Derek Owens

About Derek Owens

Results-driven business leader with over 20 years’ experience defining and building highly impactful strategic solutions and innovative go-to-market initiatives. Specializing in systems engineering experience in the area of Network Design, IT infrastructure design, Implementation, and Operations.Responsible for leading, planning, and implementing services around Data Center, Campus & Enterprise consulting engagements.

Experience

1. Enterprise Network Architect

   World Wide Technology

   Jun 2017 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Provide consulting and pre-sales support to enterprise accounts; work closely with industry leading technology product manufacturers to recommend and design complete data center solutions. Interface with customers and perform analysis of business challenges, user and functional requirements, business processes, standard operating procedures, workflows, and other documents; designs and accomplishes product presentations and demonstrations.

Education

• New York University

  MS, Systems & Management

  2006 — 2009

• American International College

  Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration, Management and Operations

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Networking
• Cisco Systems Products
• Switches
• Security
• Enterprise Architecture
• Cisco Ios
• Voip
• Channel Partners
• Data Center
• Saas
• Business Alliances
• San
• Qos
• Load Balancing
• Ccnp
• Ip
• Network Engineering
• Bgp
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Managed Services
• Cisco Technologies
• Ethernet
• Routing
• Routing Protocols
• Ccie R&S
• Lan-Wan
• Cisco Call Manager
• Storage Area Networks
• Mpls
• Virtualization
• Routers
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• Unified Communications
• Tcp/Ip
• Network Security
• Ospf
• Professional Services
• Collaboration Solutions
• Network Architecture