OBJECTIVE:

Experienced telecommunications professional looking for a senior level engineering, technical or management position in cable, telecommunications, RF, satellite, aerospace, defense, and other communication related industries with potential for growth and advancement. Salary requirements are negotiable.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

• Over twenty - five years combined experience in the cable, telecommunications and satellite communications industries.
• Excellent working knowledge of digital headend architecture, digital video processing, QAM and QPSK hardware, DAVIC, DOCSIS, GigE, Video, signal processing, RF distribution and measurement, digital cable set top box hardware and software, CableCARD’s, OCAP applications, broadcast television services.
• Specific areas of expertise include: Scientific Atlanta ( Confidential ) Digital Headend Networks, Cable Headend Architecture, Video Satellite Communications, Broadband RF Networks, Confidential, SDV, ETV, Confidential, DTACS, Explorer Controller, and Explorer Controller Suite.
• CATV headend experience includes designing, building, and maintaining cable headend RF networks and infrastructure.
• Excellent understanding of networking principles including multicast, TCP/IP, FTP, RPC and other associated protocols.
• Excellent working knowledge of UNIX, Solaris, Linux, and Windows OS.

WORK HISTORY:

Confidential, Englewood, CO

Headend Engineer/Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for headend system administration, maintenance, support and troubleshooting for Confidential Digital Network Controller's and ( Confidential ) architecture used for testing all Confidential set top hardware and software platforms including Passport EPG, SARA, and Spectrum World Box.
• Additional responsibilities include building out new headend environments for additional testing with new channel maps, sources, and services.
• Configuring Switched Digital Video Servers, Video Edge QAM's, CLMS, Confidential RFGateway, Harmonic NSG Pro, and CASA. QPSK Modulators, Demodulators, Netcrypt's Transaction Encryption Devices ( Confidential 's) and other associated headend hardware.

Confidential, Downingtown, PA and Mount Laurel, NJ

Principal Engineer/Team Lead, Lab Operations and Infrastructure

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of 3 senior engineers. Responsible for system administration, maintenance and support for all core video products that support the Confidential Digital Network Controller architecture and set top hardware platforms.
• Other responsibilities, Lab Operations senior leadership team, hardware and software roadmap planning, vendor relationships and cross functional relationships with other departments within the Confidential organization.
• Operations group overall was responsible for maintaining all internal headend network infrastructure for all system test environments being used for new product development, system integration and QA testing.
• Lab Operations also works very closely with other partner labs both outside of and within the Confidential organization for the integration and test of new product offerings.

Confidential, Horsham, PA

Senior Solutions Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Customer System Integration & Test group.
• Responsible for system integration and testing for all core video product software applications on the
• TV Guide navigator, OCAP digital navigators, switched digital video,
• Confidential and all other associated set top client software applications.
• Other responsibilities include maintaining and integrating third party OCAP application servers and Confidential servers.
• The Confidential & Confidential group also works very closely with other partner labs within the Confidential organization for the integration of new products offerings.

Principal Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• responsibilities included interfacing with and providing engineering support for Project Managers, software developers and test engineers. Coordinated test and development efforts with other Confidential JV partners and third-party vendors for systems integration, testing and issue resolution.
• After moving to the Confidential support team, responsibilities included headend infrastructure support for the OCAP digital navigator project and all native EPG applications developed and tested by the Confidential JV.
• Additional responsibilities included key support roles in the installation, integration and maintenance of all OCAP related server hardware for both the Confidential and Confidential digital platforms. Also served as a subject matter expert for the Confidential Digital Video Platform.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Manager, Digital Platform Engineering & Technology Deployment

Responsibilities:

• These responsibilities included new product evaluations, lab scheduling, vendor relations, headend integration, third party application software testing, sustaining engineering, and approvals for field deployment.
• Also, responsible for overseeing all digital network controller system release upgrades and managing complex engineering projects.
• Our team was responsible for providing technical support to all Confidential Controller field sites and served as the company subject matter experts for the Confidential Digital Video Platform.

Confidential, Trevose, PA

Senior Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided e ngineering and technical support for all internal application development and infrastructure for developing Interactive TV applications on digital set top platforms.
• Provided tier three technical support for Confidential internet over TV application software deployments to MSO's worldwide.
• Project Engineering responsibilities at Confidential included performing site surveys and documenting system design and architecture to aid in the deployment of interactive applications on the Confidential and Confidential digital set top platforms.