SUMMARY:

Exceptional record of success directing IT engineering and operations, including network infrastructure, telecom, and project management functions for both startup and established businesses. Proven ability to reduce expenses while streamlining workflow and improving systems performance. Excel at formulating technology solutions to support business goals. Adept at building and leading top - performing teams. Multiple certifications, including PMP, CISSP-ISSAP, ITILv3, and Six Sigma Green Belt. Excellent problem solving skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Systems Architecture
• Systems Design
• Strategic Planning
• Budget & Cost Control
• Change Management
• Datacenter Design & Management ~
• Unified Communications
• Technical Training
• Process Improvement
• Reporting
• Virtualization & Automation
• Relationship Management
• Risk Management
• Information Security
• Contract Negotiations
• Capacity Planning
• Vendor Relations
• ITIL Service Management
• SDLC Management
• Incident Management
• Program/Project Management
• Service Continuity

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Skills: Optical Transport Networks (OTN), DWDM, SONET/SDH, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, LAN/MAN/WAN, Cloud Computing, Unified Computing, IT/IS Systems Security, Firewalls, Routers, Switching, Virtual Machines, Load Balancing, WAN acceleration, Proxies, Remote Access, VPN, Wireless Systems, WiFi, 3G/4G, GMR, EVDOrevA, DVB-SH, DVB-S2, Windows, Unix, Linux, HF, UHF, VHF, SHF, EHF, IP, and others

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Beltsville, MD

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Responsibilities:

• Leads and/or supports creation of winning technology solutions at attractive price points. Understands the tradeoffs between features, risks, and costs.
• Determines infrastructure, application, data and business solution costing and options for price reduction according to the company and client financial constraints.
• Develops messaging for proposal responses that represent compelling value propositions to customers and differentiate Confidential from its competitors. Understands and communicates key differentiators in an architectural solution for customer and compared to anticipated competitor solutions, and translating how technical architecture components create an overall business solution and value to the customer.
• Assists the development and evolution of future state of IT offerings/capabilities to meet changing market demands, and the skills and temperament to consistently infuse innovative tools and approaches into offerings.
• Facilitates the standardization and reuse of managed service (Cloud) offerings via process reengineering and standardization of best practices.
• Calculates Total Cost of Ownership of technology components and complete platforms.
• Understands interrelationships and impacts of systems and applications upon the enterprise wide technical environment.
• Ensures solutions are of high quality, are high performance and are scalable.
• Maintains current knowledge of the technology industry and Federal IT marketplace and determines the impact of emerging policy, infrastructure and/or applications software on new and existing solutions.
• Maintains an expert working knowledge of networking/internetworking and IT security
• Accountable for developing and managing key internal/external relationships across sphere of influence, including collaborations where no organizational relationship existed previously.

Chief Solutions Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Develops visual, standards-based Enterprise Architecture (EA) or solution models that support a business leader's understanding and governance of technology solutions, technology principles and technical roadmaps.
• Enterprise Architecture Framework (EAF)
• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
• Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF)
• Service-Oriented Modeling Framework (SOMF)
• Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)
• The Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
• Provides expertise in infrastructure, data and applications software evaluation, selection and implementation

Confidential, Plano, TX

Principal Consultant/Lead Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Specializing in Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN).
• Applications we specialize in include vCPE, vEPC, vCDN, vIMS, vCG-NAT, SDN enabled transport, advanced service chains, Operational Support System (OSS) integration, and other transformation services.

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Technology Operations Engineering Manager

Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy engineering solutions that support security and availability in alignment with AWS Data Center infrastructure tenants and mission.
• This includes providing integrated technologies to improve workflow, automation, and data tracking.
• Technology Operations designs and implements engineering strategies, processes and services to support the AWS data centers.
• In addition to providing 24x7 service response, the Technology Operations Engineering team employs systems engineers who handle on-site maintenance, troubleshooting and vendor management.
• These engineers are responsible for providing secure, available, scalable, and operationally excellent infrastructure services for the data center.

Confidential, Charles Town, WV

Principal Consultant/Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead Telecommunications and Data Center Design consultant for company deploying the world’s 1st Hybrid Global All-IP backbone comprised of a fully integrated satellite-terrestrial network, servicing high bandwidth and next-generation service needs of carriers, enterprises, and government agencies around the world.
• Co-Authored Patent

Confidential, Bristow, VA

Director, Network Operations Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Oversees Network Operations Engineering team.
• Responsible for performance and availability of Confidential Ground Segment network for IP and RF infrastructure, including global IP inter-site WAN network, satellite ground systems monitoring and control, data gateways, and Improved quality and efficiency by implementing best practices, ITIL standards, and Enhanced Telecom Operations Model ( Confidential ) practices for service management.
• Service Design, Transition, Operation and Continual Service Improvement

Director, Global Network Operations

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Built complete Global Operations Group from ground up and designed service management architecture.
• Operational Support Systems (OSS)
• Network Management Systems
• Service Delivery
• Service Fulfillment (including network inventory, activation, and provision)
• Service Assurance
• Customer care
• Created policies, procedures, strategic and technology plans, and concept of operations for Startup Company.
• Manages overall operational network changes, contingency functions, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, issue investigation and resolution, supplier and maintenance agreements and services, and employee training.
• Establish global vendor relations and global network support plans, authorization of contingency procedures (i.e. site switch, outage incident, etc.);

Confidential, Reston, VA

Director, Network Systems / Senior Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Planned and managed comprehensive IT modernization program for $1.4B enterprise.
• Facilitated business expansion by designing and deploying voice, video, and data equipment, switches, routers, and other hardware for internet and mobile networks, and integrated networks with satellite and Confidential segments.
• Enabled live video to user terminals by integrating Video-over-IP multicast solution.
• Evaluated new technologies for potential implementation and integration into core architecture.
• OSS/BSS

Confidential, Silver Spring, MD

Manager, Network Planning & Engineering / Senior Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Improved network performance and availability by implementing enhancements and redundancies.
• Reduced costs through effective negotiations with telecom and hardware vendors, for purchases and leases.
• Spearheaded critical change management initiatives in response to fluctuations in network asset availabilities.

Confidential, Hagerstown, MD

Manager, Network Engineering / Senior Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed, tested, and deployed IPv6 and distributed Confidential proxy solutions for computing services division of Confidential .
• Analyzed and recommended vital network routing architecture changes for Confidential 's operational network.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Senior Network Design Engineer / Architect

Responsibilities:

• Authored updated network deployment procedures for Confidential field engineers.
• Improved network performance, reliability, and security at Confidential sites by reengineering networks and deploying new digital video network at checkpoints and baggage handling areas.
• Facilitated the design, launch, and operation of nationwide value-added MPLS and VPN services for Confidential .
• Also enabled provision of multiple service types across MPLS networks to satisfy Class of Service requirements.

Confidential, Ashburn, Virginia

Senior Internet Engineer / Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Planned and led the implementation of more than 22 data centers, each providing connectivity for up to 2,000 customers.
• Improved networks by designing and deploying secure remote backup and other solutions to increase performance.