Bearden has a deep background in network engineering. He began his tech career in the U.S. Marine Corps as a computer and network specialist, and from there he joined Lucent Technologies as a network engineer. He held similar roles with a Chicago-based law firm and with the nonprofit Feeding America before affiliating with Centrify, a Santa Clara-based company that specializes in privileged access management.
“I’m overjoyed at the chance to join such a talented and experienced sales engineering team here at Consolidated Communications,” Bearden told Techwire. “It’s an amazing opportunity to get to put my 25 years of network engineering skills to good use with a team of professionals who are working hard to deliver a better customer experience. I plan to use the lessons I learned as a network engineer to make a significant difference by ensuring that customer deployments are reliable, smooth and successful.”
The Folsom resident’s LinkedIn profile cites his areas of expertise as program management, cloud computing, virtual private networks (VPN) and TCP/IP.
