Matthieu Briand
Montreal,Canada
Summary
Dynamic technology leader with extensive experience at Cisco, excelling in project management and engineering team leadership. Proven track record in optimizing cloud solutions and enhancing network performance. Adept at fostering multicultural collaboration and driving innovative presales strategies, resulting in significant improvements in customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager of the Americas Network Team
L'Oreal Group
Montreal, QC
05.2024 - Current
- L'Oréal Group is a leading global cosmetics company driving innovation within the beauty industry.
- Put in place best practices for automation.
- Influence the technology directions for the American zone.
- Supervise budget allocation, contract administration and vendor management.
- Coach engineers.
- Improve processes.
Technical Solution Architect (Cloud Infrastructure TSA)
CISCO
Montreal, Canada
11.2021 - 12.2023
- Technology specialist (Compute and Cloud) in the sales organization as part of the Cloud Infrastructure and Software Group within Cisco
- Demonstrating benefits of Cisco UCS X, Hyperconverged infrastructure and Cloud technologies
- Delivering technology conferences, presentations, internal and customer trainings, proof of concepts, answering RFPs, supporting Quebec and Atlantic Cisco customers as part of the presales organization
- Technology specialist (Compute) in the sales organization as part of the Cloud Infrastructure and Software Group within Cisco
Customer Solution Specialist (Cloud and Compute CSS)
CISCO
Montreal, Canada
12.2020 - 11.2021
- Postsales position in the Canadian CX organization covering DC Compute and Cloud, with a focus on Intersight, UCS, Hyperflex, and Devnet.
- Delivering technology-focused presentations (ask the expert, accelerators), as well as one-on-one sessions to existing Cisco customers on my areas of focus.
- Postsales position in the Canadian CX organization covering DC Compute and Cloud, with a focus on Intersight, UCS, Hyperflex, and Devnet.
Systems Architect (Service Provider SA)
CISCO
Montreal, Canada
01.2020 - 11.2020
- Presales position (SE/SA) in the Canadian Service Providers organization (Cable & Media).
- Advise, train, and support Canadian service providers' engineering and IT teams in designing new solutions around DCNM, ACI, VXLAN, DNA Center, automation, Day 2 operations monitoring tools, and enterprise technologies.
- Presales position (SE/SA) in the Canadian Service Providers organization (Cable & Media).
Network Architect (CAD-T)
DESJARDINS
Montreal, Canada
02.2019 - 12.2019
- Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, with 295 billion dollars in assets under management.
- Responsible for strategic projects and initiatives that are operationally and conceptually complex, and require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business.
- Deployment of NSX-V and NSX-T, and migration of all the servers, with microsegmentation rules.
- Implementation of a UCMDB solution within Desjardins.
- Evolution of the external DNS.
- Deployment of SD-WAN within Mouvement Desjardins.
- Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, with 295 billion dollars in assets under management.
Global Technical Lead / Core Network
DIEBOLD NIXDORF
North Canton, USA
10.2014 - 01.2019
- Diebold Nixdorf is a company with over 25,000 employees and $5 billion in revenue, manufacturing and managing ATMs for banks.
- Acting as a global technical lead in charge of the Core Network practice (routing/switching, data center, wireless, and network management SMEs), I oversee an international team of 40 network engineers.
- Design, architect, configure, and maintain several data centers, campus LAN, the corporate WAN, and the customer WAN.
- Lead an international technological practice of 40+ engineers (engineering and operations), recruit talent, prepare budgets, and organize new network engineering projects.
- Develop best practices for operational teams and technical documentation for the global network team.
- Track network vendors, new technologies, and plan how to integrate them into Diebold Nixdorf's network.
- Level 4 troubleshooting of major network incidents
- Diebold Nixdorf is a 25000+ employees - 5 billion dollars fintech company, manufacturing and managing ATMs for banks
Lead WAN Senior Engineer
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES
Hercules, USA
01.2013 - 09.2014
- Bio-Rad is a biotech company with over 9,000 employees and more than 2 billion dollars in revenue, with offices in 30 countries around the world.
- Technical lead engineer in the WAN team (150 routers, MPLS, BGP, EIGRP, GRE, DMVPN tunnels).
- Design and implement a new QoS policy for the WAN routers.
- Build a Packet Design's Route Explorer solution to monitor BGP/EIGRP routing tables centrally.
- Design and implement a solution to offload internet traffic locally in every Bio-Rad office.
- Optimize BGP configurations on the core routers.
- Audit WAN performance, plan network upgrades, negotiate new SLAs, and new contracts with service providers.
- Document network designs and administer SolarWinds Orion.
- Convert Cisco core router configurations to Juniper.
- Design, build, and test components of the Bio-Rad next-generation WAN.
- Participate in every incident, on-call level 2 and level 3, 24/7 network engineering support.
- Bio-Rad is a biotech company with over 9,000 employees and more than 2 billion dollars in revenue, with offices in 30 countries around the world.
Senior Network Engineer
C3CONNECT
Plantation, USA
03.2012 - 09.2012
- Company Overview: C3 is an international company based in Plantation, FL.
- They manage and resell seats in their VoIP-based call centers around the world.
- Network architecture and level 3 support.
- Designing new security guidelines and policies.
- Upgrading the backbone with Cisco 6509s.
- Deploying new ASA firewalls and Cisco ACS security servers.
- Installing new network management tools (SolarWinds Orion and Cisco Prime).
- Troubleshooting routing issues (BGP, OSPF), and SIP incidents (QoS, queuing).
