Leading Digital Twin & AI strategy for global network infrastructure
Core Competencies
Where Infrastructure Meets Intelligence
Bridging the gap between physical infrastructure and software-defined optimization at planetary scale.
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Digital Twins & AI
Architecting enterprise-wide Digital Twin platforms that model physical infrastructure across Space, Power, Cooling, and Network — enabling AI-driven predictions and autonomous operations.
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Zero-Touch Automation
Pioneered the paradigm shift from manual SME operations to fully intent-driven, closed-loop network management systems at Google-scale — setting new industry standards.
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Global Network Architecture
Deep expertise in designing and operating IP backbones, from pan-European core networks to hyperscale production infrastructure serving billions of users.
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Network Reliability
Created the "Network Fragility Index" — a metric-driven approach to proactively identify and resolve latent risks before they escalate into incidents.
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Organizational Transformation
Proven track record guiding large-scale engineering organizations through radical shifts — from legacy operations to modern, software-defined workflows.
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Strategic Leadership
C-level advisory, technical vision-setting, and engineering culture development. Building high-performing distributed teams across continents.
Career
The Journey
From early internet infrastructure in Europe to architecting the networks that power the modern cloud.
2024 — Present
Equinix
Senior Distinguished Engineer, Office of the CTO
Leading the technical strategy for next-generation global network and enterprise data analytics. Spearheading the "Equinix Brain" — an AI & Digital Twin initiative modeling the company's global infrastructure footprint.
2007 — 2023
Google
Network Health Lead → Head of Global Network Automation
16 years transforming Google's production network. Led the "Zero Touch" initiative that removed humans from daily network operations. Managed global teams building Go-based microservices for massive-scale configuration orchestration. Created the Network Fragility Index.
2004 — 2007
Singtel Optus
Network IP Architect
Owned IP network architecture for wholesale and business services across edge, access, metro, and aggregation networks in Australia.
1999 — 2003
Liberty Global (UPC)
VP Network Engineering
Reported to CTO Office. Led architecture and design of the pan-European core network (AS6830) supporting 12 million homes across 10 countries during the pivotal broadband growth era.
1997 — 1999
Global One
Internet Design Engineer
Network IP infrastructure design for one of the early global internet providers, operating core and edge systems in the Netherlands.
Notable Work
Impact & Innovation
Patents, publications, and initiatives that have shaped the industry.
Patent
Deterministic Network Failure Detection
Systems for sending packets through pre-determined paths to proactively monitor and diagnose network health in packet-switched networks.
Publication
The Zero Touch Network
Cited in Google Research — the definitive approach to removing manual operations from hyperscale network management through intent-driven automation.
Initiative
The Equinix Brain
Enterprise-wide Digital Twin platform modeling the observed, intended, and planned states of global infrastructure to enable AI-driven autonomous operations.
Framework
Network Fragility Index
A metric-driven methodology for quantifying latent risk in network infrastructure, enabling preemptive reliability through closed-loop feedback.
CCIE Routing & SwitchingCCIE ISP/DialJuniper JNCIEMSc Network & Systems Administration
Connect
Let's Build What's Next
Open to advisory roles, speaking engagements, and conversations about the future of autonomous infrastructure.