Project Manager Engineer
Resume:
James L. McNaughton
Lenexa, KS 66227
913-***-**** (cell phone)
*************@***.***
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Engineering Manager--Qualifications Summary
Experience in: Engineering Management; product management; optical network
technology planning; project management and metric development per cost,
performance, and safety; electronics education; electro-optical
communications network design; product development; broadband network
design; research; consulting; and technical and strategic leadership.
Excellent experienced writer and presenter skilled in communicating with
all levels of management and in outside presentations to large audiences.
Experience in creating a robust and productive team from all levels of
workers. MSEE and MBA
Technical Experience:
. Eight years of engineering management and technology planning
management; nine years of project management; 26 years in
communications
. Product development at NCR, IBM, and Belden
. Managed stand-alone network engineering laboratory that handled over
110 projects a year and developed metrics related to performance,
costs and safety to assure quality performance
. Led technology planning group that worked with business strategy
department to provide the technology evolution strategy for customer
requirements
. Project manager for successful deployment of Video Dial Tone (VDT) and
Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) for eight million line telecommunications
company (Sprint)
. Successfully managed NASA satellite project at the University of
Kansas
. Instructor, lecture and laboratory sections, for digital, analog, and
advanced network analysis electronics courses (ITT Technical
Institute)
. Advanced Degrees -- Master's degree in electrical engineering and MBA
. Requirements and specifications development for communications systems
and RFP's
. Advanced product development experience, research experience, and new
network and technology planning experience with NCR, IBM, Belden,
Sprint, and Embarq
. Laboratory test and leadership experience with research, development
of test plans, and technical and proof of concept analysis for telecom
customers, NASA, and commercial products
. Skills - Total Quality Management, MS Office, MS Project, Fortran,
Matlab, Visio, MultiSim (circuit design software)
. Two current patents and eight patents applied for
. Previous Confidential clearance
Professional Experience
ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE Kansas City, MO
2010 to present
Adjunct Instructor, Currently teaching lecture and laboratory courses in
digital and analog electronics - advanced network analysis
EMBARQ (CENTURYLINK) Corporation New Century, KS 2005 to
October 2009
Manager, Network Evaluation Laboratory (2007 to October, 2009)
Manager of 9 person staff responsible for over 110 projects a year
consisting of the evaluation, test development, and test of network
elements, proof of concept prototypes and First Office Applications.
. Directed care of laboratory building, $30 million equipment inventory
and one million dollar capital and expense budget along with scheduled
care of AC and DC power room
. Supervised a staff of full-time and contract personnel testing
products and services including voice over IP, IP video, optical
communications SONET and Ethernet transport equipment, switching
equipment, high speed data including DSL, signaling, fiber to the
premises, PON, and other services and equipment found in
telecommunications/telephony networks
. Reorganized laboratory and maintained performance after 50% reduction
in staff
. Developed performance metrics related to laboratory customer response,
costs and safety
Technology Planner (2005 to 2007)
Developed technology evolution plans for access network for Embarq.
. Lead planner for video and high speed data services using fiber to the
node (FTTN) and fiber to the premises (FTTP) networks with Marketing
and Business Planning
. Developed business and technical strategy with outside consultants on
the broadband network plans for the company
. Developed broadband deployment metrics methodology (patent
application) and seven other patent applications
SPRINT NETWORK SERVICES/LTD Westwood and Overland Park, KS
Manager, Network Development (2000 to 2005)
Led group responsible for access technology planning, development, and
technology evaluation for the company.
. Led seven -person group responsible for planning, design, testing, and
technology assessment of communications systems including fiber to the
home, Hybrid Fiber Coax networks (HFC), fiber to the curb, ADSL,
wireless and other means to gain access to the last mile for consumer
and business locations - responsible for responding to RFP's in this
area for various states and commercial customers
. Lead designer and project manager for strategy for deployment of Fiber
to the Home (FTTH) for Sprint
. Designed and planned fixed access wireless high-speed data network for
Sprint
. Developed and planned strategy for next generation of ADSL
technologies - VDSL, remote DSLAMs
. Designed broadband network strategy with Sierra Pacific electric
utility personnel on fiber to the home network in Reno, NV and
potential video, voice, and data offerings
Manager, Broadband Technologies -- Distinguished Member Technical Staff
Responsible for managing, planning, and coordinating actions of broadband
technology team charged with developing and defining media servers,
switching, data components, modulators, digital video components, and other
components for voice, video, and data services used in trials and in
widescale broadband Hybrid Fiber Coax and Fiber To The Curb (FTTC)
implementation.
