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.