Kevin Stroud

Experience

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  Mercury Communications

  Jun 1996 - Sept 1997

  Network Performance Analyst, Service Quality Dept (SQD)

  Analysed PSTN performance over indirect services (131, 132, 2100) and resolved identified issues. Conducted ad-hoc studies (example, echo and propagation delay tests). Monitored and reported on 2Mbit International circuit performance, traffic types, and statistics. Improved service quality by reducing post-dial delay (PDD) to international destinations through digit analysis and route investigation. Collaborated on tests for Non-Geographic number portability with internal teams and external observers from BT. Show less

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  Cable & Wireless Communications

  Sept 1997 - Jan 1998

  Planning Engineer (DMS, Switch Hardware Plan & Build)

  Mercury Communications was acquired by Cable & Wireless Communications

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  Lucent Technologies

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2003

  Senior Engineer, Customer Technical Support
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  Alcatel-Lucent

  Nov 2003 - Jul 2007

  Senior Engineer, 3GMSC DFS/FI

  LWS (Lucent Worldwide Services) Senior Engineer, 3G MSC DFS/FI (Development Field Support/Feature Introduction)Lucent Certified Engineer

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  Cisco

  Jul 2007 - Oct 2018

  Lead for German VOD IPTV customers, Vodafone DE, Kabel Deutschland and Kabel BW; pre launch to live and post launch providing continued support for new features and bug fixes.Responsible for end-to-end integration and delivery of headend software for NDS components; and the integration with third party systems, such as SeaChange (EventIS), Concurrent, Sagem and Motorola.Technical advisor for OTT projects including Viasat.Successfully led the integration and test of Linux ES4 Oracle 10g to Linux RHEL5 Oracle 11g migration of NDS software.Support global labs based in France, Israel, India and Germany.Conduct ad-hoc investigations in performance and benchmarking resulting in improved platform performanceInvestigate customer raised issues as required, jointly working with customer operations, development teams and system architects.Mentor new members to the team and promote knowledge sharing practices. Show less

  • Technical Lead

    May 2016 - Oct 2018

  • System I&T Engineer & Team Leader

    Jul 2013 - May 2016

  • System Integration

    Jul 2007 - Jul 2013
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  Synamedia

  Oct 2018 - Oct 2024

  Synamedia opened for business on Oct 29th 2018. Permira funds completed the acquisition of Cisco's SPVSS business on this day.Tech lead and Integration hands-on of the Synamedia nPVR solution for a Norwegian TV Operator and ISP.

  • Lead Technical Consultant

    Apr 2023 - Oct 2024

  • Lead Software and Deployment Systems Engineer

    Apr 2022 - Apr 2023

  • Senior Deployment Systems Engineer

    Oct 2020 - Apr 2022

  • Technical Lead

    Oct 2018 - Oct 2020