Ira Leitner

1031 Horizon Lane                                        Cell 925-366-4321

 

EDUCATION:M.P.A. Tennessee State University – May 2010 – 3.91 GPA

             Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society awarded 4/2009

             Pi Alpha Alpha – Public Administration Honor Society awarded 5/10

M.S. Telecommunications Management, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA –1992

Masters of Cyber Security Management - University of Huntsville Alabama – in progress

Security + SYO-401 – September 2015

Security+ SY0-301 – January 2012

CCNA Routing and Switching – Recertified March 2016

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)  4/2002

Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) 12/2000

Program / Project Management Course- University of Alabama Huntsville – 4/2010

       Taught by Dr. Michael Griffin – NASA Administrator 2005 -2009

Defense Acquisition University - Fundamentals of Acquisition Management 101- 4/2010

Certificate In Client Server Technology - Golden Gate University - 1994

B.A. Worcester State College, Worcester MA, Psychology.

 

Full Secret Clearance Awarded May 2009

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

US Army R-NECR/ Tek Systems                                                                                May 2016-Present

 

Network Engineer for Telecom group responsible for US Army battalions and organizations on Redstone Arsenal.   Network Security.    SME for VoIP.  Wrote numerous technical TTP’s describing network technology.

 

Virginia College                                                                                         January 2016 – April 2016

   

Adjunct Professor - Taught Cisco Certification ICND1 and ICND2 CCNA courses in Network Engineering Bachelor’s Degree curriculum.  5 students became Cisco certified.

 

Teaching Security + and network security.

 

Wyle Corporate                                                                                                    April 2015 to Sept. 2015

 

Senior Network IT Specialist -  Migrate Call Manager CUCM 10.0 and remote  CUCM 8.6 into one cluster using CUCM 10.0 and IMP (Presence), Jabber 10.5 and UCCX 10.0.   Fixed Presence on Jabber 10.5 and its ability to accurately integrate and show Outlook presence information.  

 

Write Firewall rules for  ASA 5525-X, in a VRF environment.    Wrote *.csv files for BAT configuration, reconciling entries with differences from CUCM 8.6 to 10.0.  

 

Reconfigured and fixed Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence to accurately reflect Presence information on Cisco Jabber 10.5 IM.

 

Debugged CUCM server with utils commands when replication errors were discovered  between CUCM publisher and subscriber.

 

Equipment included Cisco NEXUS 7004, Cisco 3900, Cisco 3850, Cisco 3750 switches, Cisco 3560-G ASA 5525-X firewall, Websense.   VoIP Phones included 7965, 7937, 9971, 8945, 8831.  Adds, moves, and changes such as Busy Lamp Field.  Troubleshooting escalation for VoIP.

Cahaba Government Benefit Administrators – State of Alabama Medicare    Aug. 2014 to Dec. 2014

 

Senior VOIP Engineer/ Network Engineer - Senior VoIP Engineer making recommendations for upgrading entire voice solution from Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise in a Cisco Voice Portal (CVP) environment, Call Manager, and Unity, along with implementing a new network infrastructure for the State of Alabama Medicare.

 

Voice Architect designing Contact Center and PBX application upgrades.   Meetings with Cisco, Genesys, and Avaya.    Currently running Cisco Call Manager, Unity, and Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise, all in need of being upgraded.    Need to follow HIPAA and Medicare CMS regulations, being in compliance with STIGs. 

 

UCCE upgrade would have to be done in incremental steps.  Design considerations included upgrading through trade-in Cisco UCS C210 General Purpose Rack Server to new UCS B200 M3 half-width blade mini servers. 

Recommending building parallel network to upgrade Call Manager first, thus eliminating need to do incremental upgrades.    Engineered to maximize software upgrade discounts built in with UCSS licenses.

 

Avaya solution included “Orchestration Designer” a Java based Eclipse tool for IVR and Voice Portal systems.  Avaya “Session Manager” for phone registration, via SIP as infrastructure was Cisco Phones.  Genesys meetings included discussions on the Genesys Enterprise Edition, a part of their Genesys Customer Experience Platform.

 

SAN Engineer.   Wrote report to upper level management regarding ne SAN. Meetings with IBM, EMC², and HP.   Report detailed technical comparisons between Cisco and their MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch,  IBM SAN32B-E4 Encryption Switch, IBM Storwize v7000, EMC²  VNX2 D@RE solution, and HP SN6000B.

