Michael Brown Email & Phone Number

Amissville, Va, Us

Wilkesboro, Nc, Us

I've recently started a new company called Broadband Consulting Services. We provide Business Consulting and Network Engineering and Architecture services in the Telecom and Electric Cooperative industries including FTTx Networks and Smart Grid Communications Networks.

Herndon, Va, Us

Manage a team of Network Engineering and Program Management Professionals to help NRTC Members implement FTTx Communication Systems. Handle everything from end to end project management, Network Engineering and Business process integration.

Reston, Va, Us

Provides leadership, guidance and oversight for a team of solutions architects, and consultants to ensure overall service and profitability for SAIC’s IT infrastructure modernization market. Oversees all provider contracting functions, strategic relationships, plan management, and the value-based strategy for growth. Responsible for ensuring readiness and high reliability of cutting-edge network infrastructures through integration testing, translating client technical requirements into viable, scalable test cases, test case execution, test result documentation and implementation. Primary Responsibilities:• Collaborate with internal stakeholders from a strategic perspective to identify and exploit emerging technologies.• Develop architectures in collaboration with client IT teams, business stakeholders, and technology vendors ensuring solutions satisfy business needs and align appropriately with client's standards and expectations and enable automation and scale. • Manage business plan, schedules, resource assignments associated with capital and expense budgets for the implementation of network and telecommunications aspects of projects - voice/data upgrades, and new technology initiatives.• Participate in the Business plan process by preparing project descriptions, estimates, milestones and technical design documents.• Manage purchasing, selection and installation of required infrastructure including; network software, hardware communications and wireless.• Evaluate training needs and provide for career development plans.Key Accomplishments:• Leveraged Strategic Alliances Partnerships with Cisco and NetApp to jointly fund a Network Integration facility to test and validate SDN Solutions. • Developed SAIC’s Intent Based Networking (IBS) Strategy • Developed SAIC's Software Defined Network (SDN) Strategy• Developed SAIC's Network as a Service Strategy

Xxx, Us

Organized a team of professionals consisting of project managers, network architects, design engineers, implementation engineers, trainers and support staff to execute a network strategy focused on delivering business Optical Wavelength, Carrier Ethernet services, Internet Access, and residential triple play voice, video and internet services in support of the newly acquired markets of Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire from Verizon.Key Accomplishments:• Developed Technical Architecture including presenting the architecture to the state Public Utility Commissions and providing testimony during hearings.• Worked with Strategic Partners including Capgemini, Cisco and Occam Networks (now Calix) to develop integrated service delivery and automation of new business and residential services.• Implemented a Proof of Concept/Testing and Validation lab • Executed $157M project to deploy new services to 62% of the market serving 1.4M business and residential access lines in 24 months.• Implemented three state regional Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) optical core network to support internal and external optical network services. • Implemented regional Cisco based MPLS Network supporting new services in partnership with Cisco Advanced Services. • Implemented carrier class Ethernet based Multiple Services Access Nodes (MSAN) into core MPLS Network extending business and residential services in the last mile. • Implemented Carrier Ethernet Services supporting high speed 4G/LTE Back-haul for national cellular carriers in Northern New England region.

Coordinated road move projects with County and State Transportation Departments. Drew up routine and specific work orders, obtained private easements. Installed remote DLC’s along with all associated cabling including fiber optic.Major AccomplishmentReduced held orders by 40% in two years.

Little Rock, Ar, Us

Supervised engineering department, covering three districts serving 28,000 access lines in high growth areas. Duties included preparation and tracking of capital budget. long range planning and design. Installation and cutover of DLC’s, and remote central offices. Worked as liaison with consulting engineering firms and RUS field representative to coordinate staking and construction of 515 projects.Major AccomplishmentStayed within budget for 7 consecutive years that I handled capital budget.

Graduated, Physics, Advanced Math

Certificate, Synchronous Optical Networking