Engineering Management

Timothy Katzenback

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Princeton, New Jersey 08540

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Career Summary

High energy, pragmatic leader with a robust combination of technical,

business and financial skills. Results focused with a strategic and

proactive mindset. Effectively able to develop, communicate and execute

strategic visions that are consistent with business objectives. Proven

track record of delivering large scale, mission critical projects on time

and under budget Successfully managed large organizations, budgets and

business critical initiatives. Active Industry leader and technology

pioneer.

Strengths include:

Technology Management and Extensive infrastructure engineering and

Leadership integration expertise

Communication Skills Networking technologies - Data, Voice, Core

Negotiation Skills Services. Cloud Infrastructures

Organizational Structure and Strategic Technology Planning

alignment Technology assessment skills

Merger & acquisition integration Complete project lifecycle experience:

Technology and Business Development Planning, Design, Implementation and

Operations of large scale systems

A strategic business partner, who, Have proven to possess the managerial savvy to

working with business unit heads, make a geographically distributed group

can help create a business strategy function as a united team

and discover how to best leverage

technology. Have made senior level

management presentations for over

10 years.

Experience

New York Life Insurance 10/2012 - Present

Clinton, NJ

Corporate Vice President, Network Implementation and Operations

Accountable for the implementation and the monitoring/remediation of all

network infrastructures at New York Life's Data Centers and remote offices.

. Direct the coordinating and implementing of the day to day activities

and goals of the Network Control Center.

. Works with Architecture and Engineering groups developing all

supporting documentation for all infrastructures.

. Capacity Management

. Levels 1-4 support

Dow Jones 2/2011 - 10/2011

Princeton, NJ

Director, Global Network Engineering 2/11 - 10/11

Accountable for all infrastructure engineering and delivering end-to-end

cost-effective infrastructure solutions to support strategic business and

product initiatives for Dow Jones

. Works closely with our infrastructure architects developing standard

deployment and design solutions for new technology. This included

Dow's next generation Cloud Infrastructure.

. Partner with development and internal teams/departments supporting

infrastructure build-outs for key projects and initiatives.

. Focused on design optimization, system/product performance, and rapid

"time to market" through leveraging tools and technology expertise.

. Systems, Products, Network, Database, Storage, End User Designs

. Risk Compliance and Security Infrastructure Design

. Infrastructure Life-cycle Management and Design

. Application end-to-end profiling

. Capacity Management and Performance Engineering

. Enterprise Design Review

. Level-3 Support/Escalation

Accomplishments

Responsible for the design and implementation teams that converted 70+

locations from a traditional Hub/Spoke topology to a fully managed MPLS

design. The design, ordering, installation, and cutover was accomplished

successfully in 5 months!

Worked on a task force to design and recommend the companies "Next

Generation" infrastructure. This "Cloud" infrastructure will provide the

delivery of computing as a service rather than a product.

Automatic Data Processing Inc. 1989 - 2010

Roseland, New Jersey

Senior Director, Network Engineering 2/01 - 7/10

Supported the networking needs of all ADP facilities. (250+ offices).

Planned and directed the accomplishments of network engineering objectives.

Provided technical guidance and ensured sound engineering procedures and

effective use of facilities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

. Responsible for strategic planning, leadership, managing and

optimizing network engineering, E-commerce projects, web-hosting

centers, data network engineering and services across ADP's

enterprise. Directly responsible and hands on from concept to

implementation.

. Initiates planning activities and directs the design and installation

of services, leads in the development of technologies strategy

. Responsible for maintaining client satisfaction with the installed

base of data systems and Internet based services, growth management,

and capacity planning/market development by applying Internet and data

technologies to provide competitive advantages for ADP.

. Responsibilities include LAN/WAN engineering/integration, cable plant,

engineering standards, network optimization, Network Control Center

management and tools engineering/integration, service standards and

measurement tools.

