SUMMARY:

• Broad technical knowledge combined with outstanding leadership ability and creative problem - solving skills in both technical and tactical areas. Solution-oriented technical leader with visionary focus on end-results. Over 17 years of professional experience with high-tech corporations, MBA and MS degrees, managed many state-of-the-art products and services. Effective communicator and excellent team player.
• Quality Assurance
• Project Coordination
• Business Policy Strategy
• Project Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Network Planning and Design
• Technical Marketing
• Best Practices
• System Integration
• Product Planning
• Customer Interface
• Technical
• Design Analysis and Verification

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Systems: Ciscoswitches and routers, 5ESS, PBX and IP-PBX systems, Optical transmission systems (400G/800G/Lambda Xtreme), Cisco, Arris and Motorola CMTS systems, etc.

Networks and Protocols: Voice Network, Data Network,Wireless LAN, Converged Network (Voice/Data/Video),MAN/LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, H.323, SIP, DOCSIS, etc.

Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP.

Tools: Various network management and protocol testing tools: HP (Agilent), Ixia, Spirent, etc.

Applications: MS Office Suite.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Basking Ridge, NJ

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided detailed end-to-end design, analysis and technical support for all video headend operations and services throughout the nation.
• Project managed critical integrations and growth and reviewed every phase of design: high level, detailed level and MOP/Implementation.
• Planned and ordered integration of equipment for FiOS which includes router/switches, video muxes, IRDs/encoders, racks/cabinets, power systems and telecom interconnect equipment.
• Managed and worked with vendors to integrate the equipment on schedule which involved RF, antennas, real estate, construction and operations.
• Implemented engineering orders on capacity growth of services, hardware and software for video environment and provided leadership and guidance to employees.
• Managed simultaneous tasks on network operations and service growth with vendors, planning, operations, local CO engineers, field engineers and logistics teams.

Confidential, Mt. Laurel, NJ

Sr. Engineer and Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created and analyzed business management, strategic planning, economic modeling, business process optimization, and product development & implementation.
• Tracked and analyzed business market, technology trends, and customer need, applied IT knowledge to identify potential products, markets, and new business opportunities.
• Researched, evaluated, and worked with team leaders across organizational boundaries to produce insightful, factual, and technical/business reports on new technologies, products, features and services throughout the company.
• Designed, developed and documented architectures, requirements, system-related configuration/validation plans and new features/services.
• Defined and designed converged network environment to allow all services onto a single IP-based network.

Confidential, Holmdel, NJ

Member of Technical Staff

Responsibilities:

• Customized end-to-end network design and network deployment support and provided new technology solutions leading to company’s products and services which resulting in multi-million dollar revenues.
• Managed overall project planning and scheduling.
• Designed and developed quality assurance plans and specifications for various communications systems.
• Managed system development and test the interoperability of multiple products and communication software systems integration.
• Developed systems specification on hardware platforms, software environment and user interface.
• Administrated of network systems hardware/software (Sun/UNIX, HP/UNIX, PC/WindowsNT/2000, and MS Office etc.) configuration and troubleshooting.
• Managed quality assurance activities and tracked/reported project status.
• Designed and developed web systems.
• Managed and trained team members on technical activities.
• Worked with customers and account teams on RFP response, determined customers' CPE equipment, application needs/performance requirements, and provided solutions proposal.
• Performed competitive analysis, identified, evaluated, selected and recommended network equipment/systems.
• Provided customers with future technology forward looking, cost-effective, and practical network designs.
• Performed network validation and compatibility tests for the network designs proposed to customers.
• Defined network needs and proposed future applications and disaster recovery solutions.
• Managed inter-connectivity and operability verification for multi-vendor network systems.
• Performed network, protocol, and product verification for various projects.
• Implemented quality assurance procedures including review and early error-detection process.
• Achieved best-in-practice quality network design by resolving end-to-end technical issues in operations, administrations, and maintenance tasks.
• Provided system integration and inter-connection on heterogeneous devices for customer trial.
• Provided technical leadership for customers’ network deployment.