K12 Converged IP Network, data and voice implemented across a 13 site semi rural Illinois district 9 months from project inception to completion.

Project Manger , Create Project Plan, Create Master Schedules, Manage Team of 13 Separate Companies, VoIP WAN LAN integration, provide procurement management of all WAN and LAN equipment and services, including network security.

Brought disparate entities together to form cohesive project team. Provided leadership and day to day support to keep project on time and budget while scope of project was expanding The bottom line:. On time, and on budget.

CCSD WAN with VoIP/ , Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV Feb 2000 to Present Consultant/Liaison/Contract Monitor, Independent Validation nd Verification $100M

Major Public School System MAN Gigabit Ethernet to 300 locations, with Integrated VoIP and circuit voice (25,00 stations) and 80 channels of IP video to 1400 classroom workstations - includes wireless/satellite internet distribution

Provide independent technical and management expertise in data, voice and video to the District, ensure requirements coverage, develop alternative technical solutions, provide in depth technical analysis, provide specialized technical analysis- wireless trunking solution analysis, VoIP costs with POE., Ensure load and traffic modeling reflected the requirements, Manage other consultants and direct their activities, Serve on the project steering committee for day to day and strategic management of all phases the project., Participate in all RFI, RFP and vendor evaluation activities., Validate all processes (Independent Validation and Verification), negotiate task orders

Solved major management and technical problems, restructured program, worked with executive management of District and their Fortune 500 Integrator to create a win win solution and save program. Customer named as one of top CIO’s in Country by Computer World, On time and under budget., 300^th site connected October, 2004

HCC New Campus, Heartland Community College, Bloomington, IL Sep 1999 to May 2000 Consultant

Integrated Data, Voice, Video and Security System

Project Plan, Project Schedules, Procurement Management, Video and Security System Design

Project completed for start of school.

GUNS (Global Network Services), MCI World Com, Piscataway, NJ Aug 1998 to Jul 1999 Consultant/Project Specialist >$50M

The integration of the International digital networks of two major carriers at the time of their merger. The primary objective was to keep all existing customers and expand capacity and services seamlessly. This project included Network Design, Integration and Documentation: SDH, ATM, FR, and VPN for voice and video

Global Schedule Creation, Digital Central Office Design , standards and design rule harmonization Procurement Management, Small Central Office VoIP Switch Selection Document management System,

Integrated management system for European, Asian, African, South Americana nd Australian networks with integrated data set, MCI and WorldCom integrated their global data networks, with expanded sites and capabilities.

Satellite WAN , Crowley Maritime, Oakland, CA Jun 1998 to Jul 1998 Consultant Project Manager $1M

TCP/IP VSAT (Very Small Aperture Satellite) network for a California based Shipping Company with 250 remote offices in South American and two primary locations in California and Florida.

Evaluate proposed design and create plan to validate concept of thin client distributed business applications over narrow band Satellite links. Manage the team necessary to validate.

Test design, create project test plan, implementation and management of the project. Time from assignment to successful test completion including test bed design and implementation was 20 days Project Management of System Test, Created project schedule, created test bed , brought in contractors

Proof of Concept Test completed

Strategic Telecommunications Plan, St. Francis Hospital, Peoria, Il Jan 1997 to May 1998 Consultant $>10M

Development and Implementation of Strategic Telecommunications Plan for a major mid-western medical complex.-data, voice and video with integrated contact center

Create process, create plan, review requirements and technologies, create RFPs and evaluate responses. Create separate project for center evaluation.

Created five year plan with options and budgets, planned integrated IP based call center

Wireless Local Loop , Global Net, Inc, Reston, VA and Ronkonkoma, NY Jan 1995 to Dec 1996 Consultant/, Technical and Management $5M

Central Office Gateway Development of wireless local loop for international deployment. Project involved included domestic and foreign software and hardware development and production.

Review technologies , review development contractors, evaluate performance and create realistic schedules,

Performance schedule put in place. Performance evaluation criteria of companies performing software and hardware development helped corporate executives make fundamental decisions in restructuring project. Created new business relationships in Sweden and Eastern Europe with alternatives for software development.

Video System Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL Jun 1995 to Jun 1996 Consultant $1M

Campus Video Distribution for CATV and baseband signals

Understand requirements, create design, manage procurement, and negotiate contracts with vendors

Multi-year contract put in place with major CATV provider included all campus internal cabling and specialized distribution equipment.

Digital Cable Box Design, DSG, Arlington, VA Feb 1995 to May 1995 Consultant/Designer

Create specialized set-top converter for Central America.

Provide Concept and Design

Concept was created and Customer decided not to proceed with design and development

NERC New En-Route Centre , Loral Federal Systems, Rockville, MD; British Civil Authority Aviation, Portsmouth, England Mar 1994 to Jan 1995 Consultant/Deputy Project Manager $500M

Create New Air Traffic Control System for England. Project involved all hardware and software and utilized 4 major British software companies

Corporate trouble shooter on major- find what was wrong and fix it.

