John Meachum

Experience

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  US Army

  Feb 1994 - Feb 2002

  Cannon Fire Direction Specialist

  US Army ReservesPerformed manual calculations to determine cannon angle, direction, charge, and timed fuse setting. Calculations were performed using cannon and target coordinates, wind speed and direction, elevation, and type of ammo.

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  Cash Registers Inc.

  Dec 1997 - Dec 1998

  Repair Technician

  Work encompassed component level repair of over 50 different pieces of equipment including thermal laminators, computer video cards, CRT monitors, cash register motherboards, power supplies, thermal printers, impact printers, and communication boards.

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  AT Systems

  Apr 1999 - Apr 2004

  Electronics Design Engineer

  Invented ways to improve my employers product line and competitiveness in the marketDesigned electronic schematics and PCB layout using ProtelWrote assembly code for Motorola microcontrollersEvaluated product failuresImplemented QC measuresDesigned solutions to prevent failures and manufacturing defectsAssisted software developers in finding and resolving coding issuesWorked with Mechanical Engineers to provide circuit board mechanical dimensions and mounting requirementsQualified vendors to produce and supply us with printed circuit boards, circuit board assemblies, keypad assemblies, and electric motorsDeveloped installation instructions for production and repair departmentsModified existing cable assembly designs and created new cable assembly designs to increase quality and reduce manufacturing and repair costs Show less

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  Network Solutions, Inc.

  Apr 2004 - now

  Wireless Sales EngineerWireless Implementation EngineerPerform Wireless Event design, deployment, and managementMentor other wireless engineersPerform active, passive, and virtual wireless site surveysPerform wireless tuning including adjusting Radio Resource Management, Optimizing trap notifications, security settings, wireless network architecture, and redundancyDesign, configure, and install Cisco layer 2 and layer 3 switching networksModify Firewalls, ACLs, Microsoft AD, Microsoft NPS, and Cisco ACS solutions to implement wireless securityTroubleshoot issues including duplicating issues in a lab environment, and using tools like Omnipeak, Wireshark, and spectrum analysis Show less

  • Data Center Practice Manager

    Jan 2019 - now

  • Enterprise Networking Practice Manager

    May 2017 - now

  • Wireless Networking Team Lead

    Nov 2011 - Apr 2017

  • WiFi Engineer

    Apr 2004 - Oct 2011