FrenchJim

I'm passionate about using technology to improve personal, corporate, and public wellbeing. I've worked in IT for more than 25 years after getting BSEE and MBA from Rutgers University. I am approaching 1 year at Zscaler as a Solution Architect SA after nearly 20 years at Cisco departing as a Distinguished System Engineer DSE. Generally, I help reduce costs, increase revenues and reduce risk using a broad and deep understanding of technology, operations, and business. On my journey, I learned about Tesla in 2010 when attending an engineering open house at Rutgers University. I questioned the Roadster owner for 1.5 hours and then followed Tesla closely which lead to the purchase of a Model S in November 2017. I absolutely enjoy participating in the transformation from ICE to EV and manual to self drive.