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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Leader of a group of technicians and contractors that deliver secure and high quality data storage services and also monitor network status.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Supervise a strong team of technicians and architects who take care of the infrastructure portion of a government network.

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Ensuring that networks continue to function as defined, while helping deploy new technologies, while keeping the lights on.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Working as Project and Contracts Manager in DND group, also experience as Network Operations Supervisor.

Product Manager for the Next Generation Video Services and the Nortel Video Services Platform 9500. Delivered a complete Plan of Record and Intent, along with a working product overview in three months for the Next Generation Video Services. Collected customer requirements and presented to customers for the VSP project and for Next Generation Video Services. Authored and presented Functional Requirement Specification to the Internal Product Team in cooperation with R&D, Marketing and Customers… Show more Product Manager for the Next Generation Video Services and the Nortel Video Services Platform 9500. Delivered a complete Plan of Record and Intent, along with a working product overview in three months for the Next Generation Video Services. Collected customer requirements and presented to customers for the VSP project and for Next Generation Video Services. Authored and presented Functional Requirement Specification to the Internal Product Team in cooperation with R&D, Marketing and Customers groups. Managed through to business acceptance all required documentation within 3 month timeframe, including Functional Requirement Specification, a full list of requirements (written, published and approved). Managed and led relationships and all support contracts with 3rd party software and hardware suppliers, including New Product Introduction tasks. Realized $200,000 savings over a 5 month period. Show less

• Developed and implemented a prototype 4th generation non-broadcast oriented Wireless Video Delivery system. • Authored disruptive technology White Paper and presented to Nortel Wireless groups pushing forward the concept of the Media Less society. • Wrote and presented White Paper for Access Network evolution for multi-mode handsets (Wi-Fi and Cellular), using Voice Over IP (VoIP) and SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). • Authored White Paper on Wireless and Wired Home Networking… Show more • Developed and implemented a prototype 4th generation non-broadcast oriented Wireless Video Delivery system. • Authored disruptive technology White Paper and presented to Nortel Wireless groups pushing forward the concept of the Media Less society. • Wrote and presented White Paper for Access Network evolution for multi-mode handsets (Wi-Fi and Cellular), using Voice Over IP (VoIP) and SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). • Authored White Paper on Wireless and Wired Home Networking business opportunities for Nortel, and proposed a network based home network administering product . Show less

Investigated Wireless and Wired Home Networking opportunities for Nortel, and proposed a home network administering product (network based). The home networking market is growing with the breakthroughs in data throughput to the home and technologies for home entertainment, and my job was to investigate the following areas:• Universal Plug N’ Play architecture and how Nortel customers (namely ISP’s but also content providers) can leverage this architecture for money making opportunities•… Show more Investigated Wireless and Wired Home Networking opportunities for Nortel, and proposed a home network administering product (network based). The home networking market is growing with the breakthroughs in data throughput to the home and technologies for home entertainment, and my job was to investigate the following areas:• Universal Plug N’ Play architecture and how Nortel customers (namely ISP’s but also content providers) can leverage this architecture for money making opportunities• Digital Living Network Association’s model which builds on the uPnP model to expand and investigate the areas of delivery of entertainment content (music, movies, services, etc.,) to the home for a premium as well as protection of this “intellectual property” for the content provider.• How these opportunities might fit into the new wireless protocols being sold to the home such as 802.11{a,b,g,i,n} and 802.16 , and how these technologies fit in the home of the future. Show less

Part of CDMA Wireless OAM group in the specific areas of Install/Upgrade/Patching and Platform (System Management and UNIX admin), and also Release Prime for the OAM tool.Duties included:• Tracked product defects in the OAM system, and worked with release management team to ensure timely release of software. Learned a great deal about how software is released in Nortel, and the mechanisms needed to ensure quality during software release phases. Worked with Customer Support teams as… Show more Part of CDMA Wireless OAM group in the specific areas of Install/Upgrade/Patching and Platform (System Management and UNIX admin), and also Release Prime for the OAM tool.Duties included:• Tracked product defects in the OAM system, and worked with release management team to ensure timely release of software. Learned a great deal about how software is released in Nortel, and the mechanisms needed to ensure quality during software release phases. Worked with Customer Support teams as well to ensure no “surprises” in the release.• Headed element upgrade task force to streamline and improve the quality of software downloads to the different elements in the CDMA Access Network (BTS, BSC, eBSC)• Introduced new UNIX platform for the Element Management system, as well as architected disk layout for software, and transition plan for upgrading from existing Management System (BSSM ) to the new Element management system (C-EMS), on the new hardware. Show less

