Project Manager Engineer

Nelson McIver

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BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Network Engineer/Analysts with over 15 years experience. Technical, Corporate Management and Project Management

experience/understanding in the following fields which include the Financial, Health, and Voice/Data communications

industries.

Hardware/Software

Cisco Routers: 2500, 2600, 7200, and 7500

Cisco Switches: 2900, 4000, 5000, 5500, and 6500

CSU/DCU: LARSE, RACAL MILGO

Video Coder/ Decoder: PICTURETEL

Network Architecture: Ethernet, Fast-Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, VoIP, Wireless

Protocols/Standards: AppleTalk, Novell Netware: Ipx/Spx; TCP/IP, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VPN, SNMP, Spanning

Tree, CDP, HSRP, ISDN BRI/PRI, T1, T3, OC1, DWDM

Media: Cat3, Cat5E, Cat6 UTP, STP, Fiber single/multi, Coax

Software: MS project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant – Project Manager/Network Engineer August 2008 to present

Digital Methodology Callaway, VA/NJ

Project work included implementing a Real Time Trading System to coordinate trading venues in multiple locations based

on Algorithm Execution services.

Work with senior management to prioritize and implement solutions and implement recommended strategies

Responsible for work related logistics, coordination, project management, infrastructure, and change control in operational

environments.

Implementation of Lan infrastructure (Router, Switch, Remote Access, Firewalls, and Cabling)

Maintain and update documentation of infrastructure.

Reduced project implementation time from 9 months to 5 months for a major project.

Assist with hardware troubleshooting and resolve infrastructure issues.

Assisted Vice President, Technical Lead January 2003 to March 2008

Project Manager/Network Engineer October 1997 to January 2003

Consultant - Network Implementation July 1997 to October 1997

Lehman Brothers New York, NY

Site Manager for the Metro user buildings located in the NY & NJ area which included 5 locations in NY and 2 locations in

NJ supporting about 10,000 total users. Network infrastructure utilized Cisco networking equipment & Avaya and Siecor

cabling.

Managed & coordinated user adds moves changes and floor build outs for the Network Implementation team.

Project managed the build out of the 1271 Avenue of the Americas location which included 11 new user floors for over

2500 corporate users.

Manager of various Implementation groups over the last 5 years which included the Data Center team, Voice team and the

Metro user building team.

Coordinated MAC and user floor build outs with various Lehman internal groups such as Engineering, Operations,

Facilities, Security and the Move team.

Supplied network equipment cost estimates & budgets for various projects ranging from $25,000 - $25M.

Supplied weekly & monthly status reports to upper management.

Held daily and weekly staff meeting with staff.

Coop student coordinator for the Network Implementation group. Interviewed and hired 6 - 10 coop students each semester

from various colleges.

Conducted performance review of my employees.

Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities in a very demanding and high stressed environment.

All projects completed on time and within budget.

Systems Engineer (Trading Floor Technology) December 1994 to July 1997

The Chase Manhattan Bank New York, NY

Project managed multiple trading floor projects in a 500 seat trading floor environment utilizing fiber, UTP, and Coax on a

FDDI backbone. Project managed trading floor projects regarding infrastructure and technology issues.

Support of 500+ additional back office staff.

Plan and execute adds, moves and changes on the trading floor involving networked PC’s, Sun Workstations and stand

alone vendors(Bloomberg, Knight-Ridder, Reuters Dealing, CQG and Dow Jones Telerate) connecting to Synoptic hubs and

Cisco routers. Also set up network printing.

Plan data room space, power and cables for new & existing trading floor installations.

Involved in the installation and configuration of the wide area link with 270 Park (Hubs, Router, and T1 & T3) for the

Chemical & Chase Bank merge.

Project managed with Uni-Data on adds moves and changes when new cabling is required.

Resolve any related connectivity and hardware troubleshooting issues.

Repair defective cables when required(fiber & UTP terminations)

Document new and existing installation.

Schedule, coordinate and implement software and hardware upgrades.

Support of market data distribution feeds.

Communications Analyst April 1990 to December 1994

The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center New York, NY

Development and implementation of a large-scale 10BaseT Ethernet LAN utilizing a “fiber-optic backbone.

Support of the existing broadband network.

Support connectivity and administration for 31 Novell Netware v3.11 file servers.

Installed a WAN facility using both Tl circuitry and Cisco routers.

Work with bridges, routers, gateways, and PC workstations.

Maintain and updated documentation of all hubs, servers, workstations and MAC addresses

Cabling and circuit installation in a DOS and MAC environment.

Troubleshoot cable plant using a pair scanner. Troubleshoot fiber optic cable problems.

Project Management and Troubleshooting skills.

Knowledge of PC hardware & software. Hardware selection, repair, and installation.

EDUCATION

SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY

B.S., Computer Science

PROFESSIONAL COURSES

Intro to Management

Cisco Systems Router Software Configuration Course Network Systems TCP/IP courses

Internetworking using Bridges, Routers & Gateways - Network General Sniffer - FDDI & TCP/IP

Tl/T3 Components & Troubleshooting

Novell Certified Network Engineer Training Series Solaris System Administration Essentials

ISICAD System

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