SASE & AI Security · Enterprise Architecture · Professional Services

• ›Lead complex Prisma Access (SASE) implementations for Fortune 500 organizations across oil & gas, telecom, and global 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
• ›Building AI runtime security tooling in parallel — LLMGuardT2, Ghost99OC, and the AIRS framework — to validate the threat models behind the platform

Enterprise firewall policy · Network segmentation · PCI-DSS

• ›Enterprise firewall policy, network segmentation, and security infrastructure for one of the world's largest payment networks
• ›Operated in a highly regulated PCI-DSS environment with direct exposure to financial-grade security standards
• ›Secured global financial transaction infrastructure at enterprise scale

Telecom infrastructure · Channel partner relationships · Business development

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

MSP · Enterprise network architecture · Security hardening · VPN architecture

• ›Senior network security engineering at a dedicated MSP serving enterprise clients nationwide
• ›Enterprise network architecture, security hardening, firewall design, and VPN architecture
• ›Deepened the enterprise consulting skillset that feeds directly into current PAN work

Federal network security · Government infrastructure · Data center operations

• ›Federal contractor given a dedicated office — rare for a contractor at the agency
• ›Spent the majority of time in the data center; deep hands-on federal infrastructure work
• ›Led unplanned DC recovery after a visitor hit the emergency power shutoff — had the data center back online in under 30 minutes

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 nothing, no capital, no investors
• ›Web, security, and network consulting — clients included VCU Art School and regional ecommerce
• ›Grew to six-figure revenue; sold stake in 2008
• ›Ran network buildouts alongside web work — switches, firewalls, VPNs — the beginning of what became a career in enterprise infrastructure

Satellite communications · NOC support · Global installs

• ›Satellite communications NOC support — global satellite installs, direct continuation of Spacenet carrier work
• ›Flagged a suspicious support call where reported coordinates didn't match stated location — escalated to director; FBI and DOD on site by morning
• ›Laid off post-9/11 along with most of the industry

Satellite communications · Carrier infrastructure · Technical leadership

• ›Averaged 100+ support calls/week against a team average of 35 — every PM requested him by name
• ›Promoted to manager in 3 months — declined to stay technical; company created a senior title and gave the raise anyway
• ›Satellite communications engineering at one of the early satellite broadband pioneers

Y2K remediation · Federal government · Social Security Administration

• ›Part of the fly-and-fix team that executed Y2K remediation across the entire Social Security Administration
• ›Visited nearly every US state over two years — Thursday-to-Monday travel cadence at peak
• ›One of the largest coordinated government IT deployments in US history

Residential sales · Client relations · Business development

• ›Six-figure income in residential sales before the industry pulled him back into tech
• ›Three years of negotiation, client management, and closing — skills that quietly inform every enterprise engagement since
• ›The escape didn't last: local real estate firms discovered he knew networks, and pulled him back into tech