Experience

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  Other experience

  Aug 1979 - May 1989

  See below

  Telaction Corporation: R&D Project Manager MCC Powers: Senior Design Engineer Reliance Comm/Tec: Senior Design Engineer/Lab Manager Wescom: Manufacturing Test Engineer General Electric: Avionics Design Engineer

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  Ameritech

  Jun 1989 - Mar 1996

  Member technical staff

  Responsible for feasibility study and technical analysis of technical system platforms. Along with specification and supplier evaluation/selection (i.e. Request For Proposals).

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  Ameritech new media

  Mar 1996 - Jan 2002

  Directed department of 30 with a direct budget of $1.8M in expense and $7.7M in capital expenditures and project expenditures of an additional $10M.Responsible for development and testing of all new technical platforms, and the development of subscriber products (e.g. digital cable). Scope included business & technical feasibility, proof of concept, architecture design, project definition & execution, budget management, lab testing, process definition, and project evaluation. Project scope included strategy, operations, IT, customer service, marketing & sales, legal & regulatory. Also responsible for the engineering and construction of all new video offices; forecasting of related capital expenditures, project and budget definition, office construction, and verification testing. Show less

  • GM, Engineering & Technology

    May 1998 - Jan 2002

  • Director, Network Planning

    Mar 1996 - May 1998
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  The oxford lane group

  Feb 2002 - Aug 2005

  Partner
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  Scientel wireless

  Sept 2005 - May 2006

  Director operations

  Responsible for managing an Operations Group of 15 with total project expenditures of $2.5M.for the planning and execution of wireless broadband projects. Directed all aspects of projects including L2/L3 data network design, planning/scheduling, project management, budgets, OSS, RF & Civil design, CAD, system implementation & integration, and acceptance testing. Implemented operational standards, business processes, and metrics key to effective business growth.

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  The oxford group

  Jun 2006 - May 2009

  Partner

  Responsible for the business strategy and client product/technical/operations analysis along with client presentations.

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  Comcast cable

  Jun 2009 - Mar 2010

  Technical operations

  Responsible for the planning and execution of operational/performance improvements in the field and implementation of operational standards and business processes to improve key metrics. Directed contract and internal system technical support across the Greater Chicago Region (GCR) Western Area with 500K subscribers.

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  Mc consulting

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2012

  Principal

  Operations process engineering focused on capital/expense expenditures in AT&T Construction and Engineering; drive efficiency in OSP Provisioning Process & DSL/uVerse Ordering Process. Provided expert consulting and declaration in successful defense of AT&T IPTV intellectual property. Currently working for AT&T Labs in the home networking group concentrating on conformance testing of uVerse home LAN protocols (e.g. home GW to STB).

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  At&t

  Sept 2011 - Mar 2017

  Principal product development engineer

  Conformance testing of uVerse residential gateways and home LAN protocols (e.g. home GW to STB). Expert in use of advanced test gear, Spirent Test Center and Avalanche (L4-L7) stateful test suite, CommScope ECO Manage including SOAP/XML interfaces.

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  At&t labs, inc.

  Apr 2017 - Jul 2020

  Principal member of technical staff

  Planning of AT&T D2 platform and virtual function certification testing. Test environment strategy, architecture, prioritization, resource alignment, and environment requirements. Responsibilities included platform architecture (core/edge routers, AT&T Network Cloud) evolution and high-level design. Coordination of platform themes, client requests, and lab capital estimates.

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  Kforce inc

  Feb 2021 - Dec 2022

  System engineer

  Diagnostic Development & Channel Integration - UVerse- Assess and address problems identified by Care, Field, and Broadband Product.- Continually analyze accuracy and effectiveness of reactive/proactive diagnostics & operations.- Develop an integrated smart diagnostics platform leading to an improved customer experience.