PAUL G. M C M ENAMIN

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PROFILE

AWARD-WINNING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST IN

NETWORK DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

LEADER OF GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE, MULTICULTURAL TEAMS AND LABS DEVELOPING

ADVANCED AND TECHNICALLY INNOVATIVE DESIGNS AND PRODUCTS TO IMPROVE NETWORK

FUNCTION AND MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES, INCLUDING MULTI-SITE LOCATIONS WITH TEAMS

OF UP TO 400 PROFESSIONALS

AUTHORITATIVE SPEAKER, PRESENTER, WRITER ON GLOBAL NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS

SYSTEMS, PROTOCOLS, ARCHITECTURES, AND STANDARDS

SPECIALIZING IN IDENTIFYING NEED, CREATING, DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING EFFECTIVE AND

HIGH PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS

• Ph.D. in Management Science, with career highlights in IPTV and VoIP quality

measurement, advanced switching and optical systems design, consulting, team

leadership, and product development specialties; extensive project management

and business development experience

• Sophisticated technical skill combined with refined business savvy; highly

experienced in contract negotiations, organization, operations, and customer

service

• Experienced builder of multiple robust, reliable, economical

communications systems meeting customer expectations on a global scale; on

time, on budget, focused on process and methods improvement.

• Valued for ability to translate advanced technical concepts into simple

terms; distills customer ’s vision into practical solutions; provides a clear

statement of intent; determines and explains processes required to create and

deliver product

• Standards leader working with IPTV Interoperability Forum as chair of test and

interoperability.

• Reputation for achieving ultra-reliable network performance through

conscientious code design and implementation

• Passion for advancing human communications from the local to the global

CORPORATE IMPACT

• Developed products for active and passive embedded software agents to

measure the Quality of Service for IP Television and Voice over IP deployments.

o Systems deployed with network equipment providers and test and

measurement vendors for High Definition content, leading the market

• Designed and specified market potential for an original, highly reliable WiMAX-

based radio to deliver cellular backhaul transmission traffic at less than 1/2 the

cost of leased lines used in present mode of operations

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o Developed compelling case for present value versus leasing

investments for T1/E1 network connectivity, focusing on strong product

positioning. Enthusiastic response from wireless carriers

• Responsible for decisions impacting $2 Billion of annual revenue, on a

R&D program of $45 Million

• Maintained P&L responsibility for $16 Million in annual R&D contracts,

achieving 35% profit margins for outsourcing operation.

• Effectively coordinated geographically diverse development teams in the

rigorous application of ISO 9001 requirements

• Led teams of up to 400 designers and testers in development of signaling and

call processing enhancements that comprised the key components of the modern

call center and CRM system integration.

• Successful negotiations with Motorola, Dell, IBM and supply chain vendors

for availability and pricing of hardware and software components used in the

United States and Western Europe

SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Delivered highly effective software agents for IP networks, providing active and

passive use in pre-deployment testing, troubleshooting and Service Level

Agreement (SLA) compliance

• Implemented advanced statistical technique known as Large Deviation Theory

using real time measurement and data compression transmitting network traffic

behavior for interpretation and control of queue management levels guaranteeing

Quality of Service (QoS) for Service Level Agreements.

• Demonstrated means to reduce latency and improve VoIP in corporate networks

through “essential bandwidth” management

• Originated a design for a globally deployed fiber optic multiplexer and Ethernet

system combining North American and international requirements, eliminating the

need for separate North American and “Rest-of-the-world” systems.

• Responsible for clear direction and successful product realization for

development in the USA, Canada, Turkey, UK, and Ireland as well as outsource

agencies in India and China

• Winner of United Kingdom Innovation Award for fiber optic multiplexer developed

at Nortel Belfast Lab.

• Consistent top two placement for three years out of thousands of contestants in

prestigious European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) award for

Quality Standards in business processes for product development

• For Nortel in Istanbul, developed a unique method to accelerate delivery of

“national signaling schemes” reducing development time by 75%. Successfully

deployed in Malaysia, Philippines, Brazil, and Russia.

• Advanced technical research in areas including control and data plane

architectures for optical transmission systems; protocol enhancements for traffic

encapsulation; software architectures to drive static and dynamic network

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models; schemes for polling and interrogating network devices, and VoIP and

IPTV quality assessment.

