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Arlington, Virginia, United States

Little Rock, AR, US

• Lab and Field Trials of vendors’ hardware and software, including Ciena, Infinera, Nokia, Cisco, ADTRAN/ADVA.
• Created reference architectures to meet use cases and cost criteria for Windstream Kinetic, including integration of IPoDWDM, 3rd party waves and PON / Cellular backhaul.
• Performed quarterly reviews of vendor roadmaps, providing feedback and feature requests to product development to support Windstream’s business goals.

Plano, Texas, US

• Design of IP and Optical Transport networks in response to formal RFPs and customer inquiries.
• Present use cases of network slicing, low latency, distributed management and Muse SDN orchestration to Utilities, Mobile Carrier and Service Provider customers and partner.
• Analysis of competitors’ solutions (Ciena, Cisco, Nokia, Infinera, Fujitsu, Arista)
• Create RFP deliverables (BOMs, Network / Rack Drawings, Solution Description)
• Provide technical support to customers during lab (POC) trials

Norcross, Georgia, US

• Pre sales design consultation with customers for data center builds, cloud migrations and SD-WAN technologies
• In collaboration with AMs, deliver the technical features and benefits portion of presentations to CxO and director level management.
• Create webinars with OEM partners to drive new lines of sales into cloud services (IaaS, PaaS SaaS).
• Provide comparison of technology, features and pricing of competitors’ products for positioning of customer proposals.
• Assessment and readiness of applications and infrastructure for Microsoft Azure and AWS.
• Design and deployments of Cisco Viptela, VMware VeloCloud and SilverPeak SD-WAN solutions.

• Network design of OTN DWDM (100G, 200G, 400G channels on Ciena 6500 CD FlexGrid / Waveserver)
• Manage network deployment projects throughout North America
• Create Engineering Design Packages (Floorplan, BOM, RFV, FRL, Network Diagram)
• Validate fiber characterization (OTDR, ORL, CD, PMD) test results from vendors
• Work with external vendors, Facebook backbone, infrastructure and network sourcing teams on project timelines, milestones and delivering capacity between data centers and POPs (3-14 Tbps per route and average of 10.

New York, NY, US

• Part of advisory team writing technical requirements and best practices for optical transport, switching, routing, filtering, compute and storage to provide 120 Gbps of resilient internet traffic, high availability of.
• Evaluate equipment vendors for meeting technical specifications and required features; Lab testing and configurations of Cisco NCS2006, NCS1002, Ciena 6500 and Waveserver DWDM ROADM OTN systems, 40G/100G/200G Coherent.
• Provide CapEx and OpEx analysis and technical briefs to management for development of capital plan and budget.
• Project Manager for the 2 Metrotech Datacenter Operations Runbook Project – compiled equipment inventories, configuration databases, power circuit sequencing and start up procedures from Network, Server Ops, Storage.
• Project Manager for the DWDM network and data center builds; define SOW, WBS, milestones and manage field technicians verification and validation of contractor’s deliverables
• Create BOMs, Network and Signal Flow Diagrams, Rack Elevations, Configuration Guides, Circuit Layout Records

Denver, Colorado, US

• Create 2.5G, 10G, 40G and 100G Ethernet and SONET circuits over OTN on metro and long haul DWDM optical networks across Alcatel-Lucent 1830, Ciena 6500, Fujitsu 7420, Infinera DTNx and Cyan Z77 platforms.
• Design of private optical transport networks for customers, Wells Fargo, Adobe.
• Design and project management LTE back haul circuits for Verizon and ATT in Pacific Northwest.
• Work with OSP team and carriers in obtaining fiber, secondary building POEs and data center cross connects. Analyze OTDR test reports and fiber routes.

Washington, DC, US

• Completed District of Columbia’s 100G DWDM core network as defined under the NTIA BTOP grant program.
• Directed by deputy CTO to analyze and document existing network infrastructure. Lead the design, installation and configuration of Ciena Transport Platforms.
• Developed best practices on maintenance and standard operating procedures.
• Built Ciena One Control NMS on Redhat Linux 5.8 / Dell server in HA (High Availability) configuration.
• Configure 10G Ethernet circuits, 2G and 4G FC for Brocade 6500 series switches, EPL and EPLAN services on Ciena 3960, 5150, 5410 switches.
• Perform change controls and emergency maintenance. Install and configure new nodes (optical transport and switches)

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Consulted with USC, Cal Tech and JPL IT management the requirements for Los Angeles metro network which interconnects member institutions of the Los Nettos Consortium.
• Provide analysis of fiber routes, facilities and circuit requirements.
• Advise on BOMs and configuration to meet current requirements at budget while enabling scaling to 100G waves and avoid channel blocking within shared DWDM wavelength map.
• Create MOPs and documentation.
• Provide on-site installation and training for the Cisco 15454 platform and fiberoptic maintenance.

