Evan Wappel

925­400­3614

ewappel@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanwappel

https://www.github.com/evanwappel

Summary

I am an Electrical Engineer with over 15 years of experience in network planning in the

technology & telecommunications industry. I am highly experienced in designing and managing

complex, large­scale high capacity networks and infrastructure build­out, primarily with AT&T

and Google. Currently my experience includes designing and planning fiber optic transport

technologies for Google Fiber in Mountain View, CA. My latest accomplishments have been in

the development of a Policy Innovation white paper on implementing “dig once” practices for

broadband network deployment. I have strong computer proficiencies in programming,

databases, and process automation.

Experience

Apex Systems, at Google (Mountain View, CA)

Network Designer, 2015 ­ present

­ Work with other highly capable network architects in the identification of new innovations,

services, products and implementations for the Google Fiber network

­ Leverage deep understanding of FTTH outside plant, deployment techniques, vendors and

industry trends

­ Engage other Google Fiber teams including Product Management, Software Engineering and

Business Development and provide support when necessary

­ Identify areas of innovation and optimization of OSP and ISP solutions by creating cost models

and comparing designs against our current architecture

­ Support engagement with vendors and suppliers on architectural direction and development

and interact with Supply Chain to ensure accurate forecasts of materials with a focus in long

term planning and cost reduction strategies

­ Work closely with other network architects on the delivery of innovative and progressive

network architecture documents that will be used to construct the OSP network

­ Provide implementation support to field teams to ensure correct installation and proper

network operation

AT&T (San Ramon, CA)

Senior Network Planning Engineer, 2007 ­ 2015

­ Designed, analyzed, planned and modified network components and architecture in support of

the wireless and wireline infrastructure, developed scorecards and dashboards

­ Provided mid to long­term planning for a specific technology which included analysis, solution

recommendations, and implementation strategies to complex business issues.

(These activities were the basis for capital deployment and allocation decisions)

­ Prepared the analysis of the short­term or long­term capacity needs for wireless and wireline

infrastructure, conducted network architecture design, feasibility and cost studies

­ Studied and forecasted traffic drivers to determine short and/or long term capacity needs,

provided support for traffic analyses and tool automation

­ Recommended strategic network architecture planning and network evolution policy decisions

in support of corporate initiatives, customer demand, technology changes, economic and

service reliability criteria

Bechtel (San Francisco, CA)

Electrical Engineer, 2003­2007

­ Designed cell site facilities in San Francisco and Marin counties, worked with cross­functional

teams to ensure AT&T coverage objectives were met

­ Worked with Bechtel Construction teams, architects, power engineers and AT&T RF Engineers

to achieve the best design possible on new sites that were being built

­Reviewed, modified and redlined drawings based on feedback from various groups,

communicated changes back to the architects for construction drawing revisions

­Tested new UMTS/GSM devices on the Cingular 3G network, reported bugs, worked with

AT&T Product Development teams to allow devices to be released with no issues

­ Performed drive­testing, mobile performance measurements, documentation, data throughput

testing, verification of all software/hardware functionally using test scripts.

Skills

Python, Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Keep), Infrastructure Capacity Planning,

ROADM, DWDM, Fiber Optic Networks, Telecommunications, APIs, NFV (Network Function

Virtualization), Cloud Computing, SQL, Teradata Data Warehouse, WMware, RF Engineering,

R, FME Desktop, ESRI ArcGIS, Wavelength Planning, RDMS (Relational Database

Management System), Linux, Visual Basic, Data Science, Markdown, 10G/40G/100G, Carrier

Ethernet, Pandas, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS Office, Formulas, Excel, Proposals, Bill of

Materials, MapInfo, Matlab, Fujitsu Netsmart 2000, ODBC, JDBC, SQlite, Alteryx, Flask, Google

App Engine, QGIS, Spatial Analysis, Korem Mapping Studio

Education

University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, SK, Canada)

BSEE Electrical Engineering, 1998

Specialized in telecommunications

Udacity

Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree ­ 2015

Interests

Guitar, Mountain Biking, Real Estate, Reading, Hiking, Camping

Volunteer

Turning Wheels for Kids Bicycle Repair Clinic (Hayward, CA)

­ Repaired bicycles for local kids and adults, 2014

American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure (Napa, CA)

­ Raised money and did a 50­mile bicycle ride in Napa Valley, 2012

Projects

Fiber Optic Ethernet Network Map, AT&T • Created a visual map in a ESRI ArcGIS virtual

machine to display AT&T’s optical network on an interactive map, allowing for logical and

geographical connections to be overlaid and viewed together (ESRI, QGIS, FME)

Conference Organization App, Udacity • Developed a cloud­based API server to support a

provided conference organization application that exists on the web as well as a native Android

application. The API supports user authentication, user profiles, conference information and

various manners in which to query the data (Google App Engine, Cloud Computing, APIs,

Python)

Resume & Cover Letter Generator • Currently developing an app that will allow the user to

create a resume and cover letter in Markdown, and generate both a PDF and HTML file to be

used for job applications or website hosting (Markdown, Pandoc, HTML, Node.js)