Summary
Tom Sammons is a seasoned systems engineering leader with 30+ years of hands-on experience and over a decade in senior roles guiding pre-sales, technical marketing, and field engineering for enterprise networking and observability. Currently a System Engineering Manager at Arista Networks, he has led teams that sell and support DANZ Monitoring Fabric and Converged Cloud Fabric, bridging complex data-center and cloud-style networking with customer outcomes. Known for clear, engaging technical communication, Tom regularly presents at national and state conferences and translates deep protocol- and systems-level knowledge into accessible solutions for executives and operators. His background spans low-level telecom signaling (SS7) through modern SDN/NFV and packet-capture analytics, giving him an unusual combination of legacy telecom and cutting-edge networking expertise. He has a track record of winning multi-million dollar public-safety and enterprise deals and building high-performing teams that produce repeatable technical collateral and training. Based in the DC–Baltimore area, Tom combines systems architecture, solution-selling acumen, and a practitioner’s coding and automation experience to drive adoption of complex networking products.
11 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Engineering, B.S., Computer Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology