San Francisco Bay Area
Product executive known for rapidly mastering new technology domains, with 20+ years of experience delivering high-impact, enterprise-grade cloud and edge platforms across cloud networking & security, IoT, and AI/ML. Proven record of scaling multi-billion-dollar portfolios and incubating new businesses from zero to scale, leading globally distributed teams across both Fortune 100 and startup environments. Combines deep technical fluency with strategic clarity to simplify complex problems, optimize investments, and drive measurable growth. Recognized for building category-defining products in cloud-managed networking and for leading transformative market, pricing, and platform innovations, from early-stage creation to global adoption.
Executive owner of Cisco’s multi-billion-dollar enterprise wireless product line, holding global market share leadership. • Set top- and bottom-line bookings targets, managed portfolio P&L, and shaped roadmap investments to deliver both revenue growth and margin expansion. • Unified Catalyst and Meraki wireless into a cohesive market-leading roadmap across cloud and on-premises platforms, preserving customer continuity while unlocking cross-portfolio growth. • Delivered differentiated network assurance capabilities optimized for RF performance, protocol-level troubleshooting, client experience, and location-based services. • Developed pricing strategies to improve margin profile and product segmentation, tailored to enterprise and commercial segments. • Sponsored creation of Cisco Campus Gateway, built for wireless mobility, tunnel aggregation, and cloud-hosted service orchestration. • Built and mentored a global product organization of >100 product managers and technical marketing engineers, fostering a culture of high trust, warm stakeholder engagement, mutual accountability, innovation, and a laser focus on customer outcomes. • Acted as executive liaison to global sales, engineering, finance, and customer success, prioritizing roadmap investments and accelerating go-to-market velocity. • Represented Cisco in customer briefings, industry keynotes, and executive strategy sessions.
Led Cisco Meraki’s integrated cloud-managed networking and security portfolios, spanning wireless, switching, secure SD-WAN, and cloud-based network access control. • Responsible for product strategy for embedded security capabilities within Meraki SD-WAN, including content filtering, IDS/IPS, malware protection, and integration with Cisco Threat Grid, Cisco XDR, Cisco Secure Access, and third-party cloud security platforms. • Owned the cloud-managed network assurance strategy across wired and wireless. • Sponsored the development of Cisco Access Manager, a cloud-native Network Admission Control (NAC) platform to support zero trust posture at the network edge. • Partnered across Cisco’s broader security portfolio to ensure scalable, policy-driven integrations that support distributed enterprise use cases. • Led pricing and packaging efforts to increase attach of advanced security services across commercial and enterprise segments. • Championed telemetry-informed roadmap decisions to align product investments with usage trends and top customer pain points. • Built strong collaboration models between product, design, GTM, and engineering, increasing iteration velocity and NPI impact.
Vusion is a global leader in IoT and data solutions, transforming physical retail with its SES-imagotag platform. The platform integrates electronic shelf labels (ESLs), real-time pricing updates, and data analytics to enhance retail efficiency, customer experience, and operational intelligence. By bridging the gap between digital and physical commerce, VusionGroup enables retailers to drive profitability and adaptability in a rapidly evolving market. Led global product strategy for Vusion ESL and SaaS management platform technologies, serving large physical retailers: • Developed SaaS platform vision integrating real-time analytics, pricing control, and device telemetry. • Led distributed product and engineering teams across US and Europe to accelerate product launches. • Positioned the company’s platform as an operational data layer for retail digitization.
Founded a seed-stage startup specializing in cloud-connected hardware and IoT solutions, culminating in a high-value acquisition. • Directed product vision, business development, and fundraising activities, securing early traction with key customers.