. Planned and directed the work of the highly skilled engineering staff

(8-15 engineers, also international engineering staff), placing

particular emphasis on research and development to achieve network

engineering objectives.

. Conferred with senior management to consider market potential for new

products.

. Responsible for all data and voice networking strategies. Evaluated

new products from the beginning concept to testing and full

production.

. Responsible for vendor management and development of their product

offerings

. Organized the engineering staff to accomplish goals efficiently and

authorized the recruitment of additional personnel as required.

. Monitored progress of projects, conferred with network engineers, and

reviewed reports to see that development is progressing according to

schedule and within budgetary guidelines.

. Indirectly responsible for $10M (approx.) annual expense budget

. Reported to senior management on a regular basis. Works closely with

that management to establish long-range operating goals and expansion.

Accomplishments

. Key member in the selection, design, and implementation of two,

185,000 sq ft Tier IV Data Centers.

. Provided technical consulting in the selection of the locations.

. Gathered information on the required bandwidth needed to

consolidate Mainframe and Open Systems and migrate it to 2

locations.

. Ordered and coordinated the ordering and installation of all

required bandwidth and networking equipment.

. Developed a modular Campus LAN architecture, as well as the

Gigabit Ethernet switching standards, for deployment at all ADP

locations.

. Responsible for the capacity planning and equipment selection

for the conversion of ADP's internal network from a traditional

Hub/Spoke topology over to an Any to Any MPLS topology. Through

negotiations with our carriers I was able to bring lower cost of

ownership and greater flexibility to ADP's network to

accommodate new technologies such as VOIP and IP video. Once

installed I implemented COS/QOS and priority queuing in order to

ensure that these mission critical applications were not

interrupted. This conversion resulted in over $1.2 million

savings in monthly circuit costs while expanding overall

bandwidth access to the network.

Manager, Network Control Center

7/96 - 2/01

Directed the coordinating and implementing of the day-to-day activities and

goals of the Network

Control Center.

. Managed a group of technicians responsible for the integrity of the

ADP communications network

. Final approver for the implementation of all new communication

projects created by the LAN /WAN engineering group.

. Provided hands on assistance on all critical outages

. Oversees the overall budget of the Network Control Center.

Accomplishments

Established network-engineering standards in order to provide a

seamless turnover to the operations group. This included Project Plans,

Drawings and essential contact information for all 250+ ADP locations.

These procedures are still used today.

Supervisor, Network Control Center

5/93 - 7/96

Oversees the day-to-day activities of the NCC

. Provides escalation of trouble impairments on the ADP network

. Supervised the coordination and implementation of all new

communications projects

. Provided daily status of all Network Control Center issues to the

manager.

Skills

Hardware

Cisco routers, Catalyst switches, Cabletron hubs, StrataCom

switches(IGX/BPX), CSU/DSU's, Modems, Telenex Matrix

switch, Network General Sniffer, IBM 37x5 FEP's and 3174, 3274, and 3172

controllers.

Software

NetCool, CiscoWorks, InfoVista, ArborNet, Netview for AIX, Strataview NPM,

AT&T Paradyne Comsphere NMS, Microsoft Office, Access, Project

Protocols:

TCP/IP, SNA, and IPX.

Education

2009 - Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt - Raritan Valley Community College

2008 - CCDA (expired in 2011)

2007 - CCNA (expired in 2010)

1991 - Certificate in Telecommunications Systems, Devry Technical Institute

Training

Cisco Systems Router Hardware and Software Configuration

Network General Sniffer Basic Troubleshooting

Internetworking Troubleshooting and

Analysis

IBM Netview Workshop

Telenex Operator Training

Matrix Switch Configuration and

Troubleshooting

Telco Systems Drop and Insert Multiplexers

AT&T Overview of Frame Relay

Personal Accomplishments

Participated in the 2008 New Jersey State Triathlon - Sprint division

Competed in the 2011 NPC Mid Atlantic Natural Bodybuilding Contest

Ability to challenge myself both physically and mentally for self

applied goals.

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