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SME Experienced in Design, Implementation, NOC Support in the world of UC. With 20+ years communications experience ranging from Legacy PBX to current UC Solutions on multiple platforms- Avaya Aura, Cisco (CUCM), Sonus and Ribbon SBCs, AudioCodes, Microsoft Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams.Extensive Design, Deploy experience driving Large-scale Engagements in complex industries such as Higher Ed, Manufacturing, Biotech and Global Enterprise.Experience in Cloud Environments including Microsoft Azure, Oracle (OCI), AWSNetworking implementation and support experience in multi-vendor environments; including Cisco, Avaya, Juniper, etc.Decades of Proven Dedication to Excellence and the Customer SuccessMajor Projects-- Migrate National Brewing Corp with 14 Sites, ~3k Users from Legacy Avaya to Microsoft Teams and Continuant Connect Calling Plans (DRaaS) solution - 2024-- Migrate Large Hospital Campus 16 Clinics and Main Hospital, ~3500 Endpoints from 5 separate Legacy systems to one large Avaya Aura 10.1 Core UC Solution, including shift to SIP Endpoints and SIP Trunking - 2022 - 2024-- Migrate Large National Farm Equipment Manufacturer 5 sites, ~1500 Users from Legacy Avaya UC to Microsoft Teams and Continuant Connect Calling Plans (DRaaS) - 2024-- Migrate Global Medical Device and Biotech company with 15 sites, ~4k users from Legacy Avaya UC to Microsoft Teams- Direct Routing using Azure-based Ribbon Edge SBCs, Hardware SBCs and Ribbon Edgemarc analog gateways - 2021-- Migrate Large University ~4k users and 1500 analog devices from dying Legacy UC to Microsoft Teams – Direct Routing using AudioCodes SBCs and Media Packs, including High-density MP-1288s - 2021-- Migrate Large City College campus 14 buildings, ~4k users from Legacy Avaya PBX to Microsoft Teams Direct Routing using Ribbon SBCs and analog gateways. - 2021 thru 2022-- Migrate Large University campus, ~2800 users from Avaya UC to Microsoft Teams Direct Routing using Ribbon SBCs while keeping integration with Avaya UC for analog devices. - 2020

Listed skills include Avaya, Unified Communications, Telephony, Ip Pbx, and 31 others.