- C3 is an international company based in Plantation, FL.
- They manage and resell seats in their VoIP-based call centers around the world.
Solution Architect (Datacenter)
BELL CANADA
Montreal, Canada
04.2011 - 02.2012
- Bell Canada is the biggest service provider in Canada, and the highest-rated MPLS-VPN provider in North America.
- Solutions designed based on HP Networking technologies.
- Acting as an HP technology specialist for governmental customers, as well as for financial institutions.
- Developing the Bell/HP Networking customer base in Quebec (presales).
- Answering RFPs.
- Building private and hybrid cloud solutions.
- Bell Canada is the biggest service provider in Canada and the highest rated MPLS-VPN provider in North America
Network Team Manager
CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC
Montreal, Canada
10.2007 - 03.2011
- La Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec is one of the biggest financial institutions in North America.
- Managing La Caisse's network and a team of five resources.
- Acting as the main network architect/SME.
- Project management for all network activities.
- Validation of all new network configurations.
- 24/7 Level 3/4 support.
- Upgrading access-layer switches, redesigning the datacenter, and security hardening.
- Successfully passed eight security audits.
- La Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec is one of the biggest financial institutions in North America.
Project Manager / IT Architect
QUADRANTIUM FUND LTD
Montreal, Canada
10.2005 - 10.2007
- Quadrantium Fund is a hedge fund investing in various derivative products around the world.
- Software development project management and IT architecture.
- Developing new portfolio models, trading multiple markets and products (with a focus on derivatives).
- Backtesting various algorithms, with a focus on optimizing the risk of the system, as well as the one from the global portfolio.
- Testing and updating algorithms in live markets.
- Quadrantium Fund is a hedge fund investing in various derivative products around the world.
Technical Architect
ORANGE R&D
Lannion, France
09.2004 - 09.2005
- Orange R&D is one of the biggest telecom research centers in Europe.
- Analysis and optimization of the ADSL DSLAMs deployment on the Orange France IP backbone.
- Documenting all processes involved in new ADSL node deployment.
- Proposing enhancements to accelerate service delivery and increase the quality of service.
- Integrating modifications in Orange system databases, proposing new agents, and APIs to transfer the new information to other components.
- Training all the teams involved with the new processes.
- Orange R&D is one of the biggest telecom research centers in Europe.
Senior Consultant
ALCATEL-LUCENT
Paris, France
11.2001 - 09.2004
- Alcatel-Lucent is a leader in mobile, fixed, IP, and optics technologies.
- IP and optical networking architecture, as well as infrastructure project management.
- Project Management and network architect for the deployment of Exodus France's new datacenter in Paris.
- Architecture and presales for the upgrade of Equant/Orange Business Services' optical backbone.
- Deployment and field operation for new optical networking devices for Global Crossing's backbone in France.
- Answering various IP and optical RFPs.
- Alcatel-Lucent is a leader in mobile, fixed, IP, and optics technologies.
Technical Consultant
ORANGE BUSINESS SERVICES
Paris, France
07.1998 - 10.2001
- Orange Business Services manages the second-largest network in the world.
- IP network architecture, as well as presales,
- Designing the WAN architecture for Pinault, Printemps, Redoute.
- BGP routing table optimization for Shell SSI
- IPSec and QoS WAN design for ING Barings.
- PIM multicast network architecture for the London LIFFE.
- Answering various international RFPs.
- Preparing engineering documentation for operational teams.
- Giving technological training internally, as well as for specific customers.
- Orange Business Services manages the second-largest network in the world.
Education
PMP -
PMI
01-2010
MBA - Finance
INSTITUT D'ADMINISTRATION DES ENTREPRISES
Paris09.2000
MSc - Telecommunication / Networking
ECOLE POUR L'INFORMATIQUE ET LES TECHNIQUES AVANCEES
Paris09.1998
Skills
- Project Management
- Engineering Team Leadership
- Presales and Postsales
- Working in multi cultural environment
Certification
PMP, PMI, 01/01/11, Present
Languages
French
Native/ Bilingual
English
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Professional
Affiliations
- Yoga
- Meditation
- Photography
- Learning new technologies
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Manager of the Americas Network Team
L'Oreal Group
05.2024 - Current
Technical Solution Architect (Cloud Infrastructure TSA)
CISCO
11.2021 - 12.2023
Customer Solution Specialist (Cloud and Compute CSS)
CISCO
12.2020 - 11.2021
Systems Architect (Service Provider SA)
CISCO
01.2020 - 11.2020
Network Architect (CAD-T)
DESJARDINS
02.2019 - 12.2019
Global Technical Lead / Core Network
DIEBOLD NIXDORF
10.2014 - 01.2019
Lead WAN Senior Engineer
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES
01.2013 - 09.2014
Senior Network Engineer
C3CONNECT
03.2012 - 09.2012
Solution Architect (Datacenter)
BELL CANADA
04.2011 - 02.2012
Network Team Manager
CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC
10.2007 - 03.2011
Project Manager / IT Architect
QUADRANTIUM FUND LTD
10.2005 - 10.2007
Technical Architect
ORANGE R&D
09.2004 - 09.2005
Senior Consultant
ALCATEL-LUCENT
11.2001 - 09.2004
Technical Consultant
ORANGE BUSINESS SERVICES
07.1998 - 10.2001
PMP -
PMI
MBA - Finance
INSTITUT D'ADMINISTRATION DES ENTREPRISES
MSc - Telecommunication / Networking
ECOLE POUR L'INFORMATIQUE ET LES TECHNIQUES AVANCEES
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