SUMMARY:

• Dependable senior professional and subject matter expert (SME) that solve problems and provides strong leadership.
• 20+ years hands - on experience in telecommunications engineering, implementation and troubleshooting. Experienced with a proven track record in communication networks including satellite communication systems, optical, IP/MPLS and telephony.
• Master of Science Degree with focus on data, wireless and optical network architecture, analysis and design.

SPECIALTIES:

• Hybrid technology / mixed topology projects; Capacity planning, service impact analysis and overall support.
• Customer solution design for DIA, VPN and wavelength services including diversity requirements.
• Optical networking (Design, network architecture, vendor coordination, system evaluation, network rollout).

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

TECHNOLOGY: VSAT, DCI, ITU G.694.1 DWDM, G694.2 CWDM, G.709 OTN, IEEE 802.ba 40GbE, 100GbE, Long Haul, FTTx, Coherent, Flex Grid, CDC ROADM, GCC, IS-IS, PPP, GRE, LACP, OSPF, Ethernet, MPLS, VPN, VRF

HARDWARE:

Packet: ADVA, BTI, Ciena; Cisco, Coriant, Fujitsu, Infinera DTN, DTN-X, ATN; Lucent, MRV, Optical Nokia PSS 1830, Nortel TBM, Classic, Optera, MOR, OM series; Pirelli, Siemens, Transmode, RoutingAlcatel 7750 SR, Cisco 2800, ASR9K; Juniper MX, ACX

Switching: Accedian, Alcatel DXC, 7210 SAS; Cisco 4500, 6500, ASR920; Juniper EX, Tellabs Titan DXC

Satellite: Comtech, iDirect, Intelsat SSOG, Harris, Hughes Network Systems, Orbit, ProdelinM/W Radio: Sea-Tel/Cobham 4003/4006, xx96, xx97 marine stabilized antenna systems, mobile broadband

Voice: 3com VoIP PBX, Adtran, Siemens Hicom 300 PBX, Tellabs ECX, DSC DEX600E Class 3 switch

SOFTWARE: Nokia Engineering and Planning Tool, HERALD, Pathloss, Infinera DNA, Site Manager, 5620 SAM, SAP, Former CIS student with 2+ years computer programming in COBOL, JCL, C++, HTML; Matlab, OPNET, Python, 1340 Integrated Network Controller, Google Earth, OSPInSight, Visio, AutoCAD, Unix, Mac OS, Cacti

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Senior Optical Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Network planning, capacity management and escalation support as part of Core Network Engineering.
• Coordinate on RFQ, BOM, SOW, product roadmaps, support contracts, training and change management.
• Advise teams during pre/post-sales, design, testing, deployment, service impact, delivery and assurance.
• SME for NMS, OAMP, IPoDWDM, 100G / 200G, packet-optical, CLI gear in POP and Data Centers.
• Develop customer solution guidelines for product pricing, sales engineering and project management.

Confidential, Miami, FL

Senior Network Planner / Telecommunications Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Technical lead during meetings, network planning, project management, coordination, request for quote (RFQ), operation, administration, maintenance and provisioning (OAMP).
• Design, purchase and implement final solutions that meet customer specifications; typically 30% CAPEX savings. Customers include Energy Utilities, Confidential, T-Mobile, EarthLink, Windstream, Level 3, C&W and TeliaSonera.
• SME for optical networking that advise on training, sales opportunities, design, bill of material (BOM) and implementation of network-wide and customer projects.
• Research specifications and create materials in SAP that minimize errors/delays during procurement and distribution.
• Create SOW, EDP, MOP to direct others; includes floor, rack, shelf layouts, link analysis and commissioning guides.
• Function as Network Engineer to configure routers/switches and capacity analysis for IP/MPLS network.
• Research new features and technologies including Ethernet spine and leaf network architecture, 100G / 200G / 500G Coherent DWDM, multi-degree OADM network architecture, RAMAN pump and fiber characterization.

Confidential, Doral, FL

NOC Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead Tier I & II engineers in understanding network architectures, reconfiguration and troubleshooting.
• Resolve escalated issues (latency, errors, fiber cuts). Network has FTTx, SONET/SDH, Microwave radio and Ethernet.
• Lead the initiative to power balance and optimize backbone DWDM amplifiers to improve performance.

Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Research and recommend Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions to meet business needs.
• Technical support for POTS, VoIP PBX, LAN, DNS, email and web.

Confidential, Miramar, FL

Satellite Communications Technician

Responsibilities:

• Build VSAT systems worldwide (75% travel). Customers are government, military, cruise, yacht, ferry, oil and gas.
• Lead with crew of 3 on several installations in dry dock, wet dock and at-sea.
• Coordinate with crews on cabling, fiber-optic, crane and metal work.
• Troubleshoot GPS, Gyro, RF, mechanical, electrical issues and perform intercontinental satellite hot-cuts.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Earth Station Technician

Responsibilities:

• Integrate RF, IF and baseband systems by using diagrams and link budgets.
• Experienced with Intelsat SSOG, 9m to 31m C/Ku-band SATCOM systems, spectrum and protocol analyzers.
• Lead international personnel in commissioning VSAT and CPE (Frame Relay, Ethernet, X.25, SDLC, voice).
• Customers are in the Caribbean, Americas, Europe and Africa.
• Create/update MOPs and spreadsheets for 3 teleports (5+ outroutes and 35+ inroutes). The parameters include frequencies, power levels, C/N, bandwidth, space timing offset, lease cost and utilization.
• Reconfigured timing system to stop outages and analyzed service availability risk for network planning.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Field Technician

Responsibilities:

• Configure and troubleshoot DWDM, SONET and asynchronous fiber systems; including amplifiers, regen and telemetry.
• Subject matter expert (SME) on microwave radio and fiber transmission systems as part of the TSO team.
• Proficient using OSP diagrams, OTDR, optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) and BER testers.
• Research multi-vendor engineering standards and commissioning procedures for project acceptances.
• Decreased errors by 40% by working closely with team to ensure projects are installed per engineering design package.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Telecommunications Technician

Responsibilities:

• Provision, wire, test, hot-cut and troubleshoot circuits (DS-0 thru OC-192); Maintain DACS, ECX and MUX.
• Turn-up and troubleshoot PSTN voice trunks in switch with IXC, LEC and end-user; including issues with call traces, switching, routing and quality. Signaling protocols (DTMF, SS7, E&M, FXS, FXO).