SAN requirements included encryption at rest, encryption in flight, 16 Gbps Fibre Channel, RAID levels 1,5, and 6.

HIPAA requires Data at Rest Encryption for storage.

 

Led research project for SNMP Network Management and Configuration Management solution.  Compared Solarwinds, Nagios, Cisco Prime, Avaya VPFM, and EMC²   Voyance. 

 

Support data network and VoIP networks. Senior Network Engineer on the infrastructure redesign project.  Engineer on implementing  various network zones.

 

Dell SecureWorks                                                            May 2013 to April 2014

 

Voice Architect - Network Engineering Senior Advisor.  Responsible for optimizing the Dell SecureWorks Global Network. 

 

Implemented SIP Trunking

 

Presented Road Map that led Senior Management to VoIP in the Cloud for international implementations.

 

Obtained budget from Senior Management for VoIP NMS software’s Cisco Prime and Telemate to track QoS, Jitter, Echo, and Dropped Packets. Telemate has “billing feature” as well to automate analysis of phone bills for cost reduction.  Met with Century Link and at&t representatives to lower phone bills which were up 30% and obtain SLA’s, PRI and Trunk utilization information, calling plans. Scheduled backups in Disaster Recovery System.  

 

VoIP Technical Lead on UCCX Screen Pop and 1-Click project.  This allowed Contact Center agents to have database information populated when incoming calls in a Security Operations Center arrived.  Project results were a huge success, shaving off at least 30 seconds of agent response time, and  results were complimented from the highest levels of executive management.

 

Project that combined Microsoft Lync to Cisco Call Manager.  In remote meetings all callers were utilizing PRI’s by dialing in with an 800 number.  Lync to CUCM stopped that need, thus saving PRI’s for the network and greatly increasing network capacity.

 

Built VoIP Lab.  Configured Cisco server blades through VMWare.

 

Configured hundreds of Cisco IP Communicator (soft phones) which saved great amounts of  expense, eliminating the need for desk phones.

 

VoIP Technical lead in migration to SIP Trunking.

 

Project Manager for SIP Trunking.  Disciplines included Network Engineering, Network Architecture, Management.

 

Met with head of Security to discuss more secure implementations for his group’s phone systems.

.Maintained Contact Center user skill sets, Desktop Agent, historical reports.

 

Met with carriers to discuss future Telecommunications Technology and how it will benefit Dell Secureworks.  Interviewed numerous organizational managers to develop Road Map for the next two years.

 

 

TSA/Lockheed MartinOctober 2012 to December 2012

 

Network Engineer – Inventoried 75% of TSA ITE and IDE data center to be used in February for awarding TSA network contract to CSC.  Worked on VoIP issues.  Interviewed F5 Load Balancer contact for discovery information.

 

NASA  Stennis Space Center / Lockheed Martin February 2012 to October 2012

 

IT Specialist/ Senior Voice Engineer –    Voice Engineer responsible for a number of Cisco VoIP applications including Cisco Unified Call Manager, CCIX, and Cisco Unified Connection Administration for Voice Mail.   

 

Diagnose Voice network status, including registered phones, PRI trunks  and utilization via the Real Time Monitoring Tool for Call Manager, and Analysis Manager; Utilization levels for Subscriber and Publisher, and monitoring the suite of applications on Cisco Unified Operations Manager. 

 

CUOM included diagnostic reports such as MOS (mean opinion scores) scores listed in the Service Quality History category.  Data came from 1040 Sensors, and later on through CVTQ reports. 

 

McAfee Foundstone Vulnerability Scanner reported 1040 Sensor as being open to a denial of service attack and buffer overflow due to HTTP headers running on their web server.   Escalated TAC case with Cisco Senior Management and Cisco’s software vulnerability team.

 

Java pushes sometimes corrupted the CCIX software.   This would result in uninstalling and installing CCIX desktop suites – CCX Desktop Administrator, CCX Supervisor Desktop, and CCX Agent Desktop.   Loaded Cisco Historical Reporting and reinstalled CCX suites after operating system upgrades or Java downloaded caused failures.

 

Analyzed VoIP issues with Wireshark Protocol Analyzer.  Configured 7961, 7965, and 7975 VoIP phones.   Moved end users. Strong commitment to professional customer service to all end users.  Analyzed network events with Splunk.

