Bernard Adama

Contact: Information 603-321-3762 E-mail, benny_adama@yahoo.com

Address: 3612 Spring Meadows Dr, Arlington, TX 76014

NAME: Bernard Adama

Job background: IT systems/ Computer/Networks / Audio/Video Infrastructure, & Telecoms Engineering or

Consultant

POSITION /JOB DESIRED Any of this OR related opportunity: Contract /Non-Contract, P/T, F/T: IT/ IT

Consulting: (Hardware /Software) Telecoms & Network Systems Architecture/ Computer/Telco RF/Video Systems

Design & Integration, Data Storage/ Administration, Engineering Sales consulting, Product Management,

Engineering..etc. Technologist ..etc.

Education Level:

Bachelors Degree in Computer & Telecommunications Engineering

Some Graduate course in Management (systems analysis)

YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE in IT /Computers & Telecoms Systems: Over 20 years.

JOB SUMMARY:

Key Lead technologist for IT Technology operations and business process improvement, and production/services continuity.

Used my operational analytical skills to design/develop, deploy and maintain process continuity.

Document processes and make recommendations to management on necessary processes improvements to ensure

operational success and business continuity.

Collaborate with Internal & External clients and customers to improve Business processes and maintain uninterrupted

service, business operations and continuity.

Years of Management Experience in IT /Computer & Telecommunications: 20 years (over 10 in Electronics, Telco /Networks/Video &

Industrial electronics). Independent, commission based VAR executive with multi IT/Computer products, experience in UNIX, Windows,

Data storage/ data backup product sales and support, NAS Storage, Video, Telephony and more. Skilled and experienced selling multiple

stack IT and Electronic Products to Consumers, Vendors, Re-sellers. And End-users, Government, Prime contractors, SMB, Corporate and

Educational accounts. Preparing and responding to RFP's, RFQ's and closing sales. Collaborating with client/customer's engineering teams

to provide desired solutions. Designed, implement and deploy VOD Systems, Content Management Systems; Video Systems, Video

Encoders, OTT video integration; Research/analyze and document new technology forefront development as it changes with

technology landscape and market trends.

Experienced and talented IT consultant with experience solving complex IT technical and engineering issues involving multiple

information technology stacks managing contract and sales opportunities. in Telecommunications, Information Technology,

Industrial and manufacturing and Retail/Consumer sectors..

Companies or Orgainzation / Position

Company: Cepoint Networks, LLC. Nashua, NH

Position: IT /Computers & Telecoms Systems Engr

Company: Admax Computer, Inc.

Chelmsford, MA

Position: IT Consultant & Product Engineer

Independent Part-Time AT&T Broadband INSTALLATION CONTRACTOR,

Lowell, MA

Independent Technology Consultant. Enterprise and Government

Company: Datawatch Corporation, Wilmington, MA

Position: Senior Electronic Technician,

Company: Ministry of Communications, P &T , Minna, Nigeria

Position: Telecommunications Engineer

Section 2: JOB DETALS/ ROLES DESCRIPTION:

A) Cepoint Networks, LLC. Nashua, NH

IT /Computers & Telecoms Systems Engr:

April 1996 – Mar. 2003

Feb. 1993- Nov. 1995

Jan 1986- Dec.1992

Nov 1980- Feb1983

Dates

Jan. 2003 to August 30-2015:

Mar. 1996 – Dec. 2002

Jan. 2003 to August 30-2015:

Duties, Roles and Jobs Performed (have handled diverse and multi-varied job and work projects in IT & Telecoms

sector as follows):

**1) IT ENGINEERING TELECOM & NETWORK SYSTEMS DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT

a) Audio/Video /VOIP & SIP Server

IPTV, Video Servers, VOD, A/V Infrastructure Design, Install, Configure, management & Support:

(servers, workstations, networks, printers,PCs, etc.) :

VOIP/Sip/ Networks/Video Streaming & Broadcast systems, applications upgrade/Security patch

Cisco Telepresence (TMS) , MSE 8000 series /8710,

VCS (Video Communications Server) Control/Expressway Software and application architecture management. SIP

Protocol, H.323 gateway, SIP registrar, SIP Server

H.323, H.264 video protocols, g711, g722 and g729 audio codecs and Asterisk /Cisco IP Telephony

SCCP, & TMS implementation, support and management.

Tandberg HD & Polycom HD Video conference system.

Linux / Windows NAS /SAN Storage Servers & Networking Systems Design/Build /Install/Maintain.

Web browsers: (IE, Firefox, Safari ..etc.)

System O/S: Linux (Red Hat Linux/ CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, SuSe) Windows Servers & Win 7, 8)/ Microsoft

Windows Server Active Directory.

