Vincent F. Liguori 215-***-****
**** *********** ** **, *******, GA, 30047 **************@*****.***
Professional Profile
Extensive knowledge of applications and integration with excellent team building, communication and leadership skills. Hands-on, action-oriented style complemented by solid strategic thinking and creative problem solving. Extremely focused and dedicated, ready to Seek out new challenges and opportunities in the greater Atlanta, GA area.
Project / Product Management
Process Improvements
Testing and Evaluation
Key Performance Indicators
Quality Control / Quality Assurance
Team Leadership
Technical writing / Training
Problem Solving / Troubleshooting
New Hardware Setup
Systems Administration / Implementation
Professional Experience
Comcast Corporation, Downingtown, PA
2009 - Present
Senior Engineer
Achievements:
Spearheaded a Quality Control Division from Concept through startup to full automation saving the company $20 million the first year.
Designed and deployed a remote testing solution to employ off shore and near shore contractors slashing payroll/benefits administration costs by 25% and increasing productivity by 60%
Designed and built the RF and VM infrastructure of new Data Center in Downingtown, PA.
Expedited the consolidation of an unproductive location and relocating of all personnel resulting in an estimated savings of $12 million in decommissioned equipment and service contracts.
Improved projected losses by 10% by writing customer quotes, negotiating of prices and fees while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of services.
Responsibilities:
Team Lead of the Managed Services Group which provides 24x7 Support, Network monitoring & Fault Management for the National IP Backbone Network.
DAC/DNCS Administrator responsible for administration and support of all the video lab Motorola/Arris controllers including Video On Demand and Switched Digital, VoIP and Caller ID
Composed test plans and analyzed system patches to ensure performance prior to production release to guarantee first time resolution
Achieved peak performance by collaborating with team members and chairing weekly meeting to provide project status to management.
Created design enhancements, training documentation, upgrade procedures, technical bulletins, Product Change requests(PCR) and Standard Operating Procedures(SOP)
Encouraged Knowledge sharing by organizing customer and pier training as well as mentoring of junior engineers.
Cultivated a seasoned understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, Visual Basic, Aperture, Spectrum, JIRA, Bugzilla, Sybase, C++, SQL and Bourne Shell Scripting.
Strong Working knowledge of UNIX, Linux, Solaris, SunOS, AIX, IRIX, HP-UX, Windows, IP networking and server load balancing concepts.
SeaChange International, Fort Washington, PA.
2005 - 2009
Senior Support Engineer
Achievements:
Designed an alert system to notify the system admin via text/email of an environmental issue. Ie. Over heat, power, hard drive, etc.
Responsibilities:
Level 3 Technical Support for all customer issues.
Organize and prioritize all upgrades for cable providers, Such as; Comcast, Cox, Charter.
Strengthened team performance by drafting job requisitions and interviewing of potential employees to ensure synergy with corporate structure.
Worked directly with projects/development teams and engineering groups to understand the overall functionality in order to support the QA and staging lab environments.
Achieved peak performance by collaborating with team members and chairing weekly meeting to provide project status to management.
Motorola, Horsham, PA.
2001 - 2005
Broadband Field Engineer
Achievements:
Re acquired over $100 million in lost intellectual property for Motorola by surveying all customer locations within the California market.
Responsibilities:
Executed Video On Demand and VoIP deployments for major cable providers
such as; Comcast, Charter, Time Warner and Insight.
Performed preventative maintenance, system upgrades and emergency service.
Created training documentation, standard operation procedures and technical bulletins.
Diagnosed and resolved RF related service problems and Out of Band issue’s
Good understanding of Network Protocols such as: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, SSH, SSL, NTP, NFS
Conceptual knowledge with IP routing, switching, IP management and sub netting.
Education
Briarcliff College, Bethpage, NY
Bachelors of Computer Science and Engineering
State University at Farmingdale, Farmingdale, NY
Electrical Engineering Technology
Certifications Received
Advanced Digital Addressable Controller (DAC) Operations
Advanced Digital Head End Operation
Implementing Video On Demand (VOD) for Local Control Systems
Activating & Operating a Digital Subscriber Network (DSN)
Understanding the Broadcast File System (BFS) Carousel Structure
Advanced Digital Broadband Delivery System (DBDS) Troubleshooting
Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Scrum Master
Team Effectiveness
Strategic Thinking
Memberships
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers
Toastmasters International
Freemasons