• Delivered and published specification for SS7 Gateway protocol support. • Implemented Voice Over IP and Universal Port prototypes, on a system that was previously solely a Remote Access Server (RAS) model. • Developed strategies for the product evolution of the SS7 Gateway.• Investigated and implemented SIP (Session Invitation Protocol) on the CVX and CSG product lines.• Analyzed three potential high-availability platforms for the CSG and recommended one model for final… Show more • Delivered and published specification for SS7 Gateway protocol support. • Implemented Voice Over IP and Universal Port prototypes, on a system that was previously solely a Remote Access Server (RAS) model. • Developed strategies for the product evolution of the SS7 Gateway.• Investigated and implemented SIP (Session Invitation Protocol) on the CVX and CSG product lines.• Analyzed three potential high-availability platforms for the CSG and recommended one model for final implementation.• Wrote internal specifications for the product’s internal interactions . • Responsible for final architectural decisions about how the product would work. Led technical discussions to ensure support from other key players.• Marketed the product: first version was available in 6 months, Led to products success of a $100 Million business in 3 years. Show less

Senior Analyst in the Preside System development group. Worked to develop a workable LDAP API (schema) to function with :• Radius Servers that would connect to the Preside directory via LDAP calls• Policy management servers (e.g. RSVP or MPLS) which would download rules from directory• DNS & DHCP servers which would pull information on addressing from the directory and update the directory with information.Learned about centralized directory architectures and their possible… Show more Senior Analyst in the Preside System development group. Worked to develop a workable LDAP API (schema) to function with :• Radius Servers that would connect to the Preside directory via LDAP calls• Policy management servers (e.g. RSVP or MPLS) which would download rules from directory• DNS & DHCP servers which would pull information on addressing from the directory and update the directory with information.Learned about centralized directory architectures and their possible uses in the “new” internet. Worked with external billing system (e.g. Portal) to find out their API needs and will work with Customers of the preside product on how to implement and use the API. Helped with current release of Preside Policy system, designing two features, and helping implement one of them. Show less

One of the Senior designers in a group implementing an interface between the PSTN SS7 Signaling network to Aptis, Bay and Shiva modem pools (Remote Access Servers). Joined the project at it’s inception, helped choose which SS7 signaling server package to use and wrote the signaling interface specification for communication between the Signaling Server and the RAS (using a subset of DSM-CC). A steep learning curve was incurred on this project, as I had no “telephony” experience before this… Show more One of the Senior designers in a group implementing an interface between the PSTN SS7 Signaling network to Aptis, Bay and Shiva modem pools (Remote Access Servers). Joined the project at it’s inception, helped choose which SS7 signaling server package to use and wrote the signaling interface specification for communication between the Signaling Server and the RAS (using a subset of DSM-CC). A steep learning curve was incurred on this project, as I had no “telephony” experience before this project, and am now the “expert” when it comes to SS7 signaling in the group. Skills honed in this project:• SS7 signaling comprehension Bellcore and ANSI variants (ISUP, BTUP, etc.,)• Signaling from the Server to the RAS (DSM-CC for now, with studies done on the possible implementations using either Diameter or Q.931).• Customer presentation skills (have done many as a technical resource to our sales team).• Group management Show less

