenter/cloud solutions engineering. He is currently responsible for designing, developing, and producing validated architectures for cloud, big data and AI/ML while working collaboratively with solution partners. Previously, Afzal had been a lead architect for various cloud and datacenter solutions in Solutions Development Unit at Cisco. Prior to this, Afzal has been a solutions architect in Cisco’s Advanced Services group, where he worked closely with Cisco's large enterprise and service provider customers delivering datacenter and cloud solutions. Afzal holds an MBA in Finance and a BS in Computer Engineering.