Lead Engineer, MediaXstream, 2008 to 2009.

• Responsible for Health and Welfare of nationwide terrestrial network used for transmission of�Contribution Quality�ASI and SDI video.
• Responsible for Tier 2 & Tier 3 technical support for 24/7 Operations staff.�

Senior Network Engineer, Ascent Media, 2007 to 2008.

• Responsible for Health and Welfare of nationwide terrestrial network used for transmission of�Contribution Quality�ASI and SDI video.�
• Responsible for Tier 2 & Tier 3 technical support for 24/7 Operations staff.�

Network Specialist, Broadwing and Level 3, 2005 to 2007. (Broadwing acquired by Level 3, 1/2007)

• Responsible for Health and Welfare of nationwide terrestrial network used for transmission of�Contribution Quality�ASI and SDI video.���Achieved�stable and reliable network that is trusted for transmission of NFL Monday Night Football, MLB, NHL, and�NBA events.�
• Responsible for management of third-party network control software.���Achieved stable and reliable software platform for control of network.�
• Management of Nimbra platform from Net Insight, NetVx platform from Harris, and PANACEA from Harris.
• Responsible for Tier 2 & Tier 3 technical support for 24/7 Operations staff.�
• Responsible for deployment process of all customer-impacting and non-customer-impacting network upgrades. All upgrades deployed to network within schedule and with minimal impact to customers.�
• Duties included regular communication with customers regarding network health, network maintenance, and service implementation.
• Built MS Access database to track network inventory including firmware, software, and hardware rMevisions.��Reports generated were heavily used by customers, vendors, and Broadwing customer operations staff.

Engineer, Optinel Systems and C-Cor, 2001 to 2005. (Optinel acquired by C-Cor, 9/2004)

• Responsible for system level test of multiple Gigabit Ethernet transport products. Built comprehensive testing scheme used for product development, engineering validation before release, and hardware testing during initial production.
• Use of SmartBits Gigabit Ethernet test platform including Ethernet protocol transparency, frame loss, throughput, and latency over a variety of frame types.
• Use of Singulus and Geminus products from IneoQuest including Ethernet frame jitter and frame transparency.
• Understanding of Video on Demand (VoD) architectures using Gigabit Ethernet (GbE). Helped develop and configure a live demonstration of VoD including a MediaHawk 3000 video server from Concurrent Computer Corporation, two Summit 5i GbE switches from Extreme Networks, and a Virtuoso edge device from Teleste. This live demonstration was displayed at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in March 2003.
• Understanding of DVB-ASI and QAM for transmission of digital video. Built mock Video Server to deliver multiplexed digital video over DVB-ASI to QAM Modulators.
• Working knowledge of architecture of Hybrid Fiber-Coax networks that deliver broadcast analog and digital video, Video on Demand, and IP Data. Developed graphical aides to assist co-workers in understanding HFC networks.
• Understanding of MPEG-2 Transport Streams. Built LabVIEW program that reads an MPEG-2 Transport Stream from disk and analyzes MPEG header, PES header, PAT, CAT, and PMT.
• Design and automation of measurement platforms for Fiber Bragg Gratings using LabVIEW.

• Magnetostriction measurements, strain gages, torque testing.
• Programming and instrument interfacing using Visual Basic.
• Mechanical modeling of a composite torque shaft.

• Bachelor of Science, Chemical Physics, Michigan State University, May 1999.