Jun 2007 – Jan 2012 · 4 yrs 7 mos

• Grew BU from beginnings to 200+ million in topline (and growing), very strong operating margins & flagship of company’s mobile, application security, and software business
• Led core secure access products to highest market share & revenue in industry – ranked #1 WW, and as undisputed market leader by all analysts
• Re-shaped industry by driving Juniper from non-existent in mobile & smartphone/tablet security market and BYOD solutions to a market leader in 18 months – including some of largest mobile deals in industry history
• Built and led ~300 person strong team over 4 geographic locations including product management, software and hardware engineering, operations, business development, sales overlays, and product and technical marketing

Dec 2005 – Jun 2007 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Built world class marketing team, mentored new product managers into future VPs & Directors in industry, and evangelized and led transformation of Juniper products into Layer 7/application area

Aug 2004 – Dec 2005 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Created 1st high speed integrated Firewall/VPN & IPS in industry, enabling Juniper to be ranked #1 worldwide in high-end security category

Oct 2003 – Aug 2004 · 10 mos

• Brought in to lead the executive team in understanding how to be a player in the network security business – devised the winning strategy including holistic business plan, product specification, organic & M&A options to get there, and the direction engineering, sales and marketing must take
• Even though McAfee didn't go after market, this was shown in future years to be the industry winning blueprint & foreshadowed the next-generation data center and branch networking security products that would lead the industry

Dec 1999 – Oct 2003 · 3 yrs 10 mos

• Drove company from “idea in a room” to leader & innovator in enterprise data protection & privacy solutions – “father” & inventor of the DataSecure product that today powers the secure transactions of some of the largest online retailers & financial institutions
• Spearheaded & guided the successful re-invention of the company into an application & database security player from a pure networking player – the key strategic shift that enabled the company to close strategic OEM deals and eventually be acquired
• Played diverse set of leadership roles as built company – from founding engineer & key player in venture funding, to the visionary & architect of the company’s key products, to number one salesperson in biggest accounts, to driver of alliance & channel partners, to head of product management
• Awarded the company’s highest award (Golden Key)

Jan 1999 – Jan 1999 · 0 mo

• Designed one of the first truly secure software and hardware based e-commerce systems in the industry

Jan 1998 – Dec 1998 · 11 mos

• Designed ASICs for wireless industry - recognized with multiple awards from leading Canadian high-tech companies (Canadian Microelectronics Corp, Com Dev Corp)

Sep 1996 – Aug 1997 · 11 mos

• Telecom firmware for TDM and high-speed ATM switching chips

May 1995 – Apr 1996 · 11 mos

• Part of Internet Explorer (IE) team – invented & patented 1st uses of hypertext display animation
• Leader in tools to enable the physically disabled - part of team that created Office 95