Darren Lichty Email & Phone Number

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

After departing the telco/wireless industry, I decided to begin my own technology consulting firm. That is when Panology was born!We provide computers, networks and cloud to your small business.We would love the opportunity to learn about you and your company!

My role within Data Services Engineering was 3gAAA Platform Architect. This platform provides Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) services for Alltel’s 14 million wireless data customers. As Platform Architect, I have designed and implemented an architecture that excels in the areas of high availability, scalability, flexibility, and manageability.The platform maintains an availability record of 99.999% through the use of multiple redundant nodes. The flexible architecture enables rapid deployment of new services, consistently on or ahead of schedule, enabling revenues of over $12 billion annually. The scalable design supports transactional growth of 300% annually. Integrated management features ensures consistent configuration, and reduces operational complexity.Additional responsibilities include: Oversight and guidance for the engineering team, establishing departmental policies and procedures, provide tier four operational support, review and approval of all changes, management of annual capital budgets up to $6 million, training of both internal and external personnel, primary point of contact for extra-departmental personnel, developing and maintaining third party interfaces, mentoring of peers, evaluation of new technologies, and managing vendor relationships.The 3gAAA Platform utilizes technologies provided by various vendors, including: Alcatel-Lucent, Sun/Oracle, and the Open Source community. Some of the specific technologies in use include: Alcatel-Lucent 8950 AAA, Sun Directory Services Enterprise Edition, Java Web Services (via Apache Tomcat), syslog-ng, Java, PERL, and UNIX shell scripting.

Lincoln, Nebraska

In addition to retaining all of the responsibilities I had under Alltel, I was given similar responsibilities over the Verizon Wireless AAA. This platform provides Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) services for Verizon’s 91 million wireless customers, enabling revenues of over $62 billion annually. My role within this platform is primarily focused on capacity deployment and service availability.The Verizon Wireless AAA Platform utilizes technologies provided by various vendors, including: Bridgewater Systems and Sun/Oracle.