Scott Baier

Experience

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  Director of Information Management

  May 1998 - Nov 1999

  Operations Officer

  Supervised daily operation, design, implementation, and integration of automation, voice, and video systems for the Army’s largest campus area network. Supervised inside plant, outside plant, data network, system administration, and application development operations in support of the organizational business processes of the largest Army base in the world.• Engineered the transition from ISDN video based communications to an IP based system. • Planned and implemented the installation of web cache proxy servers which enhanced the organization’s security posture and maximized the capacity of existing WAN capacity.• Designed and supervised the implementation of a telecommunications management system which dramatically reduced operations costs through automating manual procedures and identifying fraudulent telecommunications charges. Show less

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  U.S. Army 3rd Signal Brigade

  Nov 1999 - Jul 2001

  Company Commander

  Directed the command and control communications support to III (US) Corps and its associated elements during world-wide contingency missions. Managed the readiness, training, and operations of 140 people and $28M in communications equipment.• Deployed the company from Fort Hood, Texas to Fort Irwin, California to provide communications in support of the first digital division evaluation.• Supervised and managed the modernization of the company’s communications equipment to a converged Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) transport network with high capacity, secure wireless systems. Show less

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  Information Systems Engineering Command

  May 2002 - May 2006

  Project Manager

  Senior Test and Evaluation Engineer, evaluating data networking products and technologies for the Program Manager – Defense Communications and Switched Systems. Led a team of 60 engineers and contractors in the testing of Ethernet Switches, Optical Switches, Free Space Optics, Firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems, Data Encryption, and Wireless LANs.• Managed a $9.1M effort to test and evaluate campus networking products and technologies for suitability to integrate into the Army’s data network architecture. • Optimized the existing Southwest Asia data network and designed the logical data network for Operation Iraqi Freedom.• Led a team of engineers in the test and evaluation of a wireless, secure, converged network on the island of Hawai’i.• Member of a team that developed the architecture and engineering guidance for the planning, implementation, and validation of campus VoIP deployments for the Army.• Developed the converged network architecture for Army campus networks utilizing MPLS and Quality of Service mechanisms.• Led a team of engineers to analyze the data network security posture at several Army locations and engineered the mitigation solutions required to reduce associated risks. Show less

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  Systems Design Service Engineering

  Jul 2006 - now

  President

  President/Principal Systems Engineer, responsible for the systems design and engineering of numerous projects throughout the Midwest. Leads a team of designer’s and drafters in building systems design.• Industrial systems power distribution design, specifications and analysis to include: transformer selection, load calculations, power factor correction, medium voltage switchgear, fault current analysis, short circuit analysis, motor control centers/starters, power system transients, harmonics, grounding, and Arc Flash studies.• Commercial building power distribution design, specifications and analysis to include: medium voltage switchgear and panelboards, disconnects, load calculations, lighting and illumination calculations, fault current analysis, and telecommunications systems.• Commercial Building Mechanical systems design, specifications and analysis to include: HVAC systems analysis and selection, load calculations, duct and piping design, energy modeling, energy audits, and system troubleshooting.• Fluent in the use of Building Information Modeling Tools: AutoCAD, Revit, and Navisworks. Show less