David Pothier

About David Pothier

U.S. Citizen. As a hands-on network engineer experienced with Cisco solutions, have excelled at managing multiple, complex networking projects, especially under pressure, and possess strong technical skills and problem-solving abilities. Working for a vendor brings on various responsibilities to a different degree than private companies in certain situations. Have participated in many Cisco team efforts over the years to do the right thing for customers. I get the biggest kick in resolving or fixing a network SW or HW issue, and then moving on to the next network situation or project.Experience driving customer success through all stages of the product and services lifecycle – taking solutions from their infancy through early field trials, initial deployments and on to large-scale deployments. Vast experience in provide planning, pre-sales support, design, configuration, deployment, and network troubleshooting. Strong teamwork with Sales, Engineering, Program Managers & TAC support groups.Over the course of my career, I have led projects implementing multiple large scale migration projects (legacy to modern hardware transitions), provided direction on (and implemented) network architecture designs (brownfield and greenfield), driven the implementation of network optimization recommendations (tuning the network for performance). Experience- Consulting, presenting, business case development, advisor roles- Mentor, Virtual Team Owner, Training Development- Routing: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, QoS, HA, Redundancy, LAN/WAN- Cisco: Extensive experience in SP & ENT Routing and Switching (IOS XR, IOS, IOS XE, NX-OS platforms)

Experience

1. Network Engineer

   Metrosys, Inc

   Jul 2025 — Present · US

   Network refresh & Cisco ISE implementationVarious network engineer duties on-site at the Scripps Medical clinics & Hospitals in the San Diego area as they refresh to newer Cisco switches and implement Cisco ISE

Education

• Wentworth Institute of Technology

  BSET