 

Assisted in power surge problems, including one caused by a lightning strike.  Discovered Power over Ethernet was running too hot, which resulted in the necessity to replace a switch chassis.  Analyzed RTP issues to repair Cisco Agent Software, and fix Cisco softphone at Marshall Space Flight Center.   

 

NASA SATERN completed coursework included: Configuring HW and applications in Windows 7; Managing Systems Security in Windows Server 2003; Elevated Privileges on NASA Information Systems; IT Security for Systems Administrators; Public Key Infrastructure; Management of Relational Database Data, VoIP Quality and Security; and Network Security using Cisco IOS Firewall.

 

Missile Defense Agency / Lockheed MartinJanuary 2011 to January 2012

 

Communication System and Design Engineer, Sr. - Configured multiple varieties and implemented huge quantities  of Cisco VoIP Phones deployed throughout new MDA Von Braun III building.

 

Responsible for inventory.

 

Responsible for Dial Plan.   Configured phones using Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager. (CUCM).

VoIP phone models included 7911, 7945, 7962, 7975, 7937, and 7916.  Physically assembled over 1500 phones.

 

Configured Cisco Unified Communications Manager for new user phones, moves, adds, and changes.  Set up voice mail by configuring Cisco Unified Connection Administration. 

 

Wrote BAT files to configure phones, sometimes up to 50 phones for each file.  Scheduled jobs to run.

 

Stayed well ahead of user moves for phones on desks, their configurations which include phone numbers, and connections for PC’s.   Reported MAC addresses to network personnel to initiate switch ports through the MAB protocol,  authentication through 802.1X, and entering Phone MAC ID’s into an ACS sever.

 

Assisted in SONET Ring implementation.

 

During construction led  team of wiring personnel, delivering, and setting up phones in five days for entire 1^st phase of the new building.

 

Maintained, with two team members spreadsheets including phone models, MAC ID’s, Dial Plan, and User name, always proactively staying ahead of moves.

 

Mentored junior engineers and cable professionals, who showed interest in learning Cisco and IP technology.

 

StrataG – Yulista Management Services –  AMRDEC, PIF                     April 2009 to December 2010

 

Senior Network Engineer, Technical Lead, and Subject Matter Expert – US NAVY/TSA/Dept. of Homeland Security

 

Priced, negotiated, and purchased IT equipment for Surveillance project which contains Dell Servers, Cisco routers, APC UPS, and surveillance cameras.   Saved over 50% on original BOM which resulted in cost savings of $14,500 per site.

 

Original project plan called for 50 installs per year of airports and railway stations around the nation. 

 

Full implementation per original schedule will yield a cost savings of $725,000 annually to our Government.

 

Business Development – Traveled to Green Energy conference in Charlotte N.C. to search out Siemens executives for potential partnership in SCADA technology.   Met with Siemens Director for Government Accounts.  This resulted in Siemens Government division opening up an office in Huntsville Alabama for SCADA projects.

 

Flew to Chicago to engineer bid on GSA Federal Metcalffe Building for SCADA-type project.

 

Worked on www.acquisition.gov and with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) documents.

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Project Manager - Managed IT  rack implementation in Panama City Beach Florida.  This project is closely tied to the Department of Homeland Security.  Red Hat Linux, Microsoft Server 2003 programming, Storage Area Networks, Cisco Router configuration, and proprietary software.

 

Prepared Spreadsheets regarding equipment pricing and delivery times.   Reported to senior management concerning project status.   Scheduled vendor installs.  Scheduled shipments to future cutover sites.

 

Escalation contact on technical matters and when shipments were delayed or misplaced. 

Advised on FIPS 140-2 security issues including physical shields and obtaining remote access  software for VPN, encryption, and SSL.

 

 

VSAT Engineer – Lead technical contact on DoD project with Segovia Telecommunications.  Engineered Trane and Trane BGAN.   Immarsat technology.  Wrote technical manual for VSAT technology used in mobile command center

 

Brought in by Government Lead for emergency last minute Cisco configuration help on project with a 10 day delivery time to Military.  Configured Cisco 2841 router, 2960 Catalyst switch

 

Network Advisor for technical questions from U.S. Navy.

 

Advised on Firewall purchase – ASA 5500 family.

 

Lead Network Engineer – Mobile communications unit.    Worked with PIF, US Army, Northrop Grumman, Yulista, and Mitre as lead Network Engineer.

