LEO BOHANNON, GWCPM

210-740-9494

lbohannon@hotmail.com

Highly skilled and innovative Information Technology and Telecommunications Professional with over 17

years of diverse experience, leading every aspect of Telecom and IT architecture, design, development,

implementation, and support of large, cutting-edge network and communications systems.

Washington Certified Project Manager

A George

(GWCPM) with outstanding project and operations management

credentials, background, and expertise, including a Masters in Project Management from The George

Washington University, membership in the Project Management Institute (PMI), and a history of success

leading IT and Telecom startups and established leaders like AGL Networks, Evolution Networks, and IBM

Global Services to produce highly profitable world class systems and solutions.

  ¨ Operations Management

  ¨ Financial Modeling

  ¨ Network Design

  ¨ Implementation

  ¨ Project Management

  ¨ Consulting & Analysis

  ¨ Network Planning

  ¨ Architecture

  ¨ Feasibility

  ¨ Network Management

  ¨ Pre-Sales & Tech Support ¨ Fleet Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  · Transport Systems: Cisco 15454, 15327, 15200, 15800; Lucent DMX, DMXpress; Nortel Metro 3500, 5200.

  · Server & Server Farm Clustering Infrastructure: Microsoft Windows NT Primary and Backup

Domain Controllers, Microsoft Windows 2000 thru 2008 Active Directory Domains, Microsoft Exchange

Server E-mail and Group Messaging servers, Microsoft IIS, Microsoft DHCP, DNS, WINS, and Remote

Access Services, Citrix Metaframe, Novel Netware File and Print Services, and HP Jet Direct Print

Servers.

  · Network Monitoring: Multi-Vendor SNMP Network Management Protocol For Network Monitoring,

HP Open View, Cisco Works, and Castle Rocks SNMP Network Monitoring & Surveillance Systems.

  · Client Connectivity: TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, HTML, and Active X.

  · Recovery: Vinca Server Disaster Recovery and Fault Tolerant Systems.

  · Storage: EMC Data Storage Systems (local and remote).

  · Hardware: Dell PowerEdge , HP Vectra, and Compaq Proliant servers; Zylan, Cisco, Foundry, and IBM

Nways Ethernet switches, Cisco Series Routers; and Virtual Private Networking devices.

  · Environments: Windows 2008 Server

  · Software Applications: Microsoft’s Office Suites

CERTIFICATIONS

  ¨ Masters Certificate in Project Management

  ¨ Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet

  ¨ Vinca Certified Engineer

  ¨ Citrix CCA Metaframe

  ¨ Carrier Class DC Powers Systems

  ¨ Certified Novell Engineer

  ¨ Solectek Wireless Wide Area Engineer

  ¨ Bay Networks Certified Router Technician

  ¨ Certified Outside Plant Engineer

  ¨ Certified Fiber Optic Installer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FXTCO, INC, FT Worth, TX.

06/2004 – 02/2015

Director Projects Manager / Systems Engineer

Primary role as Project Managing Systems Engineer for the Financial Trading Industry. Responsible for the

management, installation and system operations of a large scale carrier class data center roll out with continued

operations that hosted 250 Dell M1000E blade servers for the clients and HP 3Par 7200 storage solutions for

our Enterprise trading brokers and clients. This VMWare hosted network consisted of a GIGE metro and long

haul fiber connectivity solution. Our GiGE metro fiber network originated in our datacenter in FT. Worth,

Texas on Cisco GSR 12000’s connecting by dark fiber purchased to our second datacenter in Dallas, Texas

and then interconnecting long haul on Level 3’s backbone to our third datacenter in Atlanta, Georgia and on to

our fourth and main datacenter in the financial district of New York, NY. My Project and Systems

Management consisted of the concept, design, installation and rollout of 4 Carrier class datacenters to support

our Enterprise Brokers and clients around the globe while still meeting 99.999% uptime and SLA’s.

  · Project managed by Earned Value Methodologies using MS Project and ABT Workbench, the design,

architecture, engineering, and operations of four

(4) Carrier Class data centers, provided hands-on

management of network operations and systems development and implementation.

  · Performed business plan analysis and provided equipment specifications and solutions that met the needs

of our brokers and clients based on market share and demand.

  · Developed specifications and designs for the datacenters including cable management, splicing,

termination, and cross-connection.

  · Build of server farms that replicated to multiple datacenter locations over the optical WAN .

  · Managed users including local and remote.

  · Designed and installed datacenter co-location facilities for dark fiber termination points for network signal

regeneration, including all -48v DC battery plant outfits, fiber distribution and cross connect frames, OSP

to ISP facilities, fiber cable management, and cable plant centers.

  · Planned detailed design and installation for the Cisco GSR 12000 Routers, the HP 3Par 7200 Storage

devices, and the Dell M1000 Blade Servers.

  · Specified overall plan to justify interconnection hut location selections and create designs, equipment

specifications, power requirements, and schematics required for installation.

  · Worked with other in-house System and Network Engineers to incorporate designs and specs.

  · Presented PowerPoint presentations to Executive Management for the total project plan and schedules.

  · Implemented a technically advanced 24/7/365 First Alert Monitoring System to facilitate damage

prevention of network facilities.

  · Delivered ongoing customer-facing support for the Sales and Marketing teams.

AGL NETWORKS, Atlanta, GA 12/2001 – 05/2004

AGL Networks owns, designs, constructs, and manages fiber optic

connectivity between telecommunication service providers and business customers.

networks and provides last mile

Director of Operations and Engineering Support/Director of Planning and Engineering/Network Planning

Consultant

  · Directed the design, architecture, engineering, and operations of a dark fiber cable system, providing

hands-on management of network operations and systems development and implementation.

