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Responsible to increase sales for Cisco's collaboration portfolio which includes Voice, Unified Communications and Collaboration, Contact Center and Video solutions. I'm responsible for channel partners and consultant communities with a focus on Unified communications. I'm actively engaged in industry panels, seminars and other activities to highlight Cisco's leadership position in the Collaboration market.

Part of the R&D department, Leader of a team responsible for acceptance testing of several products within Eicon's portfolio. Creation of Test plans and final approval of product release.

As an IT service firm specialized in Communication Technologies (Data, Voice & Video Networks), Stack8’s mission is to democratize Telecom related services and to help customers gain more value from their Unified Communication investments and substantially increase their satisfaction. As Director of Sales and Business Development, my responsibility is to increase sales and market penetration for our portfolio of software solutions across North America.

As part of the Lync/Skype team, my responsibility as a Solution Specialist is to sell and position Microsoft's Unified communication solution in order to grow revenue, raise market visibility, provide industry expertise and demonstrate value to customers, partners and the consultant community. Solutions that are part of my responsibilities but not limited to are: Lync IM/P, Enterprise and Voice, Exchange UM, Office 365 and 3rd party UC solutions integrated to Lync (Polycom, ININ, Aastra, SNOM, SMART, Sonus)

Provide technical design and best practices around the architecture of Cisco's collaboration portfolio which includes Voice, Unified communication, Contact Center and Video. I provide a deep expertise in the following solutions but not limited to: Cisco Unified Communication Manager, UCCX, UCCE, CVP, Unity, Telepresence, CME, CUE, SME, ISR and other Voice gateways, etc.. I'm responsible for competitive solution comparison and benchmarking (Nortel, AVAYA, Microsoft, Mitel etc..) Industry knowledge: PBX, ACD, IVR, CTI, WFO, QM and other related voice technologies. Certifications: Cisco Security Expert, CCIP Security

Working in a team with an account manager, I am responsible to provide technical guidance for all Cisco technologies including but not limited to Routing and Switching, Security, Data Center, Voice, WAN technologies etc.. to Cisco customers.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is the largest network cyber security vendor globally, providing industry-leading solutions and protecting customers from cyberattacks with an unmatched catch rate of malware and other types of threats. Check Point offers a complete security architecture defending enterprises – from networks to mobile devices – in addition to the most comprehensive and intuitive security management. Check Point protects over 100,000 organizations of all sizes.

The ASA team provides customer value through tailored solutions designed to address a customer’s unique business need and future growth plans by ensuring that the solution delivered is optimized for their success in achieving their business goals. Leader of a team of 25 Solution Architects, Sales Specialist and Managers with responsibility to increase Services revenue and deliver, design, and implement solutions for Avaya’s largest customers in Canada and Central America/Latin America.