Paul Parker-Johnson

About Paul Parker-Johnson

Focus on use of digital technologies + tools for continuous optimization in digitally powered enterprises. Sector concentrations in manufacturing (process + batch/discrete), logistics/distribution/supply chains, energy production/distribution,+ health care clinical services + research. Technology concentrations in computer-assisted manufacturing, robotics (stationary + autonomous mobile), automated guided vehicles, enterprise wireless + converged networks, edge + distributed/multi-cloud compute, active analytics + AI (in individual systems + in combinations including always-on enterprise pipelines), sector specialty applications (MES, ERP, SCM), unified data fabrics (lakes, lake houses), and business intelligence systems/dashboards. Leveraging deep personal expertise in networking, cloud computing, real-time automation, analytics + KPI-based optimizations, blending with additional contributions from research colleagues + affiliates in our firm (ACG Research). 40+ years\' experience in design of large scale, high performance network + computing solutions in multiple industry environments. 2013 -> present: research practice lead for ACG Research in cloud computing infrastructures + services + most recently in continuous optimization in industry 4.0 + digitally powered enterprises. 2002 -> 2012: product + solution management lead in Juniper Networks for IP/MPLS networks + emerging sector product introductions (including cloud computing data center networking) -> 2002: director of product management for Ellacoya Networks (acquired by Arbor Networks) in software-defined networking. director of product management, Lucent Technologies IP Networking business. Introduced gigabit Ethernet + ASIC-based IP routing systems into Lucent\'s IP product offerings. 1993 -> 1997: product management, Cisco Systems, led introduction of ASIC-based routing into Cisco\'s IP routing line + led product management introducing MPLS (originally Tag Switching) to Cisco\'s product line. 1985 -> 1993: system engineering + product management, BBN Communications, designed/deployed large scale packet switching networks for enterprise + service provider customers, and introduced LightStream product line to market. 1983 -> 1985: director of telecommunications, Bank of Boston. Designed + deployed digital network infrastructures for global banking operations. 1978 -> 1983: sales + system engineering in IBM\'s Data Processing Division for deployment of mainframe computing systems in high performance transaction processing systems.

Experience

1. Principal Analyst & Practice Lead, Enterprise Digital Transformation, Industry 4 0, Analytics & Ai

   Acg Research

   Nov 2022 — Present · Brookline, MA, US

   Enterprises are adopting digital tools and innovations at a remarkable pace & in a wide range of use cases, applications & industry sectors. In all cases the goal is to make measurable improvements to organizational performance. The innovations themselves & the contributions they make to enhanced performance in their areas of focus are worth understanding on their own. Beyond individual tasks, the potential for improving performance of larger teams, functional groups, business units and entire firms by fusing the innovations into an always on fabric of digitally powered analytics, AI & enhanced operations is an area of high interest for the truly transformative contribution that such fully connected digital infrastructures might offer to their stakeholders. This research analyzes the nature of the innovations in their own areas of focus, and the prospects for more fully connected, always on digital operations in a variety of high impact industry sectors and categories of solution offering. Developments in manufacturing, supply chains & distribution, energy production & distribution, & health care are of particular interest. And innovations ranging from intelligent end system designs to ICT infrastructures supporting combined OT & IT; to machine learning, AI, simulation & digital twins; to sector application improvements; to BI & EIS integration of KPIs & functions enabled by the rest of the digitally powered operation; are researched. The end goal is analyzing & measuring the contribution to improved performance made possible by the innovations powering the various digital transformations.

Education

• Colgate University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Language and Literature, General, Cum Laude

  1970 — 1974

• Wooster School

  Secondary, High school

  1967 — 1970

• Columbia | SIPA

  M.A., International Business and Economics

  1977 — 1978