. Developed HFC models and electro-optical experiments with circuits and
components
. Coordinated broadband test plans for voice, data, and video
components.
. Lead designer of Sprint--Wake Forest, North Carolina video dial tone
hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) cable network
. Designed the video dial tone platform used by Sprint to be sold to
commercial customers
. Led Sprint technical effort with electric utilities Entergy and the
Southern company on a hybrid fiber coax network used for energy
management in Little Rock, Arkansas
AETNA TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANTS Hyannis, MA,
Manager, Lightwave Engineering
. Directed five person team in quarter million dollar contract project
to design optical fiber communications backbone and distribution
system for Southwestern Bell Telephone "One Bell Center" in St. Louis.
Developed the schedule, resources, and costs plan for this project.
. Produced design and comprehensive report for SWB detailing the use of
optical fiber with their current and anticipated office equipment, the
layout of floor and riser cables, and anticipated future developments
. Developed proposals as consultant on projects related to optical fiber
long haul route design and optical device development
IBM CORPORATION, Endicott, New York,
Product Development Engineer - Developed electro-optic products for the mid-
scale computers manufactured in Endicott
BELDEN CORPORATION Geneva, Illinois
Product Development Engineer - Developed measurement devices for optical
cables and assisted in cable development
NCR CORPORATION Dayton, Ohio
Research and Development Engineer-Developed prototype optical components
and designed product electronics
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
Research Engineer-Technical project manager for NASA contract that
successfully developed a pattern recognition process using satellite images
over Kansas for processing of geologic ground truth
SPERRY RAND, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville,
Alabama
Assistant Engineer - Completed measurements on laser and star tracking
systems
Education
MSEE, University of Kansas; Lawrence, Kansas
BSEE, University of Illinois; Urbana, Illinois
MBA, Baker University; Baldwin City, Kansas
Patents:
--Multi-carrier Telecommunications Passive Optical Network, patent
application, October, 2009, assigned to CenturyLink, James L McNaughton,
Randy Markway
--Method for Communication Network Capacity and Value Characterization in a
Geographic Area, patent application, P. Stipanovich, James McNaughton,
January, 2008, Assigned to Embarq
--Fiber Optic Connector System for Integrated Circuit Modules, James L.
McNaughton and James R. Petrozello, Assigned to IBM
--Method of Fabricating Diffraction Grating Masters and Apparatus Therefor,
William R. Horst, James L. McNaughton, Charles F. Mort, Assigned to NCR
Corporation
--Seven other patent applications
Presentations:
--"Broadband Network Design at Sprint", presented at the National Fiber
Optics Engineering Conference (NFOEC) - 2004
--"A Comparison of FTTX Technologies: Costs, Reliability and Scalability",
presented at the Passive Optical Networks conference, February, 2001
--"Broadband Architecture Fundamentals", presented at Western
Communications Forum TecForum, February, 1996
--"Fiber to the Home: Alternatives for the United Telephone System", J.L.
McNaughton, March 9, 1989, Presented at TeleStrategies Conference
Papers:
--MBA Thesis, Baker University, "A Comparison of Two Technology Forecasting
Models in the Local Telephone Industry"
--Broadband Energy Management: Technology and Cost Analysis - Preliminary
Report", Sprint LTD, January, 1994
--"Video Dial Tone Gateway Interface Specification", Sprint internal paper
--"MMDS Architectures", Sprint internal paper
--Editor, "Specifications and Requirements for Symmetrical Service
Telecommunications", joint draft with cable TV companies
--MSEE Thesis, University of Kansas, "An Optical Diffraction Pattern
Analysis of ERTS-1 Imagery"
Devices and Products Built:
Programmable Battery Tester using DAQ and Visual Basic - developed for
Embarq's equipment distribution arm (Embarq Logistics)
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) - developed for Belden Corporation
Compact Disk laser system for fiber to the home - research project for
Sprint
High-speed optical pulse system - research project for Sprint
Professional Affiliations:
IEEE
Community Service:
Christmas in October program (repairs and rehabilitates houses for the poor
and disabled) - House captain and team member for the last twenty years
Bikes and Trikes for Tykes - program to repair bicycles for children and
give them to the community
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