Steve K.

About Steve K.

Innovative technical leader with a solid understanding of emerging technologies and their practical application towards business objectives. 20+ years of guiding corporations and telecommunications companies through digital transformations, hybrid-cloud migrations, product roadmaps, and AI adoption. Experience designing and deploying projects with budgets exceeding $5B.Positive team builder, encouraging and demonstrating supportive, open, and collaborative communication with team members, customers, vendors, and management. Comfortable advising C-level executives or communicating with data center technicians.Proven history of leading cross-functional teams through complex technical projects, delivered on-time and under-budget. Detailed study of the tasks and deliverables required from all program participants provides a deeper understanding of everyone’s roles and responsibilities; affording the opportunity to bring efficiencies to existing methodologies, while improving the accuracy and quality of the project outcome.A voracious learner with extensive hands-on experience across a variety of technical platforms (data center, hub, network, video, voice) enables a unique ability to align real-world experiences with corporate strategic objectives, product roadmaps, and scalable, repeatable solutions. Sound expertise in advanced networking, interconnection, collocation, disaster recovery, and distributed architectures. Skilled at translating complex technical architectures into compelling executive narratives.

Experience

1. Director, Infrastructure Cloud Architecture

   Kyndryl

   Jan 2018 — Present · Raleigh, NC, US

   I lead the design and implementation of Hybrid Cloud and WAN architectures for Kyndryl’s largest global clients, addressing complex business and technical challenges across multiple industries.• Collaborate with Kyndryl, customer, and third-party teams to deliver AI-ready IT transformation initiatives driven by business needs such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, data center consolidation/expansion, digital transformation, business resiliency, and provider transitions.• Design and deploy cloud solutions spanning multiple global regions to optimize performance, scalability, and resiliency.• Oversee customer environments ranging from small cage deployments to multi-floor data center footprints across international facilities.• Develop strategic roadmaps encompassing migration, implementation, and ongoing operations, including proactive maintenance and contingency planning to ensure continuous availability of digital resources.• Partner with major cloud and data center providers—including Equinix, Digital Realty, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM Cloud—to deliver integrated hybrid infrastructure solutions.

Education

• James Madison University

  Bachelor of Science, Telecommunications; English

Skills

• Network Engineering
• Sales Engineering
• Router Configuration
• Dwdm
• Vpls
• Network Strategy
• Internet Protocol (Ip)
• Wireless
• Software Defined Networking
• Network Design
• Voice Over Ip (Voip)
• Mpls Vpn
• Routing Protocols
• Qos
• Lan-Wan
• Managed Services
• Co-Location
• Integration
• Network Function Virtualization
• Network Transformation
• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
• Product Management
• Bgp
• Iptv
• Cloud Computing
• Mpls
• Wan
• Troubleshooting
• Ethernet
• Sip
• Internet Protocol Suite (Tcp/Ip)
• Telecommunications
• Product Development
• Metro Ethernet
• Customer-Focused Service
• Voip
• Data Center
• Dsl
• Network Architecture
• Solution Architecture