Bio

• Currently working as a Chief Architect for the CTO Office at Red Hat, focused on AI/ML and Customer-led Open Innovation projects to drive new advances in open source technology. Previously responsible for AI/ML business development and technical strategy for the Intelligent Edge group in the TME and Industries organization. Started Red Hat's AI Networks initiative in 2017, to advance the use of AI and machine learning in mobile network and Edge infrastructure. • Founder and chair of the Enterprise Neurosystem AI/ML open source community. The focus is the creation of large scale AI infrastructure frameworks and integration fabrics. The underlying development objective is a single AI infrastructure that can be used to manage global climate change, and other areas of social good. Members include Red Hat, Equinix, IBM Research, Intel, Stanford SLAC, Harvard Analytics, Meta, Reliance Jio, Verizon, Kove, Fiducia AI, Yahoo! and others. • While at VMware, composed the initial corporate strategy for the virtualization and cloud transformation of multiple new verticals. As part of this effort, our team targeted the mobile network sector, and initiated a multi-year R&D effort in concert with technology partners and Tier 1 operators. This led to the NFV (Network Functions Virtualization) technology revolution, disrupted a decades-long networking industry paradigm, started the VMware Telco business unit, and delivered billions of dollars in revenue to VMware and their partners. • Co-founded a start-up that provided cloud-based universal remotes for home electronics via the iPhone (sold the company/IP). • Led the first effort to design and implement security architectures and related best practices across the Affirmed Networks product portfolio. • Board member and advisor to Fiducia AI. • Member of the O-RAN next Generation Research Group (nGRG), working on emerging 6G technologies and related AI use cases. • Former member of the ETSI ENI (AI) standards group, defining the use of AI in mobile networks. • Multiple executive of the year awards - VMware, ATG (Oracle), Cast Iron Systems (IBM), and team award for Red Hat’s “Telco Deal of the Year - Verizon'' (2019). • Guest speaker at Stanford University on innovation and open development frameworks, and UC Berkeley’s Data-X program (Applied Data Science with Venture Applications). Delivered presentations at MLconf 2021, NVIDIA GTC and Red Hat Next! on AI/ML technology futures.