Denard Thomas Email & Phone Number

United States

Centennial, Colorado, United States

Data center Planning & Design engineer instrumental in designing and deploying network architecture to support forecasted bandwidth capacities in and around legacy and converged data centers, as well as designing deployment packages for new standards and technologies. Facilitating communication and teamwork across verticals, with customers, and project managers to meet stringent timelines while developing any solutions required to drive projects to completion. Also serving in advisory and mentorship roles with junior engineers, providing education, guidance, and support throughout the implementation process.

Greenwood Village, Co

Dual Teams/Responsibilities:Network Engineer IV - Core Planning & Design:Core Planning & Design lead for the South(East) Region (consisting of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, and parts of the Carolinas). Instrumental in designing network architecture to support forecasted bandwidth capacities on and around the Five States Ring, as well a designing deployment packages for new standards and technologies ratified by Advanced/Operations Engineering (AE|OE).Network Engineer IV - Core Implementation:Technical Lead of the CBO COREIP South Region, tasked with planning and organizing tasks in regards to high priority projects such as 7609 L3 Switch Decommissions, Core Router upgrades, Lightweight Edge Planning, Design, and Implementation (making any adjustments necessary to implement the designed Box topology while not adversely affecting the current dual ring topologies), and initial implementations of concepts not fully deployed within the Legacy Charter network. Often requested by management to be the first line of guidance and support with projects run by teammates by attending high visibility maintenances to ensure that work was successful without issue. Along with attending maintenances with other engineers, we have successfully performed on-site maintenance work in which they were able to physically participate in major migrations by working directly with ISP as well as hands-on experience with networking equipment.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Worked as the technical lead of the DNTI Network Ready Team, ensuring that Engineers have both the technical and communicative resources necessary to complete Maintenance Change Requests ranging from BAU circuit turn-ups, Access Router implementations, Core (ROADM) augmentations, and some Access Layer road-mapping in regards to network efficiency.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Assisted in the planning, forecasting, implementation, and identification of resource requirements for network systems of moderate to high complexity. Heavily integrated in the implementation of standards, processes and procedures regarding Type II (or "Buy" ) circuits which involve coordination of standards and procedures between the DNT, Transport and Capacity, Sales Engineering, and Carrier Operator teams. This process is in its final stages of completion, diagramming the Type II process flow in Confluence, implementing a centralized means of communication in JIRA, and ultimately laying the foundation for a smoother transition of Type II circuits from SDRP to T3.Very heavily integrated in management of larger scale customer networks that are consistently expanding. Responsible for Core Network Architecture and Design in relation to Charter Business implementations including but not limited to: New ROADM Muxponder/Transponder shelves (MLT), Distribution/Core Distribution/Access layer link augmentation, Optical Channel Group (OCG - Infinera) path design and implementation.Currently working as the technical lead of the DNTI Network Ready Team, ensuring that Engineers have both the technical and communicative resources necessary to complete Maintenance Change Requests ranging from BAU circuit turn-ups, and Access Router implementations, to Core (ROADM) augmentation.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Assist in the planning, forecasting, implementation, and identification of resource requirements for network systems of moderate complexity. Implement protocol compatibility standards, develop and implement network enhancements and make recommendations for improvement. Responsible for some Core Network Architecture and Design in relation to Charter Business implementation.

Tasked with coordinating, troubleshooting, and maintaining the integrity of Charter Business fiber based customers.

Tasked with installing, coordinating, troubleshooting, and maintaining Charter Business fiber based customer circuits. Performed basic installations and assisted in some configuration of Core level equipment such as the Cisco ASR9K, ONS 15454, and Nexus 7K, Arris C4, and small form factor Alcatel Lucent platforms. While in this position, I received experience with both Coarse and Dense Wave Division Multiplexing.

Performed basic and complex Charter Residential installations consisting of Voice, Video, and Data packages. I was also tasked with complex troubleshooting of two-way services (SDV,Telephony, Internet), as I focused intensely on ensuring that Charter Communications provided the best possible services for our customers.