Why Us?

The interdisciplinary nature at the junction of “innovation, technology, and sustainability” requires a unique blend of values, expertise, and experiences. We at Blue Fern fuse the best of each of those dimensions, delivering results in the art-of-possible.

Our founder’s career spans expertise including:

  • Big Tech, as CTO of multi-billion dollar businesses, and as HITEC 100

  • Startups, as Mentor-in-residence for Duke University New Ventures

  • Academia, as Adjunct Faculty in NC State University

  • Non-Profits, as Chair of the Board of Directors of Code the Dream

  • Leadership, as sought-after exec sponsor

  • Innovation, as Fast Company's Innovative Leader of the Year, 2021

  • Invention, as Fellow at the National Academy of Inventors, with over 300 issued US patents

  • Pioneering, new technologies, including service chaining, OAM, Telemetry

  • Standardization, with over 60 Internet RFCs authored, and multiple chair roles at IETF

  • Environmental Sustainability, as head of technology and data for Cisco’s engineering sustainability

  • Conservation Technologies, as lead architect of “Save this Rhino” techno-conservation

An outside-in perspective with credibility, creating emotional connections, drives engagement and persuasiveness.