Brian Flynn

 

Professional Profile

I have 25 years of experience in the field of computer networking, project management, fiber optics, data center system design, research, analysis, and configuration of data communications systems on large and medium scale networks. My Information Technology background crosses many different industries including, educational, healthcare, information technology services, Insurance, automotive, utility provider, banking, military DOD and government sectors.

Experience

General Motors Data Center Infrastructure Specialist               April 2014 to Present

Industry:                            Data Center Infrastructure Design, installation, Maintenance and Testing

Position:              Network Data Center Designer /RCDD/OSP/NTS/TPM: Network Equipment Installations, Network Infrastructure Design, Cisco Nexus, HP H3C, Cisco Wireless and Network Specialist.

      Environment:Large Worldwide Data Center Design and Hosted Solutions.

      Tools:Cisco IOS, NX-OS, NCS, ISE, WCS and MSE, MS Office, Auto cad, Infoblox IPAM, Net-MRI,

ITSM Decommissioning tool, TCP/IP, Vantage,   Fluke Network Analyzers and Tech-tronics Optical Test Equipment, Network General, Sniffer, Net-Scout, Net-Physics, JDSU, Remedy,     Heat Ticketing Systems and Inside/Outside Plant Design and Installation Tools.

 

       Network Data Center Engineer/Local Area Network/Wide Area Network Design Specialist for 5 tier 3-4 Data Centers and worldwide data center.

Responsibilities included: Project design, installation and support for data center systems such as primary electrical systems, HVAC,backup generators,bonding and grounding, OSP, WAN circuits, copper and fiber cabling pathways and spaces,raised floor systems, fire stopping  and building automation systems.Overall scopes of work, floor layout drawings, cabinet and rack drawings, Pathway Drawings,Layer 1,2, and 3 drawings, Cabling installation and testing, Patching/Cross Connects, Equipment Room/Telecom Room and Computer Room overall design, installation, testing and maintenance.

 

HP Data Center Solutions                                                        April 2013 to April 2014

Industry:                            Data Center Design and Hosting

Position:              Network Data Center Designer /RCDD/OSP/LAN/TPM: Network Server Installations, Network Infrastructure Design, Cisco Nexus, HP H3C, Cisco Wireless and Network Specialist.

      Environment:Large Worldwide Data Center Design and Hosted Solutions.

      Tools:Cisco IOS, NX-OS, NCS, ISE, WCS and MSE, MS Office, Auto CAD, Infoblox IPAM, Net-MRI,

Torque server build tool, TCP/IP, Vantage,   Fluke Network Analyzers and Tech-tronics optical test equipment, Network General, Sniffer, Net-Scout, Net-Physics, Remedy and Heat Ticketing Systems.

 

       Network Data Center engineer/Local Area Network/Wide Area Network Design Specialist for 7 tier 3-4 Data Centers worldwide.

 

Responsibilities included: Project Design and support for: Inside and outside plant cabling,  data center systems Such as Primary electrical systems, HVAC,backup generators,bonding and grounding,copper, fiber and wireless cabling pathways and spaces,raised floor systems fire stopping  and building automation systems.Overall scopes of work, floor layout drawings, cabinet and rack drawings, outside/ inside plant  pathway drawings,Layer 1,2, and 3 drawings, patching/cross connect database setup, equipment room/telecom room and computer room design, installation, testing and maintenance.

AAA Michigan ACG                                                                 June 2011 to April 2013

Industry:                            Insurance

Position:              Network Engineer /RCDD/OSP/LAN Project Manager network Data Center Infrastructure Design, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Wireless and Network Specialist.

      Environment:Large nationwide Insurance Corporation, data centers.

      Tools:Cisco IOS, NX-OS, NCS, ISE,WCS and MSE, MS Office, Auto cad, Infoblox IPAM, NetMRI, TCP/IP, Vantage,  Fluke Network Analyzers and Tech-tronics optical test equipment, Network General, Sniffer, NetScout, NetPhysics, Remedy and Heat Ticketing Systems.

 

       Network engineer/Local Area Network/Wide Area Network Design Specialist for 3 call centers 5 Data centers and 330 service centers.

