Engineer Customer
Resume:
DANIEL GETACHEW
Ashton MD 20905
PHONE : 301-***-****
EMAIL: ***@****************.***
President and Founder of Mahlet Consulting.
EXPERTISE:
Technical leadership and project management to create engineering solutions for
complex telecommunication networks.
Architect, design and simulation of end to end communication systems especially
optical and core infrastructure.
Knowledge base of complex network layout and optimization schemes.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
9/2010 Present Mahlet Consulting, Inc.
Principal Network Architecture
Establish and develop a technical consulting firm in the Optical Communications
field
a. Developing next generation transport infrastructure designs
b. Provide technical and program guidance in projects from inception
through deployment and service delivery
c. Evaluate vendor technologies and provide feedback on solution
capabilities
d. Assist in real time network performance analysis including developing
solution strategies, network defect work around and testing and
verification of solutions.
Current Project
a. District of Columbia Community Office of Chief Technology
i. Community Anchor Network
ii. DC Net
b. Ciena Government Solution, Inc
c. Vendor Product Evaluation
d. Science Applications International Corporation
i. Consulting Engineer
7/1999 9/2010 Ciena Corporation
Chief Technologist Ciena Government Solutions, Inc
Provide primary technical and product support to Government team and
Customers
o Provide a liaison function between the Government customers and
Ciena R&D
o Provide technical guidance to the Government team
o Provide product and solutions overview to critical decision makers
o Help introduce Ciena to new opportunities
o Help develop novel applications using Ciena R&D for specific
implementations
Gate keeper function on specific Government customer interest features
o Product development assistance to address specific requirements
o Summarize development targets for Advisory Board
Senior Director of PLM - Core Switching Group, Linthicum, MD
Provide primary technical and product support to major accounts
o ATT
o VSNL
o US Government
o Research and Education Facilities e.g. Internet 2
Product development responsibilities including
o Signaling and Routing feature updates
o Simulation tool development
Participate in guidance on cost reduction for the product line
Primary technical for the Sales Engineering Organization
Director of Product Line Management - Core Switching Division, Cupertino, CA
Managed several customer accounts including
o Customer network planning and capacity management
o Mapping of customer requirements engineering schedule
o Active management of cost and pricing strategies
o Provide guidelines for network implementing switching products.
Responsible for Large customer lab and field trials for Optical Switch
Primary technical point of contact for ATT lab testing and certification
Responsible for intensive training and mentoring of subject matter experts
Technical lead for enhancement requests into development organization,
o Network design and simulation tool
o Optical Signaling and Routing
o Customer usability and User interface
o New Projects and Products Concept of Operations
Manager, New Products Introduction - Core Switching Division, Cupertino, CA
Responsible for all customer lab and field trials for Core Switching Division
Products
Organize and coordinate all customer demonstrations
Provide guidance and training for System Engineers in the field
Provide technical evaluation of customer RFI/RFP responses
Generate customer test plans and oversee testing by customer test engineers
Mentor and guide other System Test and Validation engineers
Member of Technical Staff - System Validation and Testing/Core Switching
Division, Cupertino, CA
3/98 - 7/99 - Space Systems - Loral
Senior Research and Development Engineer
6/94 - 3/98 Lockheed Martin Corporation
Senior Research Engineer.
EDUCATION:
Rutgers University, MSEE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BSEE
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