  · Performed business plan analysis and provided fiber optic equipment specifications and solutions that met

the needs of AGL Networks and its clients based on market share and demand.

  · Developed specifications and design of cable management locations for the splicing, termination, and

cross-connection of multiple dark fiber sub-tending rings.

  · Designed and installed co-location facilities at conduit and dark fiber termination points for network signal

regeneration, including all -48v DC battery plant outfits, fiber distribution and cross connect frames, OSP

to ISP facilities, fiber cable management, and cable plant centers.

  · Planned detailed fiber route layouts for initial installation, including splicing diagrams, allocation sheets,

and closure configurations.

  · Specified overall plan to justify interconnection hut location selections and create designs, equipment

specifications, power requirements, and schematics required for installation.

  · Implemented a technically advanced 24/7/365 First Alert Monitoring System to facilitate damage

prevention of network facilities.

  · Delivered ongoing customer-facing support to Sales and Marketing.

Leo Bohannon

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)

EVOLUTION NETWORKS, Atlanta, GA 06/2000 – 12/2001

Evolution Networks developed fiber optic networks and provided connectivity between

telecommunication service providers and business customers in support of 3G technologies

Director of Network Engineering/Director of IP Architects

  · Developed, planned, and engineered a metro fiber based transport network in anticipation of the coming

evolution of 3G (third generation cellular) networks.

  · Directed the entire project management effort, broken down by individual routes using industry standard

methods set forth by PMI (the Project Management Institute).

  · Oversaw the architecture, engineering, product development, and pre-sales

support of

the system,

consisting of optical and electrical core switching router access devices, optical add drop MUXS or

OADMS, and metro/regional DWDM transport systems.

  · Designed complex networks for a next generation IP optical network for 23 different routes, including

over 500 POP’s with carrier class 24/7 cyber data centers on each route.

  · Delivered full route diversified managed bandwidth, IP service of server load balancing, geographic load

balancing, WWW caching, firewalls, and content distribution services to carrier class customers housed at

cyber data centers.

  · Provided cell tower connectivity on fiber optic metro rings and microwave transport systems utilizing

traditional SONET and DWDM technology, as well as packet-based 802.17 RPR technologies, to

transport voice and data.

  · Planned dark fiber leasing and new construction for metro rings and fiber cable lateral to cell tower sites.

  · Supported legacy TDM OC48, OC12, OC3, and traditional T1 transport while providing the capability to

migrate cell site base stations to 10/100 Ethernet.

  · Identified the optical strategy for specific target markets (tier 2, 3, and 4).

EVOLUTION NETWORKS

Director of Network Engineering/Director of IP Architects (Continued)

  · Created and managed CAPEX (capital expenditures) for all equipment and services.

  · Assisted the pre-sales support strategy by writing and responding to all RFI’s, RFQ’s, and RFP’s.

  · Contributed to pre-sales efforts by presenting transport and data center services information to clients.

  · Ensured that all equipment specifications were NEBS compliant and met all industry standards.

IBM GLOBAL SERVICES (IBM), Atlanta, GA 12/1998 – 12/2000

IBM Global Services provides strategic outsourcing, business consulting, and integrated technology to some of

the worlds leading companies, leveraging its expertise in evaluating and building networks for e-commerce,

customer relationship and supply chain management, and enterprise resource planning tasks.

Network Management Professional/Tech Services

  · Directed Managed Optical Services, providing service and solutions delivery, and network and product

management technical solutions design with the emphasis on optical services.

  · Directed a diverse team of over twenty, applying industry standard methods of PMI and with earned value

methods to project management.

  · Oversaw network architecture and engineering on complex networks and managed network engineers in

network conception, design, and implementation.

  · Supported outsourcing clients by developing infrastructure architecture and systems management.

  · Performed system monitoring, capacity and performance planning, database administration, hardware and

software system upgrades, and service level agreement (SLA) reporting.

  · Evaluated vendors and technology, comparing transport solutions to select products that ensure value for clients.

  · Researched new and upcoming transport technologies, including GIGE optical transport systems, and

ensured that product selection and development complied with IETF and IEEE industry standards.

  · Upgraded client technical infrastructure to support additional processing workload using carrier class

optical gigabit technology and network infrastructure conversions to pure WLAN wireless networks.

  · Assisted the sales organization by providing technical presentations and complex network designs to clients.

Leo Bohannon

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)

AUTOMATED SYSTEM DESIGN, Roswell, GA

Manager Of Network Engineering

05/1995 – 12/1998

  · Created quality network integration services for managing peak load requirements providing quality and

installation budget control, project scheduling management, product standardization, policies and

procedures, staff development and training, and client satisfaction.

  · Supervised all Managed Services, vendor and product technical evaluations and recommendations, staff

training, carrier class interconnects, and defined market strategy.

  · Presented weekly updates to clients using project management timelines, onsite management and review

of projects as required, and material management.

  · Provided design, engineering, and network integration services estimates as LAN/WAN administrator for

Novell 4.11 and Win NT 4.0 servers, intelligent wiring hubs, and integration solutions.

  · Assisted Marketing and Account Managers in delivering pre-sales support for systems integrators and

professional service organizations.

EDUCATION

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington DC

Masters Certificate in Project Management, April 2000

GEORGIA TECH – SCHELLER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, Atlanta, GA

Financial Accounting for Non-Finance Managers, February 2003

SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, Marietta, GA

OSP Engineer (Outside Plant Engineer), June 2002