 

Satellite, and VHF/UHF systems.  Worked on secure and unsecured networks.   Equipment included DRASH CCS video switch, Netguardian, Juniper Netscreen firewalls, Cisco 3825 routers and 3750 switches.  Advised on necessity of Cisco Call Manager for Voice Over IP (VoIP).

 

Technical writer producing White Papers  for Lightning Suppressors, Bike Track modular floor systems, Juniper products, Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR), ISO 20’ storage shelters, and Movement Tracking System.

 

Wrote technical manual for all IT software’s in major DoD/AMRDEC project.

 

Lead Network Engineer – 245 Radio Test Set - Wrote Fireberd 8000 in-house test manual.

 

IBM  and at&t – Senior Network Engineer –October 2007 to December 2008

Lead Voice Engineer for any VoIP problem in United States of IBM/ Nissan account.   Analyzed, Identified, and fixed chronic Voice issue which was occurring for over a year before I was hired.  This problem was kicked up to Senior VP level of IBM and Nissan.  My efforts and subsequent team building helped solve this in my first month.

Lead liaison on these issues between IBM and at&t.  

 

Design Engineering - Discovered backups were done on production network and drops were occurring which interfered with limited production bandwidth.    Network equipment contained many Cisco 6500 series, 3560’s, over an MPLS network as well as IMA.   Recommended these network changes to improve performance.

 

Lead Engineer assigned to former Nissan HQ at Bell South Building, Nashville’s largest office building covering 12 floors.   In charge of decommissioning Bell South (Nashville’s Batman Building and largest skyscraper)  for Nissan’s move to their new Cool Springs HQ. 

 

Project Manager and Lead Engineer in Cool Springs HQ project to change VTP mode for 300 VLANs and 100 Cisco Switches and maximize network performance at layer 2.

 

Security Engineering - Pushed firewall rules to numerous firewalls around the nation during implementation. These included pix boxes and modules in 6500 chassis.   Security topology covered various zones with different access levels, and attaching to Juniper or Cisco load balancers acting as Proxy Servers.  Also involved with Access Lists and security levels for users on their specific Catalyst switches.  

 

Inventory Control – assets reconciled from decommissioned Bell South HQ into Remedy Database.

 

Senior Network Engineer for Nissan’s Smyrna Data Center as IBM employee.   Re-installed 6509 core switches. Installed Net Cache to monitor HQ traffic at Bell South and Cool Springs. 

 

Mentored help desk personnel and cable professionals in Cisco technology. Trouble shooter for wireless network in Franklin TN office building which was getting rouge networks showing up with another company’s SSID designation.   Configured Wireless 4400 controllers for AP’s.

 

Configured APC UPS units.   Member of world- wide troubleshooting team working with Intel Server Support and engineers from  Brazil, India and numerous US locations.

 

Extensive use of Remedy.   This included help tickets, change management, asset and inventory control.

 

Lead Engineer on Juniper Redline DX application accelerators. These are load balancers with Ethernets attached to security zones of various access, tying in Web and Data Base servers.   In 2008 the IBM network group assigned to this account was purchased by at&t.

 

Dell Computers – Resource Escalation Specialist (July 2006 – July 2007) – Network Subject Matter Expert for a department of 90 people.  Emphasis on writing clear and concise documentation.   Writing directions for non-technical customers to walk them through operating and fixing the technology they owned.

 

 3^rd and final level escalation to solve PC and Network problems.  Huge emphasis on customer service –   Technical issues were Blue Screen fixes,  Microsoft XP,- Restore, Recover,  PC internals, Mother Boards, Viruses, Security, Configuration issues. Vista, Wireless, and 3^rd party issues. . 

 

SBC DATA COMM (Pacific Bell Network Integration)  -Senior Network Engineer – Advanced Technical Solutions Group, Network Manager  (11/00 to 5/05) - Tier II Data Services Engineer – Manager - Escalation engineer.  Managed over 30 customer Networks the past 4.5  years, as well as revolving on-call engineer responsible for every managed network in SBC when issues occur during on-call.

 

Networks are varied technologies, which include numerous Cisco router platforms running VoIP, Wireless 802.11b, ATM, Gigabit Switched Ethernet, Frame Relay, ISDN DDR, DS3, and T1’s.  .  Protocols include EIGRP, VoIP, H. 323, NAT, OSPF, VoFR, VoATM, VPN, AppleTalk, IPX, RIP, RIPv2, STUN, VLANs/switched networks, BGP, IMA, AVVID, and Cisco Call Manager.   Configured LLQ QoS for VoIP networks. 

