Senior Director/VP Software Engineering
Resume:
Paul Nahlous
Software Engineering and Technology Leader
San Anselmo CA, 94960
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OBJECTIVE
Hands-on and strategic role as a Senior Director/VP of Engineering, designing and developing high-value leading-edge technologies. Leveraging my practical understanding of common Design and Enterprise Integration Patterns, I expect to drive a company’s vision of building a new generation of products. EXPERIENCE
15 years combined in roles including Director, VP and CTO in startup through IPO, and Fortune 500 companies managing small-large organizations. With an open and clear communication style, I influence outcomes by building relationships with key stakeholders across the company. I am a team player and lead by example.
Fluent in Software Development Patterns and Design. I have successfully used Agile, Dev-Ops, Mico-Services, CI/CD methods to enable the successful development of Highly Available (HA) Technologies, Data Analytics and Web-Scale applications at multiple companies.
I currently manage a large international organizational structure including direct engagement with partners and vendors to deliver complex projects both on-time, and on-budget.
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE
Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, San Francisco, CA - Director, Software Engineer
2015 - Present
Responsibilities: Managed a global Software Engineering organization driving strategic and business decisions reporting to GM. Advanced this organization from a $300K business to $36M in 3 years. Customers include Telco, Enterprise and Internet (AT&T, IBM, Equinix, Google, etc). Applications include Enterprise Networking, DataCenter, Autonomous Vehicle infrastructure, and big-data Data Analytics.
SKILLS
Strong Engineering and Business
Acumen.
Demonstrated proficiency in the
Implementation of Highly
Available Systems.
Strong results orientation.
Confidence in making tough
decisions with an urgency to get
things done right.
Excellent communication,
Presentation and interpersonal
skills.
Extensive software development,
architecture and innovation
experience.
Ability to balance delivery of
products and P&L related to
development with exceptional
results.
EDUCATION
North Carolina State
University, B.S Computer
Engineering
Senior Project: Neural Network
driven Autonomous vehicle
University of Technology,
Sydney Australia, Computer
Engineering
PATENTS
Patent 10091023: Network
Switching Systems and Methods.
Patent 9800521: Ethernet
Ring Protection Node
Patent 9319240: Systems and
Roles: Architecture of an open source based large-scale Microservices platform
(Docker based and migrating to Kubernetes.) My responsibilities are to manage a high performing global software engineering organization. I work directly with customers, engineering managers and product managers to define Product Architecture, and operate the business with strong profitability. We are an Agile organization, solving complex problems using automation, Big Data analytics and best-in-breed technologies.
Cyan Inc, San Francisco, CA - Senior Director Software Engineering, Director Software Technology
2008 - 2015
As Director of Software engineering: Architected and built a packet-based product for backbone network infrastructure. With selective hiring, we were able to grow a highly productive software organization that built cutting edge Network Technologies. This platform has generated over $1B in Sales and is still in production. In this role I was able to successfully adapt our development teams to use best-in breed tools and methodologies to successfully deploy and maintain our complex software stacks.
As Technology Director; Working in the CTO team, my role was to define and develop complex systems for future revenue. I worked with Standards committees and internal R&D to define and build next generation technologies for the Telecommunications, content provider and Autonomous control industry. This included adaptation of Open Source software, adoption of new development languages and toolchains for CI/CD development.
Dilithium Multimedia, Sydney Australia, Larkspur CA - Director Software Engineering, Principal Software Architect 2004 - 2008
Architecture, Design and implementation of complete application software for a Multimedia Gateway serving IP based audio (VoIP) and Video (MPEG4, H263/H264) services to Internet and wireless networks. Crimson Microsystems, Silicon Valley CA -VP Software Engineering, Principal Software Architect
2003 - 2004
Worked with co-founders to raise Venture Capital ($25M) for this Silicon/ASIC
(System on a Chip) company. Once funded, I was responsible for hiring and recruitment of the entire engineering staff (hardware & software). Reported to the CEO and Board of Directors on a quarterly cadence on strategy and company direction.
Intel, San Francisco CA -Senior Manager Software Engineering 1999 - 2003
Strategic Architecture, design and implementation of Intel’s Optical Component Management Software (IOCMS).
methods to detect and recover
from a loop in an Ethernet ring
protected network
REFERENCES
Available upon request
This project involved multiple teams of Software Engineers in 3 countries with broad adoption across multiple platforms.
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