Joined France Telecom Long Distance USA in 2002, now under the corporate branding as Orange, Sr. Project Mgr - Optical Network Architect in the US Domain with expanded role in evolving the US backbone for dynamic Ethernet transport and future rollout of Next Generation services. Current interest in the ongoing convergence within the intelligent optical layer between SDN + OTN + Dynamic ROADM technologies. With over 30 years work experience in both vendor and provider communities, was an active member of the Carriers Group at the Optical Internetworking Forum. Roderick holds a Master of Engineering degree from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.