A 30  year veteran of the telecom industry, John Isch  started his career at MCI Telecommunications (now Verizon) before moving to Orange Business Services in 1999. He has worked in various operations and presales technical capacities covering a wide array of data networking, voice and internet solutions. He is well versed in networking technologies including SDN/NFV, SD WAN, IP, MPLS and SIP among others.

 John is currently involved in supporting Fortune 500 clients throughout North America in developing their networking strategies to accommodate the move to SD WAN, cloud and virtualized services. John was named a Top 25 Mover and Shaker in the industry by Fierce Telecom. He is a sought after resource to chair discussions and industry panels on business benefits of Software Defined solutions and how to apply them to customer environments in this rapidly evolving space.