Web Servers: Apache, Tomcat, IIS,

Database & Languages: MySQL, IIS, PostgreSQL, PHP

Business process management

User portal management

Service catalog & Documentation

Management of vendors & client contract SLA & SLC

b) Telecoms

Hands-on design experience in RF-Microwave Tx/Rx radio networks. Radios, antenna systems, RF-amplifiers, small

cell, micro cell, macro-cell,

including MIMO, MU-MIMO, SU-MIMO, TMA, ALU, SBC, RXMC, SCPA/MCPA

IP Telephony: VOIP/SIP trunking, Servers/Gateways & Endpoints. Digium Asterisk /Elastix IPPBX,

Cisco/Astra/Grandsteram/Avaya IP , Polycon-IP End point provisioning.

Mobile/Fixed Base-stations, Access-point/ Hotspot & Backhaul, 3G/4G/LTE, Cellular/WiMAX/Wi-Fi, Base Band,

BTS, CPE, Hotspot, VSAT

Some Vendor equipment experience: Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, DragonWave, Canbium, Ceragon, LingoWave, Mikrotik,

Ubiquiti, iDIRECT

c) Enterprise Data Storage & Networks

Real-world Architect, Develop, Design, Build, Install, Maintain & Engineer Enterprise NAS /SAN, IP-Storage,

Networks, A/V systems. Video & Broadcast systems for advanced computing and for Telco Carrier Class 5 & 4

communications services. Data Center Infrastructures/Telecoms/Networks/Video). Systems Engineering, Support

EMC, NetAPP, , HP, Brocade, SAN Storage solutions.

RHEL, Linux/ Windows Server, NFS, CIFS, SAMBA, DNS, Management., designed and built 500TB NAS solution.

Expert with multi IT/Computer /Video communications systems design, experience in UNIX/Linux, Windows, Data

Center, Servers, Storage, Video, Telephony and more. Skilled and experienced selling, installing to Service Providers,

Government, Prime contractors, SMB, Corporate and Educational accounts.

d) Network Security

Network security management; Firewall (pfsense security Gateway appliance, smoothwall, Cisco 5500 X series, VNC

NAT, IPCop, IPtables,/Netfilter, IPFire, Network froensic (Wireshark, Wildpacket, SNORT, IDS, Packet sniffer, packet

analysis)

Network Domain: DNS, DHCP, WebProxy,

Crypto H/W: AES-256, 128, AES-NI, CESA, SHA256, SHA1, Content Filter,..etc

e) Broadband Engineering Experience :

VSAT Routers, Alcatel-Lucent Broadband 7750 Service Routers, CISCO Routers, RADWIN 5000 HPMP B/U &

MIMO Subscriber Units, iDIRECT Satellite Routers/Modems, Ubiquiti airMAX outers and CPE's. Mikrotik

Routers . Managing contract projects. in Information Technology, Industrial, Telecoms, Commercial and Government

sectors..

Recommend and assist clients select best Enterprise and Carrier Class Service provider solution such as WISP, CPE &

Backhaul radios and WiMAX, Wi-Fi , Access Points, Base Station, Access points and premise equipment and systems

for global network, data & A/V network connectivity.

**2) Telepresence & Teleconferencing & VOIP/ SIP

Enterprise multimedia communications servers & services (JABBER, Teleprocessing, Video conferencing WebEX

Jabber, Xabber UI setup/configuration, deployment and support

CUP (Cisco Unified Presence) /VCS (Cisco Video Communications Server)

Cisco Unity connector server and services

AUDIO/ VIDEO/VOIP /SIP installations, configuration, setup and provisioning

Cisco WebEX meeting server and services, conferencing, configuration, setup & support

Microsoft Windows Servers, Workstations and Hyper-visors & VM installations & provisioning

Linux Servers (WebServers, Apache, SQL, SIP/VOIP, DNS, Proxy, Firewall & Client computers

Microsoft applications support (IE, Exchange, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point, MS-Outlook)

**3) Maintain IT Enterprise systems installations and Infrastructures. Support services. Product

management/Marketing/Sales and

Delivery and commission

Performed Industrial & Commercial sector, Federal, State and local contract Bids, Prepared and responded to

contract RFQ's, RFP's and Quotation submittal. Survey and access client requirement and implement systems per

contractual requirements and specifications (including Enterprise servers and advanced video & imaging systems)

Architect, Designed, Assemble, Build, Test, Install, Configure, Document and Deploy Enterprise Data Storage

Hardware appliances and software (NAS/SAN/DAS), using open source Linux O/S and applications.

Configure and deploy Enterprise /Industrial LAN & Wireless Connectivity for Data & Video

Install &Troubleshoot and resolve hardware/software OS (Linux/UNIX/Windows) and applications issues

Troubleshoot and resolve operating system issues(Linux/UNIX & Windows servers or desktops)

Troubleshoot Enterprise and Industrial Network systems and connectivity (LAN & Wireless, Wi-Fi ..etc)

B) Admax Compuer, Inc.

Chelmsford, MA

IT Consultant & Product Engineer

Government contracting team technologist. IT Systems integration, Systems administration, Hardware/Software

integration, Build and sold Industrial computer servers and workstations for data acquisition, test & measurement and

instrumentation, Integrated servers, Data storage servers, Video servers, CT (Computer Telephony).

Architect, Design, Assemble, Build, Test, Install, Configure, Document and Deploy Industrial computer server

hardwares and software.

