Adam Bragg

Own end-to-end product lifecycle for Cisco Defense Orchestrator’s Security Cloud Control (CDO) cloud security policy management platform. Define product strategy and roadmap across firewall policy management, SASE, and IAM, and drive adoption from early access through GA for SMB to Fortune 50 customers.

Own end-to-end product lifecycle for Cisco Defense Orchestrator (Security Cloud Control), a cloud-based AI-powered security policy management platform. Define security product vision and roadmap across firewall policy management, SASE, and cloud security, and lead customer adoption from early access through GA.

Founding member of Cisco Defense Orchestrator (Security Cloud Control) from earliest design discussions through launch and scale, serving as both technical SME and Product Owner. Wrote user stories, managed backlog and sprint ceremonies, and bridged product with sales engineering and technical marketing to support customer onboarding across release cycles.

Designed enterprise solutions spanning network security, mobility, data center, and cloud from requirements gathering through implementation and customer handoff. Communicated technical security and network architectures in business terms to executive stakeholders.

Customer-facing solutions architect designing enterprise solutions across network security, mobility, data center, and cloud. Translate security and network architectures into business outcomes and manage delivery from requirements through implementation and handoff.

Provided network and security engineering for a cloud and managed services hosting company on a 24/7 basis. Administered Cisco infrastructure and designed reverse proxy, load balancing, and network security for hosted customer environments.

Network Management Engineer and Network Security Analyst supporting US Army network management and incident detection. Design and roll out network management across Network Operations Centers and analyze IPS/IDS/SYSLOG/firewall/SIEM data using ArcSight processes.

Served as a senior Spectrum Network Management Engineer and network security analyst supporting US Army network operations across Europe. Monitored IPS/IDS and SIEM/firewall and syslog data to detect and neutralize incidents, and helped standardize ArcSight for analyst analysis and response.

Deployed and managed Cisco network and security infrastructure for a nationwide construction company. Co-managed VMware ESX servers and EMC storage infrastructure and administered ASA/PIX firewall and VPN components.

Led IT operations for a 24/7 manufacturing and R&D environment and served as IT team lead. Implemented Cisco IP Telephony across offices and managed a Windows Active Directory infrastructure, including designing and securing funding for a disaster avoidance plan.

Founded Propel IT and served as Senior QA Engineer working with Internet Security Systems (ISS) on a patented behavioral anti-virus product. Established QA organizations and transitioned a 90-day contract into a 17-month engagement.

Worked as a software test engineer for Spectrum Enterprise Network Manager, participating in product design and usability reviews and resolving escalated customer issues. Progressed into a beta engineering team role and visited enterprise customer sites.

Completed a B.S. in Information Systems Management from University of Maryland Global Campus in 2012.

Obtained the CISSP credential in 2006; the credential is noted as lapsed.

Earned the CCNA - Networking certification (date not provided).

Earned the ProfAI AI Expert credential (date not provided).