Engineer Test

Thomas R. Quinn

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Hurst, TX 76053

408-***-****

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SUMMARY

Accomplished Telecommunications Test Engineer experienced in lab evaluation

and deployment of both fiber optic transmission systems and IP edge

routers. Familiar with Layer 2/3 IP protocols, IEEE 40/100 GbE Client

interfaces, and ITU G.709 OTN. Experienced with traditional BITS MTIE/TDEV

measurements and Synchronous Ethernet/IEEE-1588 implementation and

deployment issues.

( Expertise in testing SONET/SDH Network Elements against Telcordia and

ITU standards.

( DWDM experience includes SFP/XFP transceiver conformance testing and

OC48/OC192 transmitter

characterization.

( Conducted field trials that characterized network performance as MCI

initially deployed SONET and BLSR

technologies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ERICSSON/REDBACK NETWORKS/SIARA SYSTEMS, San Jose, California 2000-

2011

Engineer IV

Member of Smart Edge Router Hardware team from 2002 to 2011.

( Conducted measurements to fully benchmark router's system behavior,

backplane and line card

performance.

( Lead test engineer for SQA team from 2000 to 2001 on the Smart Edge 800

Intelligent Transport product line.

( Test prime for SONET/SDH conformance, DS3/DS1, protection switching,

Jitter, and MTIE/TDEV testing.

( Provided guidance to product management, HW, SW, SQA and ASIC teams

throughout product development

and subsequent feature rollout. Focus on hardware stability, line card

functionality and system integration.

( Characterized discrete and SFP/XFP optical interfaces.

( Performed signal integrity measurements to recommend pre-

emphasis/amplitude settings of backplane/line

card SerDes.

( Conducted dc power consumption and inrush measurements.

( Configured and staged fully populated routers for formal EMC and ESD

testing.

( Performed system testing, eDVT, vendor management, and feature testing.

MCI/WORLDCOM Network Engineering Lab, Richardson, Texas 1991-

1999

Engineer III

( Evaluation of Cerent 454 "next generation" SONET multiplexer. Test

coverage included: DWDM support,

SONET compliance, failure scenario analysis, integration testing, and

data/voice interworking.

( Evaluation of Nortel OC48 Releases 14.0x and 15. Main feature content

included 16 lambda DWDM

support, Synch Status Messaging, GR-1230-CORE BLSR Matched Nodes,

security enhancements, and mixed

tributaries. Performed regression testing and verification of RVA

(trouble ticket) corrections.

( Lead Engineer responsible for evaluation of STM-16 SDH network elements

for the MCI/Avantel network.

Performed conformance, stress, operational, and network integration

testing. Produced test plans, test

procedure documents, and failure analysis reports. Conducted vendor

management, provided SDH and user

application training.

( Conducted integration testing, for the TAT 12/13 and TPC5 2 x 5 Gb/s

trans-oceanic cable projects, at

Bell Labs, to ensure compatibility between MCI's SDH/SONET equipment

and AT&T's SDH DXC.

( Characterized MCI network's tributary jitter performance, as MCI

retrofitted their synchronization network to

support SONET, resulting in proactive standardization of engineering

rules.

Thomas R. Quinn 408-***-****

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( Lab evaluation and field support of SDH/DS3 equipment to support the

first transpacific DS3 (Internet 1996

World Exposition)

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MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Richardson, Texas

1990-1991

Co-op Student Engineer

Evaluation of digital microwave radios, fiber optic transmission terminals,

SONET Terminals, and associated devices in the Advanced Technology

Laboratory.

Hardware: Ixia, Agilent N2X, and SmartBits IP protocol test sets,

OTN/SONET/SDH test sets, wavelength meters, VXI & GPIB bus architecture,

OSA's, Spectrum Analyzers, SUN & HP-UX workstations, Eye diagram test sets,

frequency counters, TDR's, OTDR's, Digitizing Oscilloscopes, power meters,

selective level meters, B.E.R.T.'s, BertScope, Jitter and Wander test sets,

environmental chambers.

Software: VxWorks, MS-Office, Visio, Visual Caf , Visual Page, C,

National Instruments Lab

Windows CVI, Dreamweaver. HP VEE, SCPI, BASIC.

Protocols: SONET, SDH, OTN, ATM, Ethernet, TCP/IP, IPv4, OSPF, RIP, VPN

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Electronics Engineering Technology, DeVry Institute of

Technology, Irving, Texas

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