 

Responsibilities included: Project management, Design, configuration and Installation of 5 data centers and one disaster recovery site consisting of Cisco 2800, 3000, 4000,6500 and Nexus 7010 Cisco series switches and routers, 5508,1231, 1242, 1252 and 3502, 802.11-A,B,G&N wireless equipment and access points and Cisco 7911, 7941, 7934 and 7961 Voice over Internet protocol phones. Design and support for Data center systems Such as Primary electrical systems, HVAC,backup generators and building automation systems. Upgrade Project for Dell 710 and 810 servers, including : Rack layout drawings, IP addressing, change controls, protocol setup and installation. Maintain APC UPS Systems. Overall final documentation in SharePoint. Troubleshooting of TCP/IP Networking. Remedy and Heat used for trouble tickets.

 

 

State of Michigan                                                                    June 2009 to June 2011

Industry:State Government.

Position:Network Infrastructure Specialist/RCDD/OSP/LAN Project Manager site assessment Specialist for 19 agencies statewide 1200 sites.

Environment:State office buildings, data centers and Telecom-Datacom equipment rooms.

Tools:AVAYA OS (PBX), Nortel IOS (PBX), Cisco IOS, HP for small sites, TCP/IP, MS Office, Auto cad, Fluke Network Analyzers and Tech-tronics optical test equipment. Network General Sniffer, NetScout, NetPhysics, NetMRI, Infoblox, Remedy.

 

Telecommunication/Local Area Network/Wide Area Network/Wireless Local Area Network/Cisco VoIP Design and Assessment Specialist for the State of Michigan’s 19 agencies and 1200 sites total.

 

Responsibilities included: Project management of overall Layer 1-3 site assessments. Gathered data was turned into Project plans, Overall site drawings, Scopes of work, TR-ER Designs and Work breakdown structures to complete upgrades and outstanding site issues. Site assessments for structured cabling, OSP cabling, WAN circuits, Wireless, Electrical, Bonding and Grounding systems, APC UPS Systems and Generators. Created designs to implement the OSP and horizontal wiring, Auto-cad, Visio docs, run sheets, installation and testing for cabling infrastructure. Vendor coordination for horizontal cabling, telecom room, data center and circuit installation. Maintain sight drawings, data center equipment drawings and Patch panel databases. Overall final documentation in share-point. Troubleshooting of TCP/IP Networking. Remedy used for trouble tickets.

 

 

Optech/ DTE Energy                                                                January 2008 to January 2009

Industry:Utility provider

Position:Telecommunications Network Infrastructure Specialist/RCDD/OSP/LAN Project Manager

Environment:Utility provider OSP, Trading floors, Call Centers, Business Centers and Power Plants.

Tools:AVAYA OS (PBX), Cisco IOS, MS Project, Auto cad, Fluke Network Analyzer, TCP/IP, Network General, Sniffer, NetPhysics, NetMRI, Infoblox, NetScout, Remedy.

 

Telecommunication/ Local Area Network/Wide Area Network Design Specialist for DTE Energies 130 service centers and 15 power plants.

 

Responsibilities included: Design, configuration and Installation of Cisco 2000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 Cisco series routers and switches 1231, 1242 and 1252 wireless access points and Cisco 7911, 7941, 7934 and 7961 Voice over Internet protocol phones. Upgraded 24 story Walter Crisler building to 3750 and 4500e with VOIP and wireless on all floors. I was responsible for all infrastructure-structured cabling design implementations, testing and documentation of turnkey outside and inside plant voice, data, video and wireless Networks. Attend weekly campus network status meetings regarding all DTE Projects and reported project status to upper management. I Implement data center upgrades, this involved planning, design, change controls and installation of voice, data, wireless, video-security, BAS and CATV systems. Trouble shooting of TCP/IP Networking. Remedy used for trouble tickets.

 

 

CCI of America/ Chrysler Financial ServicesApril 2006 to January 2008

Industry:Automotive

Position:Data Networking Infrastructure Specialist/RCDD/OSP/NTS Project Manager

Environment:Automotive Office areas, Training Sites, Call Centers and International Business Centers.

