Network Engineer

Ron Alexander 2031 Stone Forest Dr. Lawrenceville, GA 30043 Phone: 678-226-1044 Cell: 404-791-8527 E-mail: [email protected] Executive Summary: Over 14 years working experience in network design, installation, operations, an d troubleshooting. A proven ability for technical reasoning and understanding. S uccessfully completed 2 years of extensive military technical training in the Un ited States Navy nuclear power program. Was approved for a Secret clearance with the U.S. Government. Experience: AT&T Managed Security Services Position: Security Implementation Manager May 2009 - July 2010 * Customer facing interface on multiple premise based firewall solutions. Respon sible for end to end project management of all transport and equipment deliverab les. Maintaining greater than 98.5% on time delivery average. * Gather, review and approve customer technical requirements for order processin g. * Coordinate customer, System Engineer, NCR tech and circuit implementation team for site turn-up and testing. * Insure smooth transition of new services over to Global Client Support Center for proactive management. AT&T Global Network Engineering Position: EVPN Chief Engineer June 2005 - May 2009 * Chief Engineer on 143 concurrent EVPN accounts including the corporate account s for Siemens, Starwood's Hotels, Freudenberg NOK and TRW Automotive. * Lead design Engineer and technical interface between customer and implementati on team. * Responsible for review and technical change control approval for all customer requests, maintaining greater than 99% on time processing average. * Tier 4 support for Global Client Support Center troubleshooting issues. * Post sales design and Engineer of large scale net work solutions. AT&T Business Services Atlanta, GA Position: LCM Lead Network Engineer Sept 2000 - June 2005 * Technical Lead for the North America Network on the Siemens global account. * Technical interface between the AT&T Solutions Life Cycle Management Team and the customer for the technical planning of both the network facility and premise s equipment requirements associated with data network applications. * Technical skills involved Network Design and implementing new sites for test a nd turn up with OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, ISIS and MPLS on the core back bone. * Coordinated and performed two major core communications center moves on both t he primary and backup distribution points for the Siemens NA network. Siemens Business Services, Duluth, GA Position: Planning Engineer Dec 1998 - Sept 2000 * Technical liaison between project managers and operations staff. Responsibilit ies include network design and troubleshooting, technical project management and third level escalation support for the Network Operation Center. * WAN technical lead for Y2K compliance for the Siemens North American network.

AirTran Airlines (Valujet), Atlanta, GA Position: Systems Engineer (WAN/LAN) Sept 1996 - Dec 1998 * WAN administrator - Performed complete ground up redesign and implementation o f AirTran's WAN covering 48 locations and 2 data centers as the airlines only WA N Engineer. * LAN administrator - Second and third level support on Unix servers, Intecom E phone switch, IVR, Voicemail, and RS6000 based Callwise applications. * Implemented voice over frame solution using Cisco 3810 routers on an IGX backb one with Catalyst switches. * Implemented SNMP management of the WAN through CiscoWorks. United States Navy (MM2/SW) Position: Nuclear Propulsion Plant Supervisor - Mechanical Aug 1985 - Feb 199 3 * Work Center Supervisor: In charge of scheduling twenty-five man team for, the daily maintenance, and repair of propulsion, water treatment, steam, and reactor plant systems of a naval nuclear vessel. Maintained divisional maintenance equi pment and parts inventory. * Engine Room Supervisor: Supervised five-man team in the daily operation of a n aval nuclear power plant, steam and propulsion systems during normal operations * Nuclear Quality Control Inspector: Supervised cleanliness, safety and use of p roper procedure during maintenance of delicate and controlled systems. * Received commendation for performing shipyard level maintenance while the ship was deployed. Education: * Business Administration: Georgia Perimeter College; Atlanta, Georgia - In Proc ess * Studied towards BS in ME/EE: Olympic College; Bremerton, Washington - Disconti nued 1995 * Hands on training in Reactor Plant Operations: Navy Prototype; Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho - Certified with NRC 1987 * Nuclear Theory and Reactor Plant Design Basics: Naval Nuclear Power School; Or lando, Florida - Certified 1986 * Mechanical Operations: Machinist Mate "A" School; Great Lakes, Illinois - Cert ified 1985 Other: * Certificate: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - expired * Certificate: A-plus certification in micro computer repair (A+) * Training: Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP) * Training: Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting (CIT) * Training: Cisco Internetwork Design (CID) * Training: Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (BCRAN previously CMTD) * Training: Building Cisco Multilayer Switching Networks (BCMSN previously CLSC) * Training: Building Scalable Cisco Networks (BSCN previously ACRC) * Training: Multiservice Concentrator 3810 Config & Mgmt (MCCM) * Training: Multiband Switch and Service Configuration (MSSC) Skills: * Language experience: Basic, Unix, Pascal, Fortran, C++, Graforth, Visual Basic , Cobol, Assembler * Hardware experience: Adtran CSU/DSU's, Adtran ISDN modems, Adtran channel bank s, 3Com Lanbuilders, Cray Multiplexers, StrataCom IPX/IGX, Cisco Routers, Cisco Catalysts, Cisco Access Servers, Cisco Pix Firewall, Computone Intelliserver's, Micom modems, Telemax CSU's, Retix Routers * Proven ability to combine knowledge and common sense for complex problem solvi ng of known and unknown system and software types

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