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Dwayne Phills

@dwaynephills

Network executive at AECOM who modernized data centers and delivered $2M in realized value.

At AECOM, I led a worldwide network and data center organization supporting 50,000+ users across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. I directed modernization on Cisco Nexus EVPN/VXLAN fabric and drove adoption of Terraform, Ansible, and automated drift control.

I owned $22M in annual CapEx/OpEx budgets and delivered $2M in realized value. I also partnered with the CISO and VP of IT on Zero Trust, SASE, and NGFW strategy, M&A integration, and executive KPI/OKR reporting.

At Leggett & Platt, Inc., I led global network engineering for 200+ facilities and directed SD-WAN and firewall modernization projecting 200% ROI while reducing downtime 25%. At American Residential Services, I deployed Viptela/Fortinet SD-WAN across 80+ sites and built a NIST-aligned security program that cut incidents 60%.

Earlier, I led network and infrastructure teams at C&S Wholesale Grocers and Inmarsat (Stratos Global), including a 40+ person global Tier 3 NOC. My work has included data center builds and migrations, hybrid-cloud platforms across Azure, AWS, and GCP, and infrastructure automation.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Director of Network Services

AECOM

Jan 2025 - Apr 2026 (1 year 3 months)

Led a worldwide network and data center organization of 60+ engineers and architects supporting 50,000+ users. Owned $22M in annual budgets. Managed offshore teams alongside onshore staff and governed onshore and offshore MSPs with defined SLAs across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

VXLAN Cisco Nexus NX OS Terraform Ansible Infrastructure as Code Zero Trust SASE NGFW Azure AWS GCP Kubernetes AI GPU MSP Management Budget Management Vendor Management M&A Integration KPI and Reporting

Senior Manager, Global Network

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

Jul 2021 - Nov 2024 (3 years 4 months)

Led a global network engineering team supporting 200+ facilities and data centers. Directed offshore network teams and onshore and offshore MSPs for 24x7 operations, holding providers to SLAs and runbooks. Introduced EVPN/VXLAN Cisco Nexus fabric and Infrastructure as Code with Ansible.

VXLAN Cisco Nexus Ansible Infrastructure as Code SD WAN Firewalls Azure MSP Management Budget Management Vendor Management CISO Relationships Risk Mitigation

Senior IT Network Infrastructure & Security Manager

American Residential Services (ARS)

Oct 2015 - Jul 2021 (5 years 9 months)

Led 7 network/security professionals and built out 3 data centers supporting 80+ locations. Modernized data center networking with EVPN on Cisco Nexus and implemented Infrastructure as Code with Ansible.

VXLAN Cisco Nexus NX OS Ansible NetFlow Azure AWS SD WAN Fortinet Viptela NIST Security Strategic Sourcing

Senior IT Infrastructure Network Services Manager

C&S Wholesale Grocers

Dec 2012 - Jun 2015 (2 years 6 months)

Led 6 network engineers and built/migrated offsite data centers for a high-volume multi-site enterprise. Architected Cisco Nexus data center infrastructure and migrated WAN to fiber MPLS with BGP multi-homing.

Cisco Nexus FLEXPOD NetApp VSphere MPLS BGP Ansible NetFlow Unified Communications Budget Management Vendor Management SLA Management

Infrastructure & Security Consultant

MCCU – Financial Services

Jan 2012 - Dec 2012 (11 months)

Provided infrastructure and security consulting services for a financial services organization.

Global Network Operations Support Manager, Tier 3

Inmarsat (Stratos Global)

Mar 2008 - Apr 2012 (4 years 1 month)

Led a 40+ person global Tier 3 NOC delivering 24x7 service for enterprise clients. Operated OSPF and Cisco routing/switching across global LAN/WAN and satellite IP networks.