Marc Belle-Isle

About Marc Belle-Isle

Marc Belle-Isle is a Technical Solutions Architect within the Cloud and AI Infrastructure team, specializing in the use of current and emerging data center networking technology as a means for business enablement and differentiation. Marc has been with Cisco for 19 years, and has held multiple roles across different lines of business throughout his tenure. In 2015, after spending his first nine years in advanced services (now CX) he transitioned from his role as a solutions architect in the services organization into technical presales. In his current role as a Data Center Networking TSA, Marc works to support customers in aligning current and future business requirements to the bits and bytes of Cisco\'s DCN technology portfolio and strategy. Marc holds a BS and an MBA, both from RIT and has authored two white papers, both published to Cisco\'s website.

Experience

1. Technical Solutions Architect

   Cisco

   Jan 2019 — Present · Raleigh-Durham, NC, US

   Customer facing pre-sales technical solutions architect in the Cisco global enterprise data center engineering group. As a DC TSA, my primarily focus is the use of current and/or emerging data center technology as a means for business enablement and differentiation. Architecture focus: Intent-Based Data Center, Hybrid / Multi-Cloud Strategy, Cloud Workload Security, Software Defined Cross Architecture Solutions / Multi-Domain Policy (DC-WAN-EN)Platform / Technology focus: Nexus 9K, DCN Fabric (EVPN VXLAN) and Management (DCNM), ACI Anywhere, Tetration, Network Assurance (Candid), Network Insights, UCS and Hyperflex, Intersight, Workload Optimization (CWOM), Automation/Orchestration, Programmability, Virtualization and Containers, Public CloudAwards/RecognitionFY21 Sales ChampionDC TSA of the Area Q2 FY21FY20 Global DC Sales Award WinnerFY20 Cross Architecture TSA of the Year, GES - SouthEast OperationDC TSA of the Area Q4 FY20DC TSA of the Area Q4 FY19

Education

• Monroe Community College

  Information Technology

  2001 — 2003

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  Bachelor's, Networking and Systems Administration

  2003 — 2005

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  MBA, Technology Management and Finance

  2005 — 2006

Skills

• Lan Switching
• Cisco Ucs
• Network Design
• Cisco Technologies
• Multicast
• Border Gateway Protocol (Bgp)
• Cisco Aci
• Quality of Service (Qos)
• Bgp
• Vcp 4
• Wan
• Routing Protocols
• Energywise
• Routing
• Itil Certified
• Cisco Nexus
• Networking
• Network Engineering
• Cloud Computing
• Open Shortest Path First (Ospf)
• Data Center
• Network Architecture
• Mpls Vpn
• Nms
• Mpls
• Cisco Ios
• Switches
• Ccdp
• Vmware
• Ospf
• Qos
• Ccnp
• Network Administration