Ottawa, Canada Area

Title was integration prime for DEC Mediaplex software. This package played MPEG-2 movies or run interactive services on a group of Alpha 2100 servers. This package integrated with the Nortel Concorde ATM (backbone) Switch as well as the Nortel Service. Worked directly with DEC Level 2 (i.e. Video Pump) team as well as liaison with outside customer (New Brunswick Telephone) on how system would work “end to end”. Gained experience in the following areas:• ATM network management… Show more Title was integration prime for DEC Mediaplex software. This package played MPEG-2 movies or run interactive services on a group of Alpha 2100 servers. This package integrated with the Nortel Concorde ATM (backbone) Switch as well as the Nortel Service. Worked directly with DEC Level 2 (i.e. Video Pump) team as well as liaison with outside customer (New Brunswick Telephone) on how system would work “end to end”. Gained experience in the following areas:• ATM network management, configuration, signaling (UNI 3.2 and 4.0), and the AAL5 protocol.• MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video standards and how they work with the ATM standard.• System Integration, working directly with development groups to ensure the “product” was delivered, while simultaneously working with customers to ensure their needs are met.• DEC UNIX experience adding to an already large background of administering and using UNIX systems. Show less

• Team leader for Compute Server Pool project: Assembled the team, ensured test sites were set up, dealt with user concerns, documented set up and administration of project, published the plan for the project, and published a paper on the project. • Replaced mainframe computers as the main computing engine in BNR, and was successful in the Board and Silicon design teams in less than a year • Worked with Hewlett Packard transitioning from an Apollo based platform to HP based systems… Show more • Team leader for Compute Server Pool project: Assembled the team, ensured test sites were set up, dealt with user concerns, documented set up and administration of project, published the plan for the project, and published a paper on the project. • Replaced mainframe computers as the main computing engine in BNR, and was successful in the Board and Silicon design teams in less than a year • Worked with Hewlett Packard transitioning from an Apollo based platform to HP based systems. • Worked as second level UNIX operating system support. Show less

Ottawa, Canada Area

Part of the team to replace mainframe computers as the main computing engine in BNR, with workstations in a wide area network model. Worked in Information Technology including: Transitioning users from Mainframe “mind space” to UNIX workstation ; Disaster recovery plans of data given a diverse network of servers and workstations ; Worked to transition from a “diverse” tool set for administration to future standards in the area of Network Address tables (DNS), Address acquisition (Bootp and… Show more Part of the team to replace mainframe computers as the main computing engine in BNR, with workstations in a wide area network model. Worked in Information Technology including: Transitioning users from Mainframe “mind space” to UNIX workstation ; Disaster recovery plans of data given a diverse network of servers and workstations ; Worked to transition from a “diverse” tool set for administration to future standards in the area of Network Address tables (DNS), Address acquisition (Bootp and DHCP) and User ID (passwords, X.400 and Radius) ; Initial roll out of workstations to user’s desktops and then upgrades and patching of workstation Operating Systems ; Vendor liaison ; Provided second level support for internal customers and did “fire fighting” to resolve issues (liaison between internal customers and software/hardware vendors). Show less

Ottawa, Canada Area

Was lead programmer in a group that designed and implemented production control systems for various clients. These systems were written in Progress (a fourth generation language). Also supervised programming enhancements and changes to the system and tested these changes.Modified an existing print spooling system written in Cobol and added enhancements for use in the printing of security material. This program was developed on a UNIX system and then transferred to the target system, an… Show more Was lead programmer in a group that designed and implemented production control systems for various clients. These systems were written in Progress (a fourth generation language). Also supervised programming enhancements and changes to the system and tested these changes.Modified an existing print spooling system written in Cobol and added enhancements for use in the printing of security material. This program was developed on a UNIX system and then transferred to the target system, an IBM 4331 computer, where it was debugged.Supervised the typesetting operations at GSI. Show less

Montreal, Canada Area

Learned about Z80 Assembler and cross-compiling using a UNIX BSD 4.1 based development environment working on Digital VAX hardware. Many interesting programs worked on including: Communications package to turn MICOM word processor into a VT100 RS-232 connected terminal ; Generic UNIX workstation prototype hardware ; Graphics systems using BBN terminal for prototyping of graphic desktop interface

Bmath, Computer Science And C&O

Activities and Societies: Treasurer of Computer Science Club Organizers of Montreal based WatPubs Work terms with Imperial Tobacco.

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Post Secondary, Pure And Applied Sciences