Experience

Cato Digital

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Solutions Engineering

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Leading the solutions engineering team in architecting and deploying software defined power solutions to unlock stranded power capacity in data centers around the world. Pioneering software defined power and shaping the future of power delivery to IT equipment. Working with data center colocation providers, enterprise data center owners, edge capacity providers, and engineering partners to make 30-70% more power capacity available from existing infrastructure. Leading the solutions engineering team in architecting and deploying software defined power solutions to unlock stranded power capacity in data centers around the world. Pioneering software defined power and shaping the future of power delivery to IT equipment. Working with data center colocation providers, enterprise data center owners, edge capacity providers, and engineering partners to make 30-70% more power capacity available from existing infrastructure.



Uber

• United States
• Internet Marketplace Platforms
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Data Center - Uber Technologies, Inc.

  • Jan 2017 - May 2020

  Engineering manager responsible for design, construction, and operation of Uber's core production data centers. Expanded portfolio by 8 data centers from 18MW to 60MW+ to meet capacity and redundancy demands. Led operations in 17 colocation data centers on 5 campuses across 4 cities. Implemented DCIM software. Established data and physical security compliance program to maintain regulatory compliance.

• Engineering Manager - Uber Advanced Technolgies Group, LLC

  • May 2015 - Jan 2017

  Led teams to build data infrastructure from scratch for Uber's autonomous vehicle development startup. Responsible for design, build, and operation of infrastructure to support 14 sites across North America – data centers, network POPs, vehicle data offload sites, test tracks, offices, prototyping labs, and a nation-wide network. Designed, specified, and oversaw construction of world's first data center dedicated to autonomous vehicle development housing performance compute and storage clusters.



UPMC

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Analyst

  • Feb 2005 - May 2015

  Managed power, cooling, space, and maintenance for 2MW of owned corporate data center facilities. Maintained security systems and provided auditing of security SSAE-16 and SOC. Led data center facilities retrofit and upgrade projects throughout the health system. Implemented DCIM software tools for monitoring and control of environmental control systems. Managed power, cooling, space, and maintenance for 2MW of owned corporate data center facilities. Maintained security systems and provided auditing of security SSAE-16 and SOC. Led data center facilities retrofit and upgrade projects throughout the health system. Implemented DCIM software tools for monitoring and control of environmental control systems.