Bryan Beecher Email & Phone Number

Westford, Ma, Us

Arbor Networks (and a number of other Danaher companies) were acquired by NETSCOUT in July 2015.

Burlington, Ma, Us

Responsible for all engineering aspects (software engineering, QA, project management) for our DDoS line of products.

Burlington, Ma, Us

Lead the family of Carrier-related Product Development teams at Arbor Networks.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

Member of the executive management team, reporting to the ICPSR executive director. Responsible for all information technology functions: planning and executing strategic technology initiatives; delivering information technology to support ICPSR's mission; and representing ICPSR and its interests in the research data community. Advise the executive director and the ICPSR Council on strategic, operational, and business matters. Primary responsibilities: (1) Architect and lead the execution of major technological initiatives designed to increase ICPSR's value to its member organizations and U.S. government clients.(2) As PI or co-PI, secure federal funds to explore and analyze new technology to serve research data management. (3) Collaborate with partner organizations to conduct research on data management and digital preservation systems by adapting emerging technologies and extending those technologies in new directions. (4) Represent ICPSR in the scientific research data community by delivering presentations, participating on review panels, and publishing articles. (5) Direct a team of IT professionals that deploys and manages complex data management systems, common business applications, and specialized data analysis and preparation solutions that support ICPSR's core functions. (6) Direct a team of software developers that designs and builds a wide array of externally-focused content delivery systems and internally-focused business automation systems.

Calabasas, Ca, Us

Joined Ixia as part of the sale of the company I co-founded (Caimis). Operational responsibilities included: managing the NetOps Engineering staff; developing and testing product installation software; designing, developing, documenting, and testing the build procedure for the IXIA 150 platform which was used to deliver NetOps software and services; and designing, developing, documenting, and testing proof-of-concept applications.

Co-founder & Vice-President, Engineering, 9/00 – 10/01Co-founded Caimis, Inc., an Internet traffic engineering spin-off of the University of California, San Diego. Established the company’s Ann Arbor office. Co-authored the Caimis business plan. Spearheaded the development of strategic corporate partnerships and relationships. Personally recruited key industry leaders to the Caimis Advisory Board (Steve Heimlich, VP for Internet Strategy, SAIC; Carl Showalter, VP for Marketing, Juniper Networks). Operational responsibilities included: managing the engineering staff, developing product installation software, writing proof-of-concept applications based on new Caimis technology, and participating in the production of product information and collateral. Sold Caimis to Ixia in November, 2001.

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Directed the operations of UUNET’s newly-created branded network services virtual business unit. Built and managed the team responsible for service delivery of UUNET’s Branded Dial/DSL product offering to the company’s strategic dial customers, including AOL, Microsoft Network, and Earthlink. Responsible for ensuring that each strategic customer received a level of service commensurate with their expectations and strategic importance to UUNET. Created a team responsible for Branded Dial/DSL order fulfillment and quality assurance of new product releases. Oversaw an initial staff of 30, and grew it to 75. Reported to the VP for Dial and Broadband Services.

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Directed all customer service, technical operations, and operations support for legacy ANS customers and services, representing revenues of approximately $400 million. Assumed larger role in legacy ANS product management and account management during rationalization of those areas with UUNET in mid-1998. Maintained high network and customer service quality without increasing headcount during a time of rapid revenue growth. Maintained high morale and low technical staff turnover as ANS Communications was integrated with UUNET Technologies. Engaged the Ann Arbor-based team in the development and operations of two new, strategic UUNET products by working directly with Virginia-based product management and product engineering, resulting in a more energized, integrated department. Oversaw a staff of about 150. Reported to the vice-president for Global Technology Operations.

New York, Ny, Us

In addition to continuing to manage all customer service and operations staff, also began to manage customer fulfillment staff. Created the Strategic Accounts Service Center, a highly-skilled team dedicated to customer service and account management for ANS’s highest-revenue customers, including AOL and Trane. Created the Operations Support Systems (OSS) group dedicated to building and maintaining systems for improving customer service and increasing the efficiency of the network operations center. Reorganized the customer fulfillment department to create two dedicated groups focused on (1) high-margin, customized virtual private network (VPN) orders and (2) standard Internet connection orders. Oversaw deployment and operations of a 500+ site private TCP/IP network for the Chicago Public Schools system. Grew organization from 100 to about 150. Reported to the vice-president of network services and acting CEO.

New York, Ny, Us

Managed customer service and operations teams including UNIX systems administration, network operations, network engineering, and all other technical operations staff. Created the Dial Operations Center to give focus to the management of the rapidly growing dial network. Created an operations support group to develop and manage tools and to QA new customer connections. Oversaw migration from NSFnet-era equipment to BayNetworks routers. Grew team from 50 people to over 100.

New York, Ny, Us

Joined ANS Communications to build a team of UNIX systems administrators to care for all UNIX systems in use at the company. This included desktop computing systems, network monitoring and management systems, common Internet service systems (NTP, USENET, DNS), and the ANS Communications Web Hosting ranch. Responsible for internal network and systems security. Personally designed and implemented a system which builds DNS tables for all ANSnet network devices from information stored in a relational database, eliminating a costly and error-prone manual task. Implemented the first non-manual disaster recovery system for the ANS Ann Arbor site.

Managed all technical and administrative staff. Developed and launched new products and support contracts, including an Internet-in-a-box product for small telephone companies. Responded to RFPs. Established project tracking and reporting processes.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

Built and managed Internet services for the University of Michigan and the state of Michigan academic and research network (Merit). Set policies for domain organization and registration under umich.edu. Created and managed U-M USENET news reading service. Designed, deployed, and managed email relay system used by departments which relied upon LAN email systems. Along with others, designed and developed the DIXIE X.500-over-TCP/IP protocol which later evolved into the LDAP protocol.

Ms, Computer Engineering

Ba, Computer Science (Honors) & Creative Writing And Literature