Architect, Designed, Assemble, Build, Test, Install, Configure, Document and Deploy Enterprise Data Storage

hardware appliances and software (NAS/SAN/DAS), RAID using Open source Linux O/S and applications

Configure and deploy LAN & Wireless Connectivity

Troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software applications issues

Troubleshoot and resolve operating system issues(Linux & Windows servers or desktops)

Contracted with AT&T (later Comcast) Installing A/V (Audio Video Systems

Mar. 1996 – Dec. 2002

C) Independent Part-Time Broadband INSTALLATION CONTRACTOR, Lowell, MA April 1996 –

March 2003

Contracted (P/T) with AT&T Broadband (later Comcast) Installing A/V (Audio Video Systems/ Internet Broadband

services.

Installing Digital Cable modems, DSL Modems, routers, Networking, WLAN Wi-fi

D) Independent Technology Technical Contractor. Enterprise and Government

Feb. 1993- Nov. 1995

Engineering & Technical IT systems integration, Technical repairs of computer servers and workstations. Installed

X86 servers, workstations, O/S, application softwares, Windows, Linux, Database, Words, Excel , Data

acquisition/Data capture, RAID /Data backup,...etc. Troubleshoot, fixed and restored systems.

E) Datawatch Corporation, Wilmington, MA

Jan 1986- Dec.1992

Senior Electronic Technician,

Senior Electronic Technician. Troubleshooting and fixing Government Tempest Computer servers and workstations.

Troubleshoot to board component level and fixed board and entire system.

Lay-ed guidelines for production department and Jr. Technicians

Trained Junior Technicians.

F) Ministry of Communications, P &T , Minna, Nigeria

Nov 1980- Feb 1983

Telecommunications Engineer

Maintained and supported RF-Microwave Transmission and Receiver radio systems (6GH-18GHz, multiplexers, radio

amplifiers

LOS Microwave R/F Radio Tx/RX and Multiplexer repairs and maintenance.

SKILL / EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

**4) 2003-Present. TECHNOLOGY AREAS OF PRACTICAL “Hands-on, physical and theoretical” SKILLS,

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE (listed below):

YES!Architect, Designed, Assemble, Build, Test, Install, Configure, Document

Management, administration and support of services tools, solutions and business continuity.

Network Video Systems, Enterprise Computing & Information Technology (h/s design, build, install, maintain &

support services), Cisco Telepresence Server and VCS

Enterprise Data Storage, NAS/SAN, Networking, IP-Storage, TCP/IP, Routers, Switches

Telecommunications, Broadcasting & Imaging (H/S design, build, install, maintain & support services)

Data Acquisition & Process control

YES! Architect, Designed, Assemble, Build, Test, Install, Configure, Document followings:

Enterprise A/V streaming to the Desktop, TV, Setup Box,

NAS & SAN Storage (Proprietary, EMC, Dell, HP ...etc)

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VMWare, Citrix /XEN / KVM Virtual Machines setup, configuration and deployment.

Stream Live Media or On-demand Over Internet, Intra-net or Satellite

IPTV Video Streaming

IPTV/ OTT /VOD (Video-On-Demand)

Interactive TV, & Media Streaming Services

WebServers, Apache, SQL, SIP/VOIP, DNS, Proxy, Firewall & Client computers

UDP, TCP, HTTP, P2P, SIP , SSH, SONET/SDH/PDH ,OC-3/STM-1 protocol

TCP/IP protocol formats

Video Storage Systems

Video File Servers

Video Surveillance

SIP Server/VOIP install, configuration ion and end-point provisioning, including PBX

IPPBX (Asterisks, Elastix, FreeSwitch) install, configuration and provisioning

PTP & PtMP 6-18GHz Microwave RF-Radios

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SDR /SDH Microwave Radios

Industrial Wireless & Wi-Fi Networks, CPE/ BaseStation/ BackHaul

**2003.Present ADDITIONAL AREA OF EXPERIENCE: RF and Network Systems application architecture, design,

implementation, deployment and management including:

DATA Storage: Cloud, NAS storage, implementation & deployment, Virtualization, Enterprise data storage

VOICE: UC, WAN/LAN, Asterisk IP-PBX, VOIP /SIP,

VIDEO: Broadcasting, Imaging,Turnkey IP video solution, Video streaming, IP surveillance NVR /Advanced A/V

systems, design, implementation and management,

NETWORK: Brocade and CISCO Network Switching, IP Protocols, Routers, TCP/IP, CUP, Industrial Wi-Fi

Network Monitoring tools (Wire-shark)

Microsoft Windows 7 Pro, MS-Word, Excel, Presentation, WinDAQ

Additional Skills

Enterprise Server systems and Desktop – 20 years

Enterprise Data Storage Architect – 17 Years experience

Principal Imaging & Video Engineering-20 years experience

Network Systems Design – 10 yrs experience

Contact Information:

Email: benny_ adama@yahoo.com

Job Permit Status: US CITIZEN

Security Clearance: None

Phone: 603-321-3762