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Madison, Wi, Us

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Lead a 50+ person team to deliver network services to the UW-Madison campus and UW-System.

* Provide leadership, contract negotiation, budget development and oversight to design, deploy and operate a new ($33 million) UW-System statewide data network• Lead (co-chair) national Internet2 Future Peering Service Framework Committee to redesign U.S. higher education commodity Internet peering service* Lead team of 8 responsible for research, design, deployment and operations of over 3500 miles of fiber-optic network in 7 states and the UW-System statewide data network *… Show more * Provide leadership, contract negotiation, budget development and oversight to design, deploy and operate a new ($33 million) UW-System statewide data network• Lead (co-chair) national Internet2 Future Peering Service Framework Committee to redesign U.S. higher education commodity Internet peering service* Lead team of 8 responsible for research, design, deployment and operations of over 3500 miles of fiber-optic network in 7 states and the UW-System statewide data network * Facilitate faculty research grant proposals and provide cyberinfrastructure support to awardees including Internet of Things and software-defined networking* Provided research, design, deployment and operations support of I.T. systems and applications including DNS, fiber management, network management and metrics reporting systems Show less

Lead team of 27 responsible for all wide-area and campus enterprise data networking infrastructure (including cabling, network equipment and IT systems).Facilitate and support research grant opportunities.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

* Managed dynamic team of 16 people responsible for research, design, deployment and operations of over 2600 miles of fiber-optic network in 7 states, the 450 member WiscNet statewide research and education network and the 160 building UW campus network* Developed and oversee an annual $10 million capital and operations budget* Provided research, design, deployment and operation support of information technology systems and applications including DNS, fiber management, network… Show more * Managed dynamic team of 16 people responsible for research, design, deployment and operations of over 2600 miles of fiber-optic network in 7 states, the 450 member WiscNet statewide research and education network and the 160 building UW campus network* Developed and oversee an annual $10 million capital and operations budget* Provided research, design, deployment and operation support of information technology systems and applications including DNS, fiber management, network management and metrics reporting systems * Created successful grant proposals including $8.9 million proposal to build and operate the Metropolitan Unified Fiber Network (MUFN) and consortium of community anchor institution partners with the U.S. Department of Commerce (NTIA BTOP) and other National Science Foundation (NSF) networking grants* Advised CIO regarding network and application policy development* Performed service level agreement and contract administration activities for WiscNet and BOREAS-Net Show less

• Project manager of a $15 million, 1500 mile, multi-year dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) network project (BOREAS-Net) involving network design, development and deployment• Founded and lead CIC OmniPoP (Big10 universities network exchange) including business model development, operations and strategic planning• Lead BOREAS-Net Technical Team providing technical operating and strategic advice to the BOREAS-Net Board of Directors• Design and implementation of network… Show more • Project manager of a $15 million, 1500 mile, multi-year dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) network project (BOREAS-Net) involving network design, development and deployment• Founded and lead CIC OmniPoP (Big10 universities network exchange) including business model development, operations and strategic planning• Lead BOREAS-Net Technical Team providing technical operating and strategic advice to the BOREAS-Net Board of Directors• Design and implementation of network management process and systems to operate various telecommunications networks• Optical network and fiber plant construction engineer• Project manager of multiple, simultaneous projects at UW-Madison Show less

• Perform information technology management consulting for cooperative• Research, design, deploy, and maintain data communication network infrastructure for over 500 Wisconsin Higher Education, K-12, and government institutions• Identify, develop, and market new services to cooperative members• Liaison between operations, marketing and finance divisions of organization• Provide third-level technical support to WiscNet organization members• Manage customer connectivity and… Show more • Perform information technology management consulting for cooperative• Research, design, deploy, and maintain data communication network infrastructure for over 500 Wisconsin Higher Education, K-12, and government institutions• Identify, develop, and market new services to cooperative members• Liaison between operations, marketing and finance divisions of organization• Provide third-level technical support to WiscNet organization members• Manage customer connectivity and services deployment projects• Train team members on business systems, procedures and policies• Participate in strategic planning for operations, marketing, and finance Show less

Mba, General Management

Activities and Societies: MBA Advisory Committee Representative Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society University of Wisconsin Marching Band.

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