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Denver, Colorado, United States

Focus on enhancing CPE Security and related Standards

Greater Denver Area

Portland, Maine Area

Manager of the New England Network Engineering team which is responsible for DWDM Optical Transport, Core Routers, Distribution and Aggregation Routers/Switches. Network is fully converged with Commercial and Residential Data, Phone and Video Services. Managed a vast amount of projects for the group including new deployments, upgrades, new products, enhancements for the group ranging in length from days and up to years. - Managed major project of building and testing new Converged Network and migrated all services (Date, Voice, and Video) over the course of two years. - Work closely with team of Engineers to insure network devices throughout Networks are configured to Regional and Corporate standards - Provide a supportive environment for entire Engineering team in all aspects and those teams we work closely with - Maintain detailed documentation for each aspect of network design - Work closely with Planning and Design Engineering team members to keep up to date with upcoming changes and deployments - Place a great deal of emphasis on developing standards focusing on provisioning - Prioritized documentation of Network and Process Flows - Promote an inclusive work environment within the team and with the local and Region teams - Assisted with developing, justifying and maintaining budgets for the department - Worked with team members with career path development

Portland, Maine Area

Manager of the New England Network Engineering team of six Engineers which is responsible for DWDM Optical Transport, Core Routers, Distribution and Aggregation Routers/Switches and Commercial Network Services and Support. Network is fully converged with Commercial and Residential Data, Phone and Video Services. Managed a vast amount of projects for the group including new deployments, upgrades, new products, enhancements for the group ranging in length from days and up to years. - Managed major project of building and testing new Converged Network and migrated all services (Date, Voice, and Video) over the course of two years. - Work closely with team of Engineers to insure network devices throughout Networks are configured to Regional and Corporate standards - Provide a supportive environment for entire Engineering team in all aspects and those teams we work closely with - Maintain detailed documentation for each aspect of network design - Work closely with Regional Network Engineering team members to keep up to date with upcoming changes and deployments - Place a great deal of emphasis on developing standards focusing on provisioning - Prioritized documentation of Network including Commercial Network/Service and Process Flows - Promote an inclusive work environment within the team and with the local and Region teams - Deployed and participated in the design of the Healthcare Solution pilot for New England - Assisted with developing, justifying and maintaining budgets for the department - Worked with team members with career path development

Portland, Maine Area

Regional Network Engineer supporting IP and optical networks throughout the Northeast. Regional team members support high-speed data, voice service over IP, switching and routing from edge to core of the network. Responsible for keeping devices configured to standards dictated by corporate engineering. Assist Division Engineering with supporting of commercial customers with Internet, BGPv4, Point to Point and Point to Multi-point Connections. - Deploy and maintain network devices throughout the Region configured to corporate standards - Maintain detailed documentation for each aspect of network design - Support Division with design, installation, configuration and maintenance of High-Speed Data, Voice and Commercial services - Support Division Commercial BGP customers - Work closely with Regional Network Operation and Corporate Engineering team members to keep up to date with upcoming changes and deployments - Work closely with Division to implement Networking projects - Managed Regional DWDM Network throughout the Northeast - Engage vendors for product configurations, roadmaps, troubleshooting and training - Create and update Change Management for all work performed - Creation of detail MOPs for all non-routine work performed

Portland, Maine Area

Design, implement, and document network and system solutions for the ISP and corporate networks. Managed team of 5 Engineers who designed, implemented and supported the ISP Network, Managed Customer Premise Equipment and also support the corporate WAN and LAN networks. - Perform routine audits of the network configurations, documentation, performance and many other aspects - Managed a large state-wide rollout of ADSL product - Started product development group to standardized new product offerings - Performed research and development for future products and technologies - Upgraded core routers to provide optimum redundancy and resiliency for service provider network - Design, developed and qualified new QOS product for the service provider network - Managed three tier 1 upstream providers utilizing BGP including route server - Implemented new Network Exchange connection to provide better performance to traffic destine for other participating in-state ISP networks - Managed and developed both corporate and ISP budgets - Utilized and enhanced Open-Source solutions

Gardiner, Me

Audit, design, implement, and document networks and system solutions for small/medium businesses and service providers. - Perform full network and systems audits and delivered detailed documentation and presentations - Implemented large routed network upgrades prior to auditing - Developed multi-system and multi-layered network monitoring systems - Assisted clients with hardware and software product evaluations/assessments - Provided after hours emergency support to clients - Developed processes and procedures for many aspects of the company - Client Networks included both wireless and wireline technologies

Portland, Me

Design, implement, and document network and system solutions for the ISP and corporate networks. - Deployed and managed Cisco and Riverstone switched and routed environment for the ISP network which consisted of over 25 routers running OSPF and BGP - Built and maintain monitoring servers - Engineered/Provisioned/Supported high capacity services for customers - Designed and managed corporate Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory network - Deployed a 100 user Citrix network for both internal and remote users - Documentation for all designed and deployed solutions for both the ISP and corporate networks. - Managed hardware and software vendor relationships which supported both the corporate and ISP environments

Portland, Maine Area

Provide systems engineering, network administration, system maintenance, project management, security, telecommunication and server/workstation support as the Director of I.T. for a computer service company. - Manage all systems which are comprised of Windows 2000 Servers Active Directory, Windows NT 4.0 Servers, Unixware Servers, Exchange 2000, Citrix Servers, Web Servers, Anti-Virus Management, Backup Solutions and others. - Manage the network infrastructure which included layer 2/3/4 switching, routing, Internet connection, VPN, firewall, IDS, DMZ, wireless networking, networking monitoring system and others. - Support 70 plus end users with user accounts, group policies, help desk applications, application support, asset management and image creation and many other day to day tasks.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

Peak Sensor Systems, LLC, Albuquerque, NM 1998-2000 Systems Administrator and lead programmer for a scientific equipment manufacture in the Semiconductor industry. Managed the corporate network and supported end users. Developed many applications to automate data gathering and data analysis. Assisted in product development and manufacturing. - Managed Windows NT 4.0 Servers, Exchange Server, Proxy Server, Backup Server and Web Servers, - Maintained DNS, Frame Relay connection, Printing and many other services. - Primary LabView software developer

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

PB Incorporated, Albuquerque 1996-1998 Network Administrator and Systems Engineer for a computer service provider. Designed, installed and maintained computer networks for the company and it clients. - Managed Windows NT 4.0 Servers, Exchange Server, Proxy Server, Backup Server and Web Servers. - Maintained DNS, Frame Relay connection, Printing and many other services. - Migrated Novell 3.x/4.x to Windows NT 4.0 environment - Assisted with support of 5000 desktops and servers for Sandia National Lab and Los Alamos National Labs.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

Certified ASE automotive technician on Saab, Volkswagen and Mazda lines. Lead electrical troubleshooter for entire dealership.

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