Global Engineering Executive · Los Angeles, CA
Technology executive with 25+ years leading enterprise-scale cloud, AI, and platform transformations across Fortune 500 environments. Led a global engineering organization of up to 50 engineers through 5 engineering managers across NA, EMEA, and APAC; directed a $40M+ infrastructure budget; delivered platforms operating at 1B+ sessions per month with 99.9%+ availability. Trusted advisor to C-suite leadership on technology strategy, AI adoption, and multi-year roadmaps.
Leadership Profile
A combination of organizational leadership and hands-on technical command that most enterprises must otherwise hire separately.
Directs organizations, budgets, and multi-year strategy while maintaining current, hands-on command of cloud-native architecture and AI/LLM systems.
A sustained record of compliant delivery across PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, SOX, FedRAMP, and NIST 800-53 in production environments serving Fortune 500 customers.
Retained at Senior Director scope through Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance; retained 90% of senior staff through the first three years of integration while sustaining delivery.
Author of the Autonomy Boundary Framework — open-source runtime controls for auditable agent autonomy, referenced by security practitioners in banking and AI infrastructure.
Core Capabilities
Each capability is documented as a full case study on the Case Studies page.
Building, scaling, and developing global engineering organizations — including the management layer within them. Led a multi-function organization spanning cloud engineering, application delivery, SRE, data engineering, QA, solution architecture, and DevOps.
Modernizing production platforms from legacy machine learning to LLM-driven, agent-ready architecture, with the governance required for regulated environments. Defined and executed the AI modernization roadmap with product leadership.
Enterprise-wide modernization of legacy systems into cloud-native microservices, executed for customers with strict continuity requirements. Multi-cloud strategy across Azure and AWS with disciplined build-versus-buy governance.
Security embedded as an engineering discipline across the development lifecycle. Enterprise DevSecOps, secure SDLC, and shift-left tooling deployed across globally distributed teams under audit-grade compliance regimes.
Professional Experience
Twenty-five years across real-time voice, cloud, and AI infrastructure — consistently in regulated, high-availability environments.
Microsoft (via Nuance acquisition) · ~50 engineers · 5 EMs · $40M+ budget · NA / EMEA / APAC
Retained at Senior Director scope through Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance; led the organization through integration — retaining 90% of senior staff through the first three years — while sustaining delivery for Fortune 500 customers.
Led the AI transformation of the voice platform (1B+ sessions per month, $250M+ revenue scale) from legacy RNN models to LLM-driven real-time inference at <100ms latency. Accelerated model experimentation from multi-quarter cycles to two-week releases; established AI governance and secure engineering practices across globally distributed teams.
Nuance Communications · Promoted through five roles, Sr Solution Architect → Senior Director
Built and led an engineering organization of up to 50 engineers through 5 engineering managers. Led a multi-function organization — cloud engineering, application delivery, SRE, data engineering, QA, solution architecture, and DevOps — including enterprise analytics: modernized data pipelines, Databricks, and Tableau/BI for regulated customers.
Led large-scale modernization of monolithic systems into microservices, migrating 10,000+ nodes across global Azure regions in nine months. Directed the $40M+ infrastructure and vendor budget; reduced infrastructure costs approximately 40% ($96M+ annual). Chaired Architecture Review Boards; delivered SaaS platforms to Fortune 500 clients under PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, SOX, and NIST.
Cisco / Transera · Sunnyvale, CA
Architected global voice and data platforms for enterprise CCaaS and UCaaS, deploying distributed systems across international points of presence on a backbone carrying 200,000+ concurrent sessions. Designed secure, high-availability infrastructure for Fortune 500 enterprise clients; platform stabilization work elevated the entire baseline to federal standard.
UnityCX / Collective Solutions · Los Angeles, CA
Directed engineering and operations for 10,000+ seat contact-center platforms, leading global teams across the US and international regions. Achieved full compliance across security and regulatory programs, including multiple PCI-DSS audits; improved operational efficiency by 30%.
Pars Online
Joined at company inception, prior to product or additional staff. Architected the AAA/RADIUS authentication infrastructure and built the surrounding platform to serve thousands of subscribers.
Organizational Leadership
Verified outcomes across the Nuance and Microsoft organizations.
Further Material
Supporting material for executive and technical review.
Case Studies
Five platform programs documented in structured Situation–Task–Action–Result format, with verified outcomes — alongside current technical work in agentic AI governance, LLM infrastructure, and network simulation.
View case studies →Framework
An open-source framework of seven runtime controls for auditable agent autonomy, with runnable reference implementations and a published threat model. Referenced by practitioners in banking and AI infrastructure.
Review the framework →Publications
Two essay series on AI deployment in regulated industries — agent governance and accountability, and the operational realities of production delivery in finance, healthcare, retail, and government.
View publications →Education & Certifications
Contact
Open to VP of Engineering and Head of Engineering roles, and to advisory engagements in regulated-industry AI architecture. Direct inquiries are welcome by email or LinkedIn.