To see Global Crossing become the major player in the telecommunications industry that I know it can be. After that, I'd like to spend quality time with my hobbies: cycling, golf, music, writing, and then enter the space industry.

Apr 1998 – Present        Global Crossing, Inc.                        Tucson, AZ

Vice President, IP Engineering (Jul 2001 – Present)

n     Responsibilities include IP hub, backbone and routing architecture, design & implementation, CapEx and OpEx budget planning, router configuration, traffic engineering peering, OSS development, and supporting systems platforms

n     Managed through several reduction-in-force situations, cost reductions, and Chapter 11, while maintaining morale as well as increasing productivity, responsiveness, and efficiency

n     Instituted asset management programs to efficiently utilize existing capital resources while maintaining network quality and service activation growth.

n     Initiated industry leading network cost analysis models that improved the decision making process for CapEx spending.

Director, Global Network Design (Apr 2000 – Jul 2001)

n     Developed and managed $70MM 2000 annual network deployment budget.

n     Extended US domestic IP backbone into Europe, South America, and Asia

n     Developed a revolutionary method of network documentation featuring a database driven visual view of the production network s well as planned network augments

n     Overhauled implementation process to include group project management tools that improved organization, project status reporting, and team performance results

Manager, Network Architecture (Sep 1998 – Apr 2000)

n     Developed and managed $25MM annual network deployment budget, and built team of engineers to specify and document desired network and hub augments.

Sr. Network Engineer (Apr 1998 – Sep 1998)

n     Specified and documented network and hub augments for the IP network.

Mar 2000 – Present        Pluris, Inc.                                        Tucson, AZ

Technical Advisor

n     Advised NextGen router  vendor on details regarding product specifications and marketing issues.  Educated employees with a company-wide presentation on how their product would help NSP’s solve problems and save money

Nov 1997 – Apr 1998    Siegel Internet Engineering                 Tucson, AZ

Principle

n     Developed IP traffic flow detail statistics collection and reporting system for Verio, Inc. utilizing Cisco Netflow, CEF accounting, IP accounting, and SNMP data.  System compared data against a current BGP table, and error corrected CEF and flow data to produce per-AS-path statistics for reporting on regular expressions.

Feb 1992 – Nov 1997     RTD Systems & Networking, Inc.     Tucson, AZ

President and CEO

n     Founded small Unix and Network Consulting firm

n     Launched Tucson’s first commercial dialup ISP

n     Conceived of and set product requirements for UTA, User Tracking and Accounting professional software package.

n     Involved in all areas of business, including network and Unix systems maintenance, accounting/bookkeeping, marketing/sales, and customer service/support, and legal.

Jun 1996                       National Science Foundation       Washington, DC

Panel Member

§      Evaluated the success of the NAPs in merging the Internet into a commercial, non-NSF funded entity, and suggested ways the NSF could better spend their money to support advanced network capabilities for research and education

Nov 1994 – Aug 1995   Network 99, Inc.                             Phoenix, AZ

Director of Engineering

§      Single-handedly maintained all aspects of the network and customer base, from backbone engineering and customer circuit provisioning, to DNS, News, and Mail, and hired and trained novice Unix admins on all of the above

1991–1993        University of Arizona                                    Tucson, AZ

Computer Engineering

1990–1991        California Lutheran University            Thousand Oaks, CA

Computer Engineering

§         Leadership and Management

§         Technological and organizational visionary

§         Advanced router configuration (IOS and JunOS)

§         Unix (several varieties) and MS Windows/NT (several versions)

§         Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio,  NetViz