Noc Engineer/Technical Support/Systems Engineer
Bbn (Bolt, Beranek & Newman) Communications
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Supported customers including Proctor and Gamble, Monsanto, and Mead Data Central with their X.25 Packet switching nodes and their Packet Assemblers/ Disassemblers before there were routers. Started in the Network Operation Center (NOC) monitoring the ARPANet where it all started! Then was selected to go to Tokyo for a project on JAL converting their SNA network to X.25. It was a great first employer to land and was surrounded by a great team. However the company peaked around that time and was spread to thin. During this time I completed my Masters Degree and took the program mainly for its Data Communications classes.