Seattle, WA, US

• Design of Amazon’s optical transport networks within regional Availability Zones
• Created engineering work flow processes, technical requirements, Methods of Procedures, design documentation and Tier 3 support within the optical network space.
• Designed and installed 3.2 Tbps of capacity (320 x 10G Ethernet) into production within 3 months using Cisco 15454 platform (40G ROADM DWDM)
• Tested 10G Ethernet circuits between Cisco Nexus switches and ASR routers across optical network, Performed troubleshooting of failed and intermittent links
• Analyzed existing state of system by verification of all hardware, in production circuits, wavelength and dispersion maps, Power / Cooling requirements, Network Management.
• Developed a wavelength plan, final BOM /install concurrent with vendor delivery schedule and training of field technicians for clean execution of plan and final review of the build with Data Center Operations and.

• Project: WMATA Subway Wireless Carrier Infrastructure – Powerwave Distributed Antenna SystemRole: Fiberoptic Engineering and Construction Manager
• Assumed control of Fiberoptic Engineering and Construction for the WMATA Wireless Carrier Infrastructure at start of Phase 2 as many of Phase 1 personnel and knowledge had left the project.
• Based on direction of carrier representatives, reevaluated design and contractor productivity based on tunnel surveys, realistic production rates from narrow work shifts and cancellations.
• Defined and documented; in accordance with WMATA rail regulations and design criteria of the carriers (Verizon, T-Mobile, ATT and Sprint); the fiber optic architecture, materials, installation methods and acceptance.
• Responsible for material acquisition, logistics and technical scope of service contracts with subcontractors performing under the fiberoptic cable scope of work.
• Reviewed contractors’ acceptance test deliverables and developed plan for rework and test of fiberoptic cable to bring into compliance with Phase 1 close out specifications and customer sign off.

College Park, MD, US

• Consulted with USC, Cal Tech and JPL IT management on the requirements for Los Angeles metro network which interconnects member institutions of the Los Nettos consortium.
• Analyzed fiber routes (loss, OTDR, CD, PMD, path integrity), facilities (power, cooling) and circuit requirements.
• Advised on BOMs and configuration to meet current requirements at budget while enabling scaling to 100G waves and avoid channel blocking within shared DWDM wavelength plan.
• Created MOPs and documented network build.
• Provided on-site installation and training for the Cisco 15454 platform and fiberoptic maintenance.

US

• Contract consultant for CentrePath projects engaged with AT&T and IBM Professional Services providing post-sales support including implementation documentation and services activation
• Provided DWDM, SONET and Ethernet network design input as part of bid proposals
• Nortel 5200 and Cisco 15454 MSTP platform design, BOM and provisioning

San Francisco, CA, US

• Act as technical resource to sales team at customer meetings and to develop an understanding of the prospect’s current network architecture, plans and the underlying business operations driving IT requirements
• Respond to RFI/ RFP’s, present the multipoint topology and global reach of Yipe’s products to effectively position against larger incumbent carriers and target specific verticals with niche service offerings such as.
• Maintain relationships with the client’s technical and business management for customer feedback and upcoming potential service opportunities

US

• Consultant to Financial, Government and Medical institutions for the design, installation and commissioning of private fiberoptic networks.
• Contracts include JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Wal-Mart, New York State OFT, New York City DoITT, Vanderbilt University and University of Pennsylvania.
• Design and integration of Cisco and Nortel DWDM optical networks and network management systems.
• Consultation and testing on NY State existing campus fiber and copper infrastructure for migration cost and upgrade benefit to an all optical network and consolidation (phasing out of legacy) of network protocols.
• Development of customer documentation including; RFP/ RFI, Engineering Installation Plan, As Built, circuit verification and network acceptance documents.

US

Design, specification and production of Engineering Documentation for Metro and Long Haul DWDM networks in the Northeast region. Primarily Cisco 15454, Nortel Optera 5200, 6500 MOR+.

Build and configure equipment line ups and provide product demonstrations in Holmdel lab and at customer sites for the OLS400G (40ch x 10Gbps) optical transport platform.

Design, specification and production of Engineering Documentation for Metro DWDM Networks in NYC area. SONET and Ethernet services. Primarily Cisco 15454, Nortel Optera 5200 and Fujitsu FLM2400.