Chris LaMont

Experience

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  Advantis

  Dec 1994 - Mar 1997

  Circuit Provisioning Specialist

  Team lead circuit ordering group

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  IBM

  Mar 1997 - May 1999

  Network Operations Center Engineer

  Technical lead for second level operational support for the IBM Global Backbone Network

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  AT&T

  May 1999 - now

  Managing AT&T Expert Engineering team responsible for design and top-level support of SDWAN/SASE networks from Cisco, VMWare, SilverPeak, Palo Alto, Fortinet and ArubaPartnering with Product teams to develop and enhance AT&T’s SDWAN/SASE offersPre-Sales engagement on RFI/RFP, providing technical guidance to account teams & customers Designed SDWAN/SASE networks from Cisco, VMWare, SilverPeak, Palo Alto, Fortinet and ArubaTeam lead of AT&T’s highest technical Next-Generation networking design teamRFI/RFP and POC engagements providing technical expertise guidance Lead design engineer for AT&T Managed ServicesDeveloped process and technical improvements for AT&Ts Managed Services Lead design engineer for AT&T MPLS & IPSec VPN servicesDeveloped automated configuration scripting tools used by AT&T delivery engineers Developed, tested and documented technology for AT&T Managed ServicesExtensive testing experience using multiple vendors' equipment and technologies Tier 4 support for AT&T’s Global Backbone (OpenNet), an Internet Tier 1 ISP

  • Associate Director - Software Defined Networking - Expert Engineering

    Apr 2020 - now

  • Software Defined Networking Expert Engineer

    Aug 2018 - Apr 2020

  • Service Delivery Lead Engineer

    Aug 2013 - Aug 2018

  • Service Delivery Design Engineer

    Sept 2005 - Aug 2013

  • ATT Labs Product Development Engineer

    Apr 2002 - Sept 2005

  • Network Operations Specialist

    May 1999 - Apr 2002