Leadership & Technical Dossier

I've spent 25+ years progressing from foundational infrastructure engineering to leading production engineering organizations at enterprise scale. My early work in healthcare IT systems (building resilient, always-on infrastructure) evolved into distributed systems expertise at F5 Networks, where I led services engineering teams scaling global DDoS protection and cloud security services. This progression shaped my deep conviction that infrastructure reliability is a business multiplier; the difference between 99% and 99.99% uptime translates directly to customer trust and revenue impact.

Currently at Collibra, I lead engineering teams ensuring data intelligence software services scale reliably and securely across global deployments. My focus is translating complex reliability challenges into pragmatic solutions: mentoring engineers & managers, scaling early on AI technologies, designing deployment strategies that eliminate human error, and building observability that surfaces problems before customers see them.

I hold a degree from Northeastern State University. Early career, I earned VMware Certified Professional credentials in data center virtualization—a technical foundation that shaped my infrastructure philosophy. More importantly, I've learned that technical excellence without intentional culture-building produces isolated high performers, not high-performing teams. My work now centers on unlocking engineering teams' full potential through psychological safety, clear technical decision-making frameworks, and relentless focus on shipping.