METRICS

• Stimulated $2.6 Billion in 4-year revenue stream with definition and

implementation of multi-site process for product evolution

• Achieved $600 Million in sales with time-critical delivery for international

transmission markets

• Saved $65 Million by defining product models for fast pricing and cost control

• Saved $35 Million with development of e-business solution for supply chain

• Used competitive analysis and advanced design to support $75 Million in

winning bids

• Secured $6 Million in grants from government of Northern Ireland

• Generated $1.4 Billion in sales with 9 on-time releases of a globally marketed

digital switch for Nortel Networks in Istanbul

• Received UK Innovation Award for 2001 for fiber optic multiplexer

development, presented to the Queen for special (team) recognition, as director

of the Belfast, Northern Ireland lab of Nortel

SPECIALIZATIONS: PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS WITH TECHNICAL THRUST

• Measurement and analysis of service quality for IPTV and VoIP over IP networks

• Fundamental research in telecommunications traffic behavior and performance

• Large scale software projects for national signaling systems

• Real time performance of network elements, simulation, testing

• Data collection and analysis in network management and measurement systems

• System benchmarking millisecond level transactions to web and GUI response

times

• Multiple platforms and languages: Unix, Linux, Windows, Java, C, C++

• Development of high bandwidth radio technology for leading edge wireless

backhaul; product specifications

• Skilled comprehension of budgets and resource management, estimating time and

cost

• Experience managing IT infrastructure and sophisticated security related issues

PRODUCTS DEVELOPED

• IPTV, VoIP quality measurement, Switches, Fiber Optic Multiplexers,

Embedded software, Test and Measurement Systems, High Level Network

Management Systems, Custom Network Design Software, IP Traffic

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Analysis System, Distributed Operator Services System, Web based user

interfaces

CAREER HISTORY SEE ALSO: HTTP://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/PAULGMCMENAMIN

TELCHEMY INC, DULUTH, GEORGIA 2006 - 2009

Vice President, Application Engineering

• Directed the development of innovative IPTV and VoIP quality software

• Delivered product to network element and test/measurement providers

• Global interaction with customers providing unmatched satisfaction - $3.5M/yr

• Chair of Test and Interoperability for IPTV Interoperability Forum at ATIS

WIMAX SYSTEMS, Raleigh, North Carolina 2005 - 2006

Vice President, Business Development

• Developed business plan for WiMAX backhaul, engaged all major carriers

• Market plan demonstrated at least 60% cost reduction from T-1 leasing

• Established plan with silicon vendor for specialized operation

CORVIL LTD, Dublin, Ireland 2004 – 2005

Vice President, Engineering

• Delivered IP Bandwidth quality analysis and traffic performance

• Deployed advanced statistics for Quality of Service (QoS)

• Mission critical traffic characterization: VoIP, Citrix, stock trading

• Employed agile development and test methods to reduce development time.

NORTEL NETWORKS

• Vice President, OA&M Solutions Development, Ottawa, Canada 6/2002 - 1/2004

Delivery of Network Management solutions for key customers - $35M/y

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Architecture and development of thin client element managers

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Drove program for telco integration of network components. (OSMINE)

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• Vice-President, Metro Optical Development, Belfast, Northern Ireland 5/2000 - 5/2002

Time critical delivery for international transmission markets; sales $600M/year.

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Program definition and direction for R&D staff of 600; budget $65M/year.

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Multi-site process & definition for product evolution; 4 year revenue $2.6B

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Extensive government interaction in Northern Ireland; $6M in grants

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Established accelerated development program for 1st level managers

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• Director, International Optical Networks, London, England 4/1999 - 5/2000

o Defined product models for fast pricing and cost control - $65M saving

o Developed e-business solution for supply chain; saving $35M

o Used competitive analysis, and advanced design to support bids; $75M in wins

• Director, DMS Development, Netas/Nortel Networks, Istanbul, Turkey 5/1995 - 4/1999

o Delivered 9 on time releases of Digital Switch for global market; sales $1.4B

o P&L responsibility for $16M/y in contract R&D, 35 % margins

o Created innovation in design for national signaling systems

• Earlier positions from Scientist to Director in Canada and USA 1/1980 - 5/1995

CONFERENCES – PRESENTATIONS

• VoIP Management Metrics and Methods, VoiceCon, Orlando, Florida March 2008

• Managing Residential VoIP and IPTV Services, Broadband World Forum, Vancouver,

British Columbia, September 2006

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• The Technology Reality Facing Government Today e-Government Seminar

Nevada.tele.com Forum, Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 2001

• Global Research and Development KPMG and Northern Ireland Industrial

Development Board Investors Conference, San Jose, California October 2000

PUBLICATIONS

• Network Survivability: Evaluation Through Exposure With Gordon Fitzpatrick, BNR,

presented International Teletraffic Congress 10, Montreal, May 1984 Reprinted in

"Telephony", July 16, 1984

• Planning a Specialized Network for a Specialized Carrier With Tom Wheelock, MCI,

published in "Telephony", October 31, 1983

• Achieving Route Diversity Using a Knapsack Model With R. Latour and G. Yee, BNR,

published in Operations Research Society of America, November 1982

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Management Science University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Thesis Topic: Stochastic Dominance, a method for ordering statistical policies

Master of Mathematics University of Waterloo

B.Sc. Statistics (Honors) Concordia University

LANGUAGES

English, French, Turkish

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