Extensive experience in design deployment and build-out of wireless and wireline networks.

Hardware provisioning, database design and routing of wireless and wireline switching and data networking hardware.

 Experienced in implementing national, international, fixed and wireless voice networking protocols and standards including inter-working.

Experienced in switching operations administration & maintenance and performance analysis of enterprise, military, end/toll/international gateway, and wireless switching offices.

Ability to design a network that is easy to maintain because of my experience in operations and maintenance and the understanding the importance of how critical naming convention and sub-system assignment is in times of outages.

 Excellent organizational, time and resource management, presentation and team building skills.

 Strong PC applications skills including Microsoft Office suite, Visio, AutoCAD 2000 and various communication and specialty software.

Excellent customer service and cultural sensitivity skills gained through experience working directly with customers in different countries with vastly different cultures

Provided technical leadership in the operation of a regional technology center in Brazil to meet the Q1 2002 corporate financial targets

 Integrated multiple network elements, OEM vendors, product and vintages in an end to end telecom and data test network

 Provided technical guidance in the refurbishment, configuration and re-certification Testing of Wireless, Wireline, and data networking products sold globally.

Provided technical guidance on customization and of cabinets equipped with microwave equipment for one of the largest wireless carriers, to replace existing carrier provided T1s and DS3 facilities.

Provided leadership and guidance for planning, hardware engineering, cell site and PSTN trunk provisioning, to successfully replace existing Ericsson AMPs/TDMA network equipment with Nortel Networks solution in Northern California and Nevada of 8 MSCs and over 3000 cell sites without significant customer affecting issues.

Guided network-engineering team in the design and successful implementation and delivery of a unique configuration the DMS-MTX as a pure MSC Gateway pair, without subtending cell sites. Functioning primarily as mobility gateways for 13 MSCs and 12 PSTNs in New York City and New Jersey, two of the largest MSA markets, reducing traffic load on MSCs and increasing overall network capacity.

Led hardware engineering team in the initial design and provisioning of GSM/GPRS network rollout.

 Provided consulting services for planning, analysis and integration of a Nortel NetworksDMS-300 international gateway switch into Qwest's national network.

 Planned national and international trunking to customer's POPs employing ANSI & ITU ISUP, interface protocols and inter-working utilizing Digital compression (Q.50 DCME)

Provided network planning, analysis and design services for start-up wireless operator Telet, for a TDMA Cellular Network in Southeastern Brazil.

SS7 interconnects to national STPs, IMT interconnect to Telet MSCs and Local PSTN and International gateway offices.

Provided PSTN and cell site trunking capacity, naming convention, hardware requirements, network topology design for routing and diversity.

Provided leadership for planning, analysis, design, implementation and build-out for a Bellsouth green-field TDMA cellular network to provide wireless service to a six state region in Northeastern Brazil.

 Staffed and managed the engineering team and resources to provide hardware engineering, database engineering, translations, and topology design to successfully engineer and deploy the network. Managed certification and successful integration of the network into the Brazilian public network with an on schedule in-service cut.

Developed and delivered maintenance and operations procedures and operations training to Mexican technicians, for startup international carrier Avantel.

Developed operations and maintenance procedures and trained technicians to operate trouble-shoot and maintain multiple DMS switching systems.

 Manage the resources required to maintain Major Accounts customer’s SL-100 networks and equipment at their optimum performance level.

Manage resources used to complete installation or relocation of telecommunication equipment on time and within budget.

Developed summary reporting system that used network operational measurements to generate summary reports that enables the customer management to have a readily available snap-shot of system capacity and performance.

  Managed the implementation testing and integration of SS7 MTP and ISUP into the Japanese national network.

Supervised integration, field-testing, implementation and delivery of the first Nortel Networks DMS-100 family network to be placed in service in Japan.

Supervised network maintenance and operation activities at IDC.

Trained IDC Technicians on Operations Maintenance and Administration of international gateway switching center.

Supervised a team of Nortel and TRW maintenance technicians to operate and maintain a 30,000 line MSL-100 Corporate PBX.

 Provided leadership and training to site personnel on maintenance procedures and general operation and maintenance.

Resident maintenance, assist and instruct site personnel on maintenance procedures and general operation of the two DMS-250 Central Office switching system and SL-100 Meridian PBX.

Resolving hardware, operational, translation and network issues.

Supervised technicians responsible for installation, modification, preventative maintenance, trouble-shoot and repair to the component level on the United States Air Force’s mainframe air defense and air traffic control computer systems.

CCNA Course – in progress

GPRS General Overview

GPRS Passport Operation & Maintenance

GPRS OMC-D Operation

 Passport Operations & Maintenance

SGSN Configuration and Operation

Internet and Network Communications

ATM Inter-working Course

IP Networks Services and Applications

IP Networking Fundamentals

CDMA BSS Advanced Overview

CDMA System Parameter Determination and Optimization

CDMA Technology and Nortel Product Overview

GSM/BSS Advanced System Overview & Implementation

Cellular RF Engineering

AMPs/TDMA Cellular Handoff

Nortel Cellular Systems Overview Course

IS-41 Networking & Implementation

DMS100 Family Operational Methods Strategies and Mgt.

DMS-100 Family central office switches Advanced Translation.

DMS-100 family central office switches Translation

US Air Force Digital computer systems course, computer principles and systems.

DMS-100 family central office switches Maintenance and Operations.

Danray Tandem Switching Systems, CTSS maintenance.

Project Team Development & Management Applications

Project Planning, Analysis and Control

Project Management Training Course

Building blocks I, Management Training course.

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – Covey

United States Air Force Supervisors course.

Attended courses pursuant to a computer science degree

Hands-on Data Communications troubleshooting techniques course

Attended courses pursuant to a computer science degree (40 Semester hours).

Attended courses in electronics, computer technology (30 Semester hours).

Master Course in microcomputers