 

Wrote monthly reports baselining network, and recommending fixes and upgrades when necessary.  Writing analyzed 30 day network behavior, and documented trouble spots in a proactive management style.

 

Customer networks included VoIP, ATM, Frame Relay, Switched Cisco Infrastructure’s/VLANs, Wireless 802.11x.

 

MPLS VPN networks which had QoS guaranteed end-to-end riding on top of ATM networks

 

Customer’s ranged from Government such as Administrative Offices of State Courts, and the State Lottery, County Governments, to private industry with nodes throughout the US.   .  

 

Professional commitment to Customer Service.   Member of various rotating project teams for installs and upgrades. 

 

As senior engineer helped national customers on technical issues ranging from equipment crashes, circuit layer 1 and layer 2 issues, wiring at MPOE, QoS, and analyzing crash reports for IOS bugs, and recommended IOS upgrades to solve network performance problems.  

 

While still contracting in 2000, received Contract All Star recognition and interview from Contract Professional Magazine.

 

SBC Implementation II Engineer – (1/00 to 11/00) Lead Engineer – Palo Alto Unified School District.  Configured and installed Cisco 6509, 4500, and 3500 switches.  Configured Cisco 7500 routers and 2621 routers for OSPF.  WAN protocols also included IPX, and AppleTalk.    Mentored junior engineers and supplied configuration scripts.  Implemented the district office, 2 high schools, 3 junior high schools, and 8 elementary schools with over $1 million in Cisco equipment.  3 person crew implementing over 100 pieces of hardware, tracing non-documented cable system, and replacing legacy equipment.

 

Configured and implemented ATM for Drew University.  Set up major auto dealership WAN, configuring and implementing Frame Relay using EIGRP routing protocol and ISDN DDR for backup.    Set up VPN for University of California, Office of the President using Cisco routers and frame relay circuits.

 

Golden Gate University – Adjunct Professor - TM 321 –  Graduate Level Course -   Network Protocols – Spring 96 and Fall 99 semester Graduate overview course on protocols. Topics include ATM, ISDN, Frame Relay, EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, Voice over IP, Ipv6, POP Diversity, Eliminating Single Points of Failure. 

 

University of San Francisco –Adjunct Professor -ISM 401 –Global Networks – 12/98 - 2/99 and 12/99 - 2/2000

Network Technology, Electronic Commerce, OSI layers, Network Engineering, Security, and End User Computer Issues were classes main points. On staff as adjunct professor. 

 

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. – Senior Staff Technology Solutions  PROJECT MANAGER and Senior Network Engineer (Advanced Technology Solutions)                5/ 99 to 12/ 99

 

Designed and implemented WAN for Stock Trading Application. Network joined New York Stock Exchange Implemented sites in Boston, Jersey City, and San Francisco for stock trading floors.

 

Managed installs at Jersey City, Boston, Phoenix, and San Francisco locations.   Responsible for negotiating with Cisco, and building management at the various offices for rack space, electrical upgrades, and other wiring closet and phone company circuit issues.   Sent out RFP’s and managed telco room installs in Boston and San Francisco.

 

Responsible for managing various ISP’s through the different regions.  On management team that met with Mutual Fund companies, stock traders, and various E-Network vendors such as Bridge Networks.    Attended initial technological meetings with Bridge at the World Trade Center, and met with Schwab traders in the NYSE.

 

GeoTrain - Instructor – Intro to Cisco Router Configuration.January 99 to April 99

 

GeoTrain Taught .Routed vs. Routing Protocols, Classful vs. Classless Routing, Subnet Masking, IP, IPX, Frame Relay, X.25, HDLC, PPP, IGRP, Ethernet, Token Ring, EIGRP, Access Lists were major topics.  This class was part of the CCIE track and supplies background for CCNA candidates.

 

CISCO SYSTEMS/Contractor Network EngineerNovember 97 to October 98

 

Network Engineer - Member of the Partners-Network team. Network design and maintenance.  Kept network up 99.8% of time.  Traffic analysis and router trending.  IOS upgrades from TFTP server to remote sites.  Firewall and security issues such as access lists, and NAT (Network Address Translation) configuration.   Router configuration included  Frame Relay, ISDN DDR, EIGRP when necessary, NAT, access-lists, DNS, IP helper for BOOTP, and TACACS. Implemented sites and worked on trouble tickets.  Ordered circuits from carriers. Worked with carriers on mutual communication problems.  Traveled to sites in Silicon Valley to analyze and fix downed networks.  Did proactive bandwidth upgrades as necessary.  Updated Visio drawings.

