SASE & AI Security · Enterprise Architecture · Professional Services

• ›Lead complex Prisma Access and SASE deployments for Fortune 500 clients across gas & oil, telecom, and financial services
• ›Architect Zero Trust network security for high-stakes enterprise environments — critical infrastructure, carrier-grade, global finance
• ›PCNSE certified with deep expertise in PAN-OS, GlobalProtect, SD-WAN, and Prisma Access
• ›Pursuing AIRS Specialist designation — building production AI security tooling to validate the threat models behind the platform

Enterprise network security · Financial infrastructure

• ›Secured global financial transaction infrastructure at enterprise scale
• ›Network segmentation, access control, and perimeter security for one of the world's largest payment networks
• ›Operated in a compliance-first environment with direct exposure to financial-grade security standards

Telecom infrastructure · Channel sales · Partner development

• ›Channel sales and partner development at a regional telecom provider
• ›Leveraged deep network engineering background to bridge technical and commercial conversations

Managed security services · Network infrastructure · Enterprise clients

• ›Senior network security engineering at a dedicated MSP — longest tenure in the gap years
• ›Security hardening, network design, and infrastructure builds across enterprise clients
• ›Deepened the enterprise consulting skillset that feeds directly into current PAN work

Federal network security · Government infrastructure · Compliance

• ›Senior network security engineering within a federal regulatory agency
• ›Security-conscious, compliance-driven infrastructure with federal-grade requirements

ISP / CLEC operations · Carrier networking · Network engineering

• ›Carrier-grade networking at a regional CLEC — where enterprise networking fundamentals got built
• ›Earned CCNA certification during this role

Web development · Security consulting · Network infrastructure

• ›Founded after the 2001 tech bubble collapse — built from scratch, no capital, no investors
• ›Full-stack shop: web design, graphic design, security hardening, and network infrastructure — clients included VCU Art School, Carytown retail, and ecommerce
• ›Grew to $125k/yr; sold stake 2008
• ›Ran network buildouts alongside web work — switches, firewalls, VPNs — the beginning of what became a career in enterprise infrastructure

Satellite networking · Carrier infrastructure

• ›Network engineering at a pioneer satellite broadband provider during the early internet build-out
• ›Carrier-grade infrastructure — the beginning of a career built on moving traffic at scale

Y2K remediation · Federal government · Social Security Administration

• ›Part of the Unisys team that executed the Y2K fix rollout across the entire Social Security Administration
• ›Fly-and-fix field deployment — visited nearly every state in the US over two years
• ›One of the largest coordinated government IT rollouts in US history; Thursday-to-Monday travel cadence at peak

Residential sales · Client relations · Business development

• ›Started at 22 specifically to get away from computers — made $10k/month within the first year
• ›The escape didn't last: local real estate firms discovered I knew networks, kept their offices running, and pulled me back into tech
• ›Three years of sales, negotiation, and client management — skills that quietly inform every enterprise engagement since