ToolsNortel Networks IOS (PBX), HP Switches, Cisco Switch and wireless IOS, TCP/IP, MS Project, Sniffer- Fluke Network Analyzer.

 

Local Area Network/Wide area Network Specialist for Daimler Chryslers 30 call centers, 33 business centers and 6 data centers. Responsibilities include design, installation, configuration and maintenance of chassis style Nortel 8600 series 8006, 8010, 5510 Stackable switches and ASN, ARN routers, Team lead for the Cisco 1200 series wireless access points, responsible for site surveys, antenna placement AutoCAD drawings, telecom room and rack profile Visio drawings, IP addressing, Change controls, protocol setup and WPA2 security per access point. Installation of MPLS/VOIP cross boarder call centers in Monterey Mexico. Manage project work force and project installation of AT&T & Verizon WAN circuits, attended weekly meetings and coordinated US, Canadian and South American network and WAN upgrades. Configured Nortel ARN, ASN Routers and 8010, 5510 switches for upgrade of all Chrysler Financial sites. Troubleshooting of TCP/IP Networking.

 

 

TEK Systems/ Verizon/ GM IS&S NECJanuary 2006 to March 2006

Industry:              Automotive

Position:              Data Networking Infrastructure Specialist/RCDD/ OSP/ Project Manager

Environment:              Automotive Plants, Automotive Office areas and Training Sites.

Tools:              PC, TCP/IP, Estimating tools, Visio, MS Project.

 

Project Manager for various General Motors sites: Responsible for writing of business requirements documents, systems requirements documents, project plans and time lines, materials and labor procurement, request for quote-bid – information, weekly status reports and closing documentation.

 

 

Compuware CorporationDecember 1999 to January 2006

Industry:              Public Education – Detroit Public Schools               Duration: 4 years 8 months

Position:              Data Networking Infrastructure Specialist

Environment:              275 Schools, 20 Support Buildings and Schools Center Building Data Center

Tools:              Cisco works, Agilent wire-scope 350, TCP/IP, Corning OTDR, Sniffer Pro and Fluke.

 

Infrastructure Network specialist RCDD/OSP/TPM: Team Leader Detroit public schools.  Responsible for project management and team leadership regarding the Design, installation, maintenance, testing and documentation of 275 schools, main data center and news center campus. Project manager and main point of contact regarding transition of 275 schools from 56 k circuits to T-1 circuits and fromT-3 lines to Opt-e-man gigabit fiber optic based circuits.

Worked with the Cisco team to implement proper Layer 2 and layer 3 switching and routing configurations for 1000 4006/6500/3500/2900 switches and 500- 2500/2600/2800 3600 routers. These routers and switches utilized protocols such as OSPF, BGP, VTP, VLAN’s, RSTP and special port and subnet configurations. Lead RCDD for network trouble call system regarding adds, moves and changes. I assigned service requests and dispatched 30 BICSI certified cable technicians this involved monitoring all projects, noting scopes of work, maintaining payroll for contractors, checked cost per hours worked and confirmed quality of work. Project infrastructure manager for installation and maintenance of new data center supporting 270 Schools and 2,400 employees within the schools center building and warehouses to the Fisher Campus. This Data center required planning, design and installation of voice, data, WAN, wireless, video-security, building automation and CATV systems. I was also a Project design leader for new construction of 25 schools and there Cisco network and cable plant design. These projects involved writing project plans, statements of work, creating work breakdown structures, final shop drawings material procurement, personal-labor requirements, Cisco equipment configurations and subnet allocation. Worked with AT&T for WAN/MAN gigaman circuit installation   and final acceptance testing and documentation. The above projects meet all NEC,NECA EIA TIA and ANSI standards and were on time and meet all milestones set by management. Cisco gigabit Ethernet local area network, line of site wireless, 802.11A, B & G wireless and wide area network design. Troubleshooting of TCP/IP Networking. Implementation and coordination regarding 275 schools, 20 support buildings and the Detroit public school data center

 

Other Compuware Projects

Industry:              Health Care Detroit Medical Center - DMC              Duration: 1 year 6 months

Position:              Data Networking Infrastructure Specialist

Environment:              14 Major Metropolitan Hospitals, 100 Clinics, and Associated Buildings and Structures

Tools:              Cisco - works, HP, TCP/IP, Sniffer Pro and wave tech OTDR.

