OBJECTIVE:

EXPERIENCE:

1/2006 - Present

Industry: Government and Military

Network Planning Engineer III

• Network Optimization Engineering Lead for the Eastern Region (Puerto Rico to Montreal) responsible for economically redesigning existing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) telecommunication networks to reduce monthly recurring costs and transition FAA services onto the Harris-FTI backbone• Develop projects resulting in a projected monthly recurring savings of $134,025 and lifetime project savings of $5,866,971• Develop projects to migrate optical circuits to higher bandwidths to free up ports on the FTI POP Cisco 15454s, consolidate telco, and eliminate cross-connect costs• Successfully completed the upgrade of the Atlantic City (ACY) Metro Ring from an OC48 to an OC192• Wrote the proposal and design requirements (projected $60,804 lifecycle savings) for the installation of a second Metro Ring in Jacksonville• Resolve diversity issues by either redesigning interoffice facility routing or by connecting FAA sites to the Harris-FTI backbone• Model telecommunication designs in MetaSolv’s TBS database

5/2004 - 12/2005

Industry: Telecommunications Services

Interconnect Engineer

• Reviewed switch traffic data, via Metrica, for existing trunk groups in the New England, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. market areas and worked with the Provisioning Department to augment trunk groups (local, long distance, Pre-paid, operator and 800 service, voicemail, etc.,) to alleviate blocking• Conducted network connectivity meetings with various ILECs and wireless carriers to determine the point of interface (POI), trunking requirements, the interface level (OC, DS3, or DS1), and the timelines for facilities and trunk delivery• Produced a two year forecast to determine capital budget requirements

10/2003 - 4/2004

Industry: Telecommunications Services

Interconnect Engineer

• Responsible for the Connecticut, northern New Jersey, and midtown New York markets• Reviewed TDMA and GSM switch traffic data via WatchMark Prospect, for existing trunk groups and worked with provisioning to augment trunk groups at 60% utilization or higher to alleviate blocking• Collaborated with Transport Engineering to establish, monitor, and augment A-Links• Successfully completed the interconnect design and trunk turn up for a new GSM switch in the New York market

10/2000 - 10/2003

Manager, Interconnect Engineering

• Planned, directed, and coordinated the design, surveillance, provisioning, and forecasting of interoffice trunk network• Departmental responsibilities included: issuing digital transmission links (T1) orders for initial network build-out, monitoring interoffice transport network capacity, procuring new NPA/NXX blocks, establishing SS7 signaling, and developing network traffic reports and data collection processes• Conducted network connectivity meetings with various ILECs to determine the POI, trunking requirements, the interface level (OC, DS3, or DS1), and the timelines for facilities and trunk delivery

9/1999 - 10/2000

Senior Network Planner

• Responsible for the overall telecommunications network planning and design• Developed and implemented circuit provisioning standards and procedures• Designed intersystem interconnect facilities for multi-market setup, analyzed tariffs and industry regulatory issues, evaluated disaster recovery solutions for network implementation and reviewed all traffic statistics and data collected for interconnect sizing

3/1999 - 9/1999

Consultant

• Coordinated and evaluated the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) solution development options• Engaged in technical consultation with telecommunications service providers, equipment manufacturers, and support service providers as the telecommunications industry attempted to implement a CALEA solution

10/1998 - 3/1999

Interconnect Engineer

• Conducted analyses of traffic patterns, determining the necessity to augment trunk groups, and issued network augment orders via an access service request (ASR)• Developed experience designing interconnect facilities between base stations controllers (BSC), MSC and tandems

6/1996 - 10/1998

Trunk Traffic Engineer

• Designed and engineered trunk and routing requirements for the New York Metropolitan area• Monitored network traffic to determine the most economical trunking network needed to ensure proper service levels• Performed numerous switch cutovers and launched several 5ESS switches• Produced a 5-year forecast used to determine capital budget requirements

EDUCATION:

5/1996

Master's Degree

12/1992

Bachelor's Degree

SKILLS:

Skill Name

Skill Level

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Understanding of LEC/CLEC & IXC connectivity and infrastructure • WAN/LAN, TDM and Voice switching systems; TCP/IP, Frame Relay, ATM and specific routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP and RIP; VoIP, DWDM, CTI and VPN technologies • Cisco 2811, 2901, 3750 • Knowledge of telecommunications carrier ordering systems and processes