Mitchell Auster

Experience

1. Director, Software Solutions Consulting

   Ciena

   Jan 2016 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Steer solution ideation, product management and market launch for Blue Planet intelligent automation software portfolio (service order orchestration, inventory, network orchestration, policy, assurance and analytics) to optimize plan-to-build, order-to-service, and trouble-to-resolve processes for network service providers across globe. Mentor new team members. Crafted Blue Planet Solutions Consulting Practice including mission, milestones, gates, checklist, deliverables templates and best practices, producing over 12 consistent and high-quality solutions. Spearheaded creation of several intelligent automation solutions including Ethernet and Wave Services automation, Bandwidth on Demand, CloudConnect, SD-WAN automation, MPLS Network automation, Virtual Edge / NFV automation, and Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) orchestration, winning over 20 deals. Conceived solutions and requirements, developed business cases, as well as negotiated feature prioritization with product managers anticipating market opportunities and winning sales.

Education

• Penn State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS

• Rutgers University, Graduate School of Management

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

Skills

• Technical Marketing
• Cloud Computing
• Solution Selling
• Wifi
• Nfv
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Traffic Analysis
• Product Management
• Dwdm
• Sdh
• Sip
• Ip
• Mpls
• Unified Communications
• Voip
• Metro Ethernet
• Strategic Partnerships
• Product Marketing
• Carrier Ethernet
• Optical Communications
• Wireless
• Sdn
• Telecommunications
• Broadband
• Managed Services
• Mobile Devices
• Preparing Business Cases
• Lte
• Cloud Communications
• Otn
• Service Orchestration
• Marketing Strategy
• Business Development
• Competitive Analysis
• Ethernet
• Demand Generation
• Service Providers
• Network Architecture
• Iptv
• Sales Engineering