 

Infrastructure design, maintenance, and project management support of 14 major hospitals, 100 clinics and associated buildings. Duties included: conversion from older Bay, Synoptics-Lattis and Cabletron to Cisco-2500, 2600, 3624, 4006, 5500, 6005, 1010 ATM and gigabit layer 2 ethernet switches and layer 3 routers. Implemented VLAN’s, rapid spanning tree and routing protocols such as RIP & OSPF. I also designed, upgraded and installed copper and fiber based systems to meet project milestones with in all MC's, TR's and TR/IC's through out the DMC campus. Bring all telecommunications rooms up to BICSI/ANSI, EIA/TIA specifications. Identify, label, test and document all main computer rooms and closets through out the Detroit Medical Center. Project management of primary contractors, implemented work break down structures, trained field technicians in regards to BICSI certified fabricating, testing and installation of cat-5e-6 and SM/MM fiber optic cabling systems. Attended Cisco certified classes for CCNA, BICSI RCDD, TPMA and ETA certified.

 

Contract Services to EDS Flint, MichiganApril 1998 to November 1999

Industry:Contract Services – Automotive Support   Duration: 1 year 9 months

Position:Data Networking Infrastructure Specialist/RCDD

Environment:Plant floor PLC’s, C-COR broadband, Whittaker and CISCO

Tools:Ethernet Sniffer, Broad-band tuning equipment, Ethernet test Equipment.

 

Responsible for design, maintenance, installation and project management of all data communications equipment that included: Layer 2 & 3  Hughes LAN Systems/Whittaker, Cabletron and Cisco ATM switches and routers, 10-100-BASE-T, broad band cards, ATM/SONET switch cards, HLS terminal servers, Xyplex terminal servers, IBM controllers, broadband terminals, HP 8558B spectrum analyzer, 3M channel converters, C-COR signal generators, U.S. Robotics, Hayes, practical peripherals dial-up circuits, General Data-Com 2020 digital modems, and T1 carrier lines. Major projects included: Project coordinator for converting plant floor MAPS system PLC nodes from broadband coaxial system to the current Ethernet switches, convert time keeping system (TKS) from broadband modems to fiber optic modem cards, GM Online refresh/migrate 4000 Compaq desk pro personal computers utilizing MS windows 95, NT migrate SPC gage room equipment from broadband terminals to Ethernet 10baseT connections. Coordinate fiber optic acceptance testing of several hundred strands of fiber optic cabling. Project manager for conversion of current Whittier hubs to IP based Cisco- 5500 and 2500 router and switch component, Router I.P. subnet addressing, boot-p server, DHCP server, IBM 3270’s, and other miscellaneous equipment.

 

US Navy Civil Service Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme, Ca Jan 1988 to April 1998

Industry:Department of Defense – U.S. Navy             

Position:Computer/Fiber Optic Specialist              Clearance: Secret

Environment:FDDI/Ship board, Cabletron, HP open-view

Tools:FDDI Sniffer, Spectrum analyzers, OTDR, OLTS-power meters, fusion splicers fluke meters.

 

Fiber optics project team leader for the design, installation and maintenance of the Advanced Tomahawk Weapons Control Systems Network (ATWCS). Designed the Cabletron-FDDI based system to adhere to nuclear MIL spec requirements. Designed a Packard Hughes mm fiber optic 4-pin multi keyed connector unique to this project. Acted as a team leader/subject matter expert and naval trainer for the ATWCS system. I designed, installed and trained naval personnel at Dam Neck, Dalgrine, Portsmouth, BIW Bath Maine, Charleston, Jacksonville, Philadelphia navel test site, Valley Forge Martin Marietta, Ingalls ship building Pascagoula, MS, San Diego, Long Beach, Pearl Harbor, Bremerton/Keyport NUWC and Port Hueneme NSWC. At these sites, I also worked with naval personnel to design, implement, test, document and maintain the ATWCS network. I worked to design tooling for the unique ship-board and submarine LAN installations. The tools, materials, requirements documents and test equipment for all fiber optic mil-spec and non mil-spec equipment are as follows: 85045 cable, ST, FDDI, LC,SC and M28876 Packard Hughes connectors, input for Mil Standard 2042 naval tech manual, measurement quality test jumpers, Mil Standard 2042 tool kit, OTDR. Power meters, OLTS and all other optical test equipment.

