Shailendra Kumar

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ABOUT SHAILENDRA KUMAR

Never afraid to learn or evolve, I approach new domains with the mindset of “if someone else can do it, so can I.” This attitude has driven me to consistently do what is required to achieve the end goal, stepping beyond formal role boundaries, resulting in a broad yet deep skill set across multiple domains.My experience spans Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Enterprise & Service Provider Networking, Virtualization, Unified Communications, Contact Centers, IoT/OT, Private & Public 4G/5G, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, Multi-Cloud Connectivity, Databases, and applied AI/Data Science. Naturally the question is how much of each topic do I know. Well more than enough to design and deploy the products, create complex solutions with multi vendor and multi technology integrations and ensuring they all work effectively and satisfactorily. I can easily have protocol and API level discussions, develop product integration details, and make sound design and technology decisions with a view to emerging technologies, best practice, regulaitons, compliance with laser focus on supporting the strategic and tactical objectives of the business.How was I able to gain knowledge about the various technologies? I say that I have a genuine and healthy obsession with technology, a fundamentals-first approach, and a tendency to explore new domains because repetability bores me. This allows me to scale rapidly across vendors, platforms, and roles. I have supported organizations across the entire solution lifecycle: pre-sales consulting, architecture and design, product development, deployment, transformation programs, and steady-state operations. This horizontal and vertical exposure developed naturally as I progressed through roles working with businesses and customers across the UK, EU, North America and APAC.I have successfully led large-scale transformation initiatives through teams comprising project managers, architects, security specialists, engineers, and operations. I engage at all organizational levels, from engineering teams to senior leadership and C-suite execs.The technologies and vendor products I work with are Zero Trust Architecture, SASE, ZTNA, XDR/EDR, SOC operations, IAM, PKI, data encryption, Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, hybrid and multi-cloud security, Networking (LAN/WAN, SDN) Data Center, Wi-Fi, Cisco (Enterprise, Security, Collaboration, Meraki), Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper, Zscaler, Netskope. I will be happy to discuss your specific needs and will let you know if and how I can bring value.