Developed Program Plan for real-time 200-console token ring air traffic control system for British Civil Aviation Authority, provided plan to fix software hardware integration issues created by sub-contractor development problems, Installation schedule for site included interim hardware work-arounds and integrated test schedule for 2-m lines of code system This system is operational and provides service for all aircraft in England

Vision of the Future, Loral AeroSys/NASA, Greenbelt, MD Jan 1994 to Feb 1994 Proposal Section Manager $10M

NASA Headquarters Network Proposal. Included convergence of multimedia onto multi-platform LANs with wireless extensions and integration with advanced Internet Services for distance learning. Firewalls for protection of financial data, mail, directory and maintenance software were included

Proposal Writer

Detailed vision included advanced Web applications including video at an early stage of development

International Space Station Program/:, Loral Aerosys/Grumman Aerospace/NASA, Reston, VA Aug 1987 Dec 1993 >$80B

Major International Engineering effort to design, build, test, launch and operate a space station for continuous habitation in Low Earth Orbit

Created Program Management Office, Chaired Engineering Committee that evaluated all Space Station Changes, Created New master Test Schedules of reprogram

Member of management team that defined and implemented the international space station. Created new master test schedules for 2 billion dollar test program, led team to evaluate power system design and was successful in making fundamental changes to system. International Space Station is now on orbit and operational.

InSat (Indian Satellite), Ford Aerospace /Indian Department of Space Sep 1984 to Aug 1987 >$80M

Major Program of the Indian Government to create on orbit network of multipurpose geosynchronous satellites. The payload included weather imaging instruments, Communications, Direct TV Broadcast, and Remote Data sensing Transponders

Manager of Space Craft Communications Payload from design through test. Management of international team, create and maintain schedules, propose work arounds and special tests.

Created close working relationships with Indian mangers and engineers, Spacecraft performed on-orbit functions communications functions perfectly and is the basis of all next generation Indian Communications spacecraft

GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) Ford Aerospace, Palo Alto, CA NASA Dec 1983 to Aug 1984 >$500M

Next generation of NASA weather satellites for geostationary deployment.

Direct all phases of communications system design team activities

Created a cost saving antenna system with micro strip antennas.

Proposal was successful and all spacecraft were built and flown successfully with proposed design.

Wireless Ethernet Development Network Research, Los Angeles, CA Aug 1983 to Nov 1983 Consultant $100K

Create a wireless extension for an early Ethernet network

Provide concept and design for wireless Ethernet extension to over 23 GHz

Created test system with COTS hardware.

SPLIT/HIT, 3dbm, Camarillo and Westlake Village, CA/Hughes Ground Systems, El Segundo, CA/NATO Jan 1983 to Nov 1983 Vice President/ Consultant >$10M

Buried Coax 1 GHz cable system for NATO deployment

Project manager, Developed sealed repeaters which received nitrogen through hollow coax

System was designed and installed on time and under budget

Peacekeeper Missile, Lockheed Martin/ United States Air Force Waterton, CO and Vandenburg AFB, CA Nov 1979 to Jan 1983 Wireless Test Consultant/ Staff Engineer, >$50B

Multi-warhead ICBM; 13 major contractors. Test launches at Vandenburg AFB

Lead design team for ground wireless hardware and software interface systems, create and implement detailed test plans for all ground test faculties and missile control, telemetry and radar systems

Consulted on all phases of ground test of RF and microwave systems for Peacekeeper Missile at VAFB, provided schedules and work-arounds for 24 hour a day, 7 day a week test operation.

All RF test systems worked as designed, Peacekeeper was successfully launched in June 1983 after only 36 months of development

PSSC (Public Service Satellite Consortium) Public Service Satellite Consortium/ Department of Veterans’ Affairs/US Department of the Interior/Micronesian Territories/ AMA/, Denver, CO Sep 1976 to Jan 1980 Broadcast, RF and Digital Engineer $>10M

Provide advanced telecommunications engineering consulting to major government organizations and NGOs

Provided advanced technical support to multiple advanced Video Conferencing Network, design, construction and operations. Designed special purposed software hardware real time systems.

Designed and operated state of the art satellite video conferencing systems to Alaska, Micronesia. Performed one of a kind satellite demonstrations in remote locations.

AIDSAT-Agency for International Development/ Satellite Applications Technology Public Service Satellite Consortium, Denver, CO / NASA Greenbelt, MD; US Department of State, oversees sites Jun 1976 to Sep 1976 Project Member $5M

International video teleconference (VSAT) experiments by satellite in 21 developing countries. for USAID

Performing system and project planning and on site work in 9 countries on 3 continents (Asia, Africa, South American)

Worked in constantly changing environments, reformed teams, created emergency work arounds on the fly.