 

US Navy Civil Service Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme, Ca Jan 1988 to April 1998

Industry:Military – DOD - U.S. Navy

Position:Computer Systems Analyst GS-334

Environment:2000 Node: Fiber based Gigabit Ethernet Network

Tools:Broad-band-Ethernet sniffer, Category 5e Fluke meter, Anritzu, 3M Fiber optic Power meters and OTDR.

 

As a computer systems network analyst my primary duty was to design and implement a 21,000 node Local Area Network (LAN). After the design phase I installed the core, distribution and access Layer 1, 2 and 3 Hubs, Switches Routers, Bridges and repeaters. I also designed and implemented the entire 10 mile OSP cable plant with point to point single mode, multimode fiber optic and copper backbone connections for a 27 building campus. Designed all Copper voice, data and WAN cabling. Designed and installed the NSWC/Cruise Weapons data centers and test sites. All telecommunications rooms entrance facilities and equipment rooms followed the same basic design per my project plans. I also acted as a team leader for installation and maintenance teams resolve network service calls.  Duties involved resolving network service calls by routinely monitoring LAN system activities, isolate faults, and develop project plans to correct these faults by means of network software reconfiguration, optical node placement, replacing bridges, repeaters, hubs routers and switches, perform routine maintenance and configurations to insure larger bandwidth, quality and long life of equipment.

 

Teknon/Teledynamics

Industry:Telecommunication Technician Bell Contractor               Duration: Jan-1983 to Jan 1988

Position:Telecommunications Technician

Environment:Underground overhead inside and outside plant cabling

Tools: Various hand tools and network test equipment.

 

Installation and repair technician responsible for design, maintenance and Installation of medium and large scale Voice and Data systems. I installed layer 1,2&3systems at the following locations with in the western United States : Sperry Burroughs, Unisys, General Dynamics. Bank of America, California Federal Bank, Hughes Aircraft EDSG, IRS San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Trans America LA & San Francisco, Edwards air force base, Port Hueneme Naval Surface Warfare Center, City of Inglewood and the city of Scottsdale Az. I also worked at other smaller sites within the western United States.

 

 

Professional Certifications

·               BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer – RCDD Data center standards Committee.

·               BICSI Customer Owned Outside Plant Specialist – C0OSP

·               BICSI Network Transport System Specialist – LAN Specialist

·               Telecommunications Project Management Association Project Manager - TPMA

·               ETA Electronics Technicians Association Fiber Optics Technician

 

Professional Education

·               Member of Business Industry Consulting Services International - BICSI

·               Member of BICSI data center, grounding / bonding, OSP,BIM, wireless and K-12 working group committees

·               BICSI RCDD prep class

·               BICSI Data Center Design consultant DCDC/ network design

·               BICSI LAN specialty review

·               BICSI Customer Owned Outside Plant - COOSP

·               Cisco internetworking design

·               Nortel 8600 passport training

·               Building Cisco Scalable Networks - BCSN

·               Cisco Internetworking Trouble Shooting - CIT

·               Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices ICND

·               CWNA – CWNP wireless

·               Telecommunication Project Management - TPM

·               Principles of fiber optics and wireless systems.

·               Electro Optics Fiber Optics and lasers 1&2

·               Fiber Optic LAN installation and splicing    

·               Shipboard fiber optics (Mil-spec 2042)

·               Siecor Fiber Distributed Data Interface

·               Trained in the usage of electronic test and repair equipment

·               Intense fiber optic training in Siecor Fiber Optics

·               US Navy fiber optics and copper technicians program

 

General Education

·               Associates in Applied Science -- Ferris State University Big Rapids, Michigan 1981-1982

·               General Studies -- St Clair County Community College Port Huron Michigan 1980-1981

·               Basic microcomputers DOS -- Glendale Community College Glendale, California 1984