 

 Assisted in architecture for redundant topography models.  This included (2) Frame Relay links with  DDR backup, utilizing (2) Cisco 3640's running Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and EIGRP.  Negotiated with AT&T account team for pricing, and engineering of backup PVC.   Network documentation.   7206 router configuration.

 

Router configuration and implementation.     Taught non-telecom site personnel data networking.   Adjusted access-lists when necessary.  Fixed enterprise connectivity problems as they arose (opened and closed cases).  Member of architecture committee discussing various long range and day to day issues including NAT, DNS, security, configuration management, rack placement, fault-tolerance and redundancy.  Met with Sprint team to determine redundant ATM backbone design. Network administration via Solaris.  C encryption program and vi editor.

 

CHARLES  SCHWAB/Contractor                                                                     May 1997 to Oct 1997

Network Design Engineering - Projects included NASDAQ WAN, Network Security, Access Lists, Frame Relay,  and Voice/Data IVRU  implementations. Worked with voice engineers for PBX/Data connectivity. 

 

 

 

PROVIDIAN BANCORP - Pleasanton, California               Project Manager                  October 1996 - March 1997

 

Project Manager for all telecommunication issues in new building under construction.

 

Brought building in on-time and $70,000 under budget despite inclement weather issues. Wrote RFP.   Managed the bid process.   Managed wiring vendor.   Responsible for wiring (cat 5 home runs and campus fiber).  Attended meetings with Senior Vice Presidents and decision makers, as well as facility management.   Attended vendor selection meetings, keying in on technology and price.  Did site surveys of  building under construction  to assure future telecommunication  closets were up to blue print specifications.   Set up the scheduling.  Was center point for all communication through Telecom, IT, Construction workers, and Vendor personnel.  

 

NASA INTERNET/Contractor - Moffett Field, California                      March 1996 - September 1996

 

Senior Network Engineer/Lead Russian Engineer -Contractor -  Lead telecommunications engineering contact for all science missions done cooperatively through NASA  Internet and the Russian Space Science Internet Agency.  

 

Traveled to Russia for diplomatic and technical sessions. 

 

Wrote engineering recommendation, which led to upgrading NASA's core router presence on Moscow's FDDI ring, and doubling bandwidth between NASA and RSSI from Langley AFB Virginia, to Moscow via Satellite.

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Meetings and site surveys done in Ioffe Physics Institute in St. Petersburg, Mission Control at Kaliningrad, RSSI HQ in Moscow.    Tested Mbone multimedia service between Moscow and Moffet Field California. 

 

Tested line of site Cylink Radio modems. 

 

Intergovernmental meetings between Russian scientists, NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab engineers, and Russian LAN and WAN administrators.    Learned and conversed in Russian Language.   Gavaru Par Ruski.

 

Engineered redundant Local Area Network  for Institute of Radio Engineering in Fryazino Russia to support Priroda (ecological satellite) and Mars 96 satellite missions.

 

Article "Why NASA Can't Afford To  Pass Up Russia" which discussed the work, mission, and cooperative goals was published in NASA Astrogram.

 

WELLS  FARGO BANK - San Francisco, California                                       November 1992- March 1996

 

Senior Telecommunications Engineer -  Wholesale Investment Group (WIN).   Lead network engineer responsible for setting up their HQ and purchasing equipment. Wrote RFP's.  Managed vendors. 

 

Senior Engineer on Wide Area Network upgrade to FDDI MAN in San Francisco's Financial District.

Engineer on the Sacramento National Business Banking Center (NBBC ) install.  Wrote Request For Proposal (RFP) and managed telecom vendors. 

 

Senior Data Engineer/ Network Management Group -  (October 1994 to April 1995)  Configured over 800  3Com routers for SNMP.  Entered  trap receivers and community strings to be received by HP Openview.  Worked on HP Openview, putting maps together after auto discovery process.

 

Senior Data Engineer - 12/93 to April 1995 -   Engineer on the PBG/Digital Expressway conversion project.   These were 2 separate Wide Area Networks in Wells Fargo that were combined into one WAN.