10 SD-WAN rollouts experts
Network engineering managers, infrastructure heads and project leads at retailers, manufacturers, a bank and a health system make up this list of people who rolled out SD-WAN in their own roles. A reader can learn how companies plan an SD-WAN rollout, move sites off MPLS and run the network once it is live.
Professionals to explore
Alain Tchuente
LinkedInExperience: Directeur de projet déploiement SDWAN · Carrefour
Alain Tchuente has been Directeur de projet déploiement SDWAN (SD-WAN deployment project director) at Carrefour since June 2024, based in the Paris area, and the profile describes a migration of 500 stores as part of the role. The title names the SD-WAN deployment directly, and the work-history row places the role at Carrefour itself.
Brian Aeschliman
LinkedInExperience: IS/IT Infrastructure Design Leader · OPmobility
Brian Aeschliman has been IS/IT Infrastructure Design Leader at OPmobility since December 2014, where the profile says Brian implemented SD-WAN technology that resulted in a $300,000 annual reduction in MPLS expenses and consolidated data centers from acquisitions. The listing also shows Global IT Network Project Engineer at Varroc Safety and Mobility from 2014 to 2022.
Deependra Vaidya
LinkedInExperience: Head, Network & Unified Communications Engineering · AutoZone
Deependra Vaidya has been Head, Network & Unified Communications Engineering at AutoZone since January 2021, where the profile says Deependra leads major infrastructure transformations including global SDWAN design and deployments. The listing also shows Director, Engineering roles at Cisco from 2012 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2020 and Senior Director of Engineering at A10 Networks from 2014 to 2015.
Devinder Singh
LinkedInExperience: Head of IT Infrastructure Operations · Reynolds Consumer Products
Devinder Singh has been Head of IT Infrastructure Operations at Reynolds Consumer Products since August 2020, where the profile says Devinder led the post-merger network integration program to build a single unified global SD-WAN platform with secure, optimized cloud access, and led development of a target state to lower overall transport spend by 20% by reducing reliance on MPLS. The listing also shows Global Head of DataCenter & Network Services at Takeda from 2014 to 2019.
Jody Grose
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Manager - Network Engineering SD-WAN Technologies · Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Jody Grose has been Sr. Manager - Network Engineering SD-WAN Technologies at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since October 2025, where the profile says Jody manages a team of network engineers specializing in SD-WAN. Jody has held infrastructure engineering and IT operations management roles at Lowe's since 2016, including Sr. Manager - Infrastructure Engineering for Supply Chain, Information Security and Data Analytics.
Justin Hulsman
LinkedInExperience: Manager of Network & Cloud · MasterBrand, Inc.
Justin Hulsman is a former Manager of Network & Cloud at MasterBrand, Inc., a role held from February 2022 to August 2024, where the profile lists a traditional wide area networking to SDWAN transformation among the projects, along with a Microsoft Teams migration. Justin also held IT Architect and Senior Network Security Engineer roles at MasterBrand from 2018 to 2022 and has worked at Humana on cloud systems networking since 2024.
Ritesh Sawant
LinkedInExperience: Information Technology Manager · IDBI Bank
Ritesh Sawant has been Information Technology Manager at IDBI Bank since December 2019, and the profile says Ritesh leads network infrastructure and SD-WAN transformation for the bank, with the headline citing a PAN-India 2,250-branch transformation. The listing also shows network engineer roles at NTT Global Networks and HCL Comnet from 2016 to 2019.
Sandip Ray
LinkedInExperience: Infrastructure Architect · Mohawk Industries
Sandip Ray has been Infrastructure Architect at Mohawk Industries since June 2021, where the profile lists the role as global SDWAN project manager and member of the center of excellence, with product evaluation and proof of value work and Prisma SASE and CloudGenix SDWAN among the technologies named. The listing also shows Technology Architect at Cognizant from 2010 to 2021.
Sterling Poitevin
LinkedInExperience: Network Engineer Manager · Pet Supermarket
Sterling Poitevin has been Network Engineer Manager at Pet Supermarket since January 2023, where the profile says Sterling architects, designs and manages enterprise network solutions including SD-WAN across retail stores, the corporate office, cloud platforms and data centers. The listing also shows Network Engineer at Pet Supermarket from 2020 to 2023 and Network Administrator there from 2019 to 2020.
Steve Paton
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director Enterprise Network Service · Kaiser Permanente
Steve Paton has been Executive Director Enterprise Network Service at Kaiser Permanente since August 2021 and has worked at Kaiser since 2016, where the profile says Steve oversees new technology evaluation and selection, including the deployment of SD-WAN technology targeted for 650 Kaiser facilities, and set up a network automation team for the Kaiser data network.
Choose the right perspective
Ask how many sites the person moved to SD-WAN, which platform they used and whether the rollout followed a merger, a cost target or a cloud move. Pick someone whose site count and industry match what you are planning, and check whether the work is current or in a past role.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you sequence sites in the rollout, and what did the pilot teach you before the wider migration?
- 02How did you build the business case for replacing or reducing MPLS, and did the savings hold up?
- 03What broke or surprised you after cutover, and how did you change operations to run the new network?
Reaching SD-WAN rollouts experts
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Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 10 companies, including Carrefour, OPmobility and AutoZone, based on profile data retrieved on October 23, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
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