Jul 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Denver, Colorado, United States

Apr 2020 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos · Denver, Colorado, United States

• Doing mantis things

Feb 2018 – Feb 2020 · 2 yrs

Jan 2017 – Feb 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Being able to interact with different people on a daily basis and the constant "switching" of gears means there is never a dull moment. There is always an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.

Oct 2013 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

• I assisted with everything from acquiring network services and data center capacity to developing a solution for shoving 1.5M points of data into a database every N seconds for network monitoring. I uprooted myself from the San Francisco Bay Area to Dallas to have a better opportunity of working more closely with my colleagues.

Jan 2011 – May 2013 · 2 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• As an early employee at a startup company it's not uncommon (and is probably expected of you) to wear many hats and do whatever it takes to make the company succeed. This is vary apparent in an operations based role where you wear the Project Manager hat. The Network Engineer hat. The Systems hat and a whole heap of other hats you may have not known existed. Cloudflare was no exception and I'm happy and proud to say that I played a key role in laying the network foundation for what Cloudflare has become today. I handled every aspect of network engineering that you can think of; Business justification of capital and operational expenses, negotiation and acquisition of hardware, datacenter, and network services. Oh, and let's not forget the actual engineering of the architectures and 24/7 monitoring and maintaining of that. The buck stops with you. There is no higher escalation point and your colleagues are relying on you to make good solid decisions to protect the company and their livelihoods. I had a great time working at Cloudflare and I'm quite happy to see that they are so successful and I no longer need to explain to most industry veterans exactly what it is they do.

Jul 2009 – Jun 2010 · 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Nothing extremely interesting to report here. Handled your typical corporate/IT network infrastructure as the CDN portion of the business was 100% outsourced leaving me with no ability to utilize and apply my background with Peering and CDN operations.

Feb 2009 – Jul 2009 · 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• One of my most difficult positions I've ever had. Working for a company with a head office in Israel made for a really interesting dynamic between the US team which was comprised of 2 - 3 individuals and the Israel team. Ultimately I wasn't able to really stretch out my wings and do what I excelled at and felt the desire to move onto a larger, more established company. But again, to echo every other startup I've worked at, wore the full gamut of hats required to build and maintain a 24/7 network.

Jan 2007 – Feb 2009 · 2 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

• As employee #1 your involvement with the company is quite intense. I handled everything from the network side of the house. Network hardware acquisition, architecture, installation, 24/7 maintenance/monitoring of network infrastructure. I learned a lot with my time at BitGravity about people and business and why I received a check for $70 after the acquisition of the company by Tata Communications.

Apr 2006 – Jan 2007 · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Title says it all. Helped run peering for Google and assisted with other team infrastructure projects. At the time, the peering team consisted of two individuals (myself included) and I consider it a true honor to have that responsibility provided to me at such an early point in my career. I enjoyed every moment of working with an incredibly gifted group of people who each had their own unique perspective to bring to the table.

Aug 2005 – Apr 2006 · 8 mos

• Performed a variety of work at Prolexic. Some system administration, customer support, network engineering and peering. Also assisted as needed sales with technical needs.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2014 · 10 yrs

• Part of the original PeeringDB admin team. Researched and approved new peering networks, Internet Exchanges, and colocation facilities.

Mar 2001 – Jul 2005 · 4 yrs 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Performed a variety of work at Rackspace. System Administration, Datacenter Operations, and Security and Network Engineering. Worked for Rackspace in San Antonio, Texas and London, UK.