Service Management

Dr. John Chandra

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Job Interest CTO, Chief Strategist, Exec VP – Security, Cloud & IT, Internet-of-Things (IoT), Web-based Services; Cable, Telco & Satellite; Broadband, Multimedia, TV & VoD, TVEverywhere/Multi-screen, Infotainment; Home Networking; Cross-Platform & Mobile Apps; Wireless, Connectivity, M2M; Networks & Services Software (SW), Open-Source SW; Data Centers, NFV & SDN; User Interfaces (UI) & User Experience (UX); Unified Comm's; Market Strategy, Innovation, Business Development. Project Value Handled Programs and Projects valued from several 10s of Million USD to several Billions of USD Executive Project Execution for Web-based Services, Cloud & IT; IoT, SaaS, Agile SW; Mobile Apps; Connectivity & Broadband; Summary Multimedia, IPTV; LBS, Wireless; Consumer Electronics & RTOS Embedded Devices-STB, Tablets, Smartphones.

Thought & Execution Leader for Products and Services in Connectivity, Wireless, Agile SW, Broadband, Multimedia, Networks.

Directed large, global, multi-disciplinary Product teams to further Customer Business Goals, Issue Resolution, Product Lifecycle and Program Milestone Support - Testing, Systems Integration, Internal Peer & Customer Reviews.

Provided Business Development (RFI, RFP, RFQ, SOW and NDA) for Commercial, Civilian and Government Customers and Strategy including Technology Partnerships and Roadmaps, Profitability, Product and Services Migration, JV and M&A Due Diligence, R&D, Innovation, Patents and Intellectual Property.

Performed Trades for Technology selection. Harmonized Interfaces with stakeholders for Interoperability, Standards and Regulatory Bodies. Led Business-Government collaboration on New Technologies, Proposed Rule-Making, Government Certification and Regulatory Compliance. Studied Disruptive Technology Trends.

Presented Product Strategy, Technology Roadmaps and Project Workbooks to customer C-level staff. Evangelized technology benefits to strategic decision makers. Developed Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy with all stakeholders.

Developed Stage-Gate Framework for Product Development, established entry/exit criteria for the various stages, followed Best Practices and leveraged Lessons Learned for ongoing development. Sample Broadcasters (NBC, Fox), Network Providers (Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, Reliance) and Internal Orgs (Development, Testing, Customers Assurance, PMOs) of these Providers, Satellite Service Providers & Co's (ACeS, OnStar, Boeing, Hughes Aerospace, TRW, Brazilsat, Astrolink, Sirius, XM), Automotive OEMs (Chrysler, Ford, GM) and Tier 1 Suppliers (Continental, JCI), Big-Box Stores, Retail Electronic outlets, High-Technology Companies (Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Nortel). Expertise VoD, IPTV, Mobile DTV; STB; Tablets and Smartphones; Software-Defined Radio, Networks and Data Centers; SDLC; RF Design; Electrically Small & Automotive Antennas; High Availability Clusters, Disaster Recovery, Load Balancing; Broadband Technologies; IP Multimedia System; Open-Source SW; Info Security; Certifications (FCC, UL, CE, IC); Risk Management. Technical Video Streaming and Content Delivery Network (CDN); P2P Networks; Streaming Media and Web Caching; QoS and Protocols; IP Routing and Multicast; Internetworking and Performance; Device & Network Architectures, Services Use-Case and Requirements Analysis; Systems, SW and HW Definition; Network Planning, Management and Billing-FCAPS; Browsers, Web Services and Security, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA); Location Technologies; Energy Technologies; Product Safety. Business Market Research; Business Case, Core Competency and Gap Analyses; Business Intelligence and Strategy; Tech Roadmaps; Proposals; R&D Incorporation in Strategic Plans; Product Lifecycle Management; Lifecycle-based Pricing. Services OTA Broadcast TV and Conditional Access Systems (CAS); Voice, Video, Data and Multimedia Converged Networks; Voice over IP (VoIP); Video on Demand (VoD); IP Streaming; HD Satellite Radio; VPN; LBS (Navigation, Maps, Ads). Systems DTV Tx and Rx, Broadband (Ethernet, GigE, Fiber, Cable, HFC, xDSL), 4G LTE, SAE, LTE-A, 3G (CDMA2000, WCDMA), 3GSM, WiMAX, OFDM, MIMO, Smart Antennas, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Bluetooth, NFC, Satellite, Home & Personal Area Networks. Standards MPEG-DASH, HLS, HSS, HDS; ATSC M/H, ATSC, DVB-H/T, MPEG-4/2; OCAP, PacketCable, DOCSIS; QoS (DiffServ,

& Protocols MPLS & RSVP); OMA-BCAST DRM; IP (IPSec, SIP, RTP, TCP, UDP); SNMP, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SSL, HTTP(S). Networking Logical (Topology, Switching, Routing); Physical (Campus and Enterprise; Core, Distribution and Access); Datacenter - High Availability Clusters, Disaster Recovery, Load Balancing; Virtualization; Cloud Systems; Infrastructure Management. Security Services (Confidentiality, Authentication, Non-Repudiation and Access Control); Policies (Government vs. Commercial); Algorithms (AES, RSA, DH, Elliptic Curve, SHA-1); PKI; SSO, OpenSSL, OAuth, OpenID, SAML. Education Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering (Communications), Rutgers University. Dissertation: Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Systems for Light-wave Communication Networks Rutgers University Bevier Fellowship GPA 3.95/4.0

M.S., Electrical Engineering (Control and Communications), University of Connecticut. Thesis: Target Localization from Sensors subject to Random Displacement B. Tech., Electrical Engineering (Power and Electronics), Indian Institute of Technology Thesis: Design, Fabrication and Testing of Single-Phase Thyristor Cycloconverter First Class Honors with Distinction

Experience

2012 – Present Chief Architect & Consultant - Security, Cloud, IoT, SW, Media, Wireless, Network, Alcatel-Lucent thru' Sun Tech & Comcast.

Executive Platform Architect on Xfinity Home (XH) and Xfinity Wi-Fi., Comcast Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives. Developed 3-Tier Web-based Architecture (Web, App & DB) for Delivery of Home Security, Monitoring, Automation and Control Services for a variety of CPE Devices and Clients including Cameras and Sensors. Service Creation and Management for Consumption by clients. System includes External interfaces to 3rd Party Service Providers for Alarm Delivery, Home Energy Management. Developed detailed Call-Flows for Authenticated Access and Control of Cameras, Sensors and 3rd Party Services Integration. Expertise includes Web, App, Media and CPE Servers and Clusters, Virtualization, Subscriber and Management Portals, as well as HW and SW Architectures, Service Upgrades and Home Networking aspects of CPE Devices and Clients. Led Camera Hardening with Digitally-Signed Firmware, implemented Mutual Authentication between Cameras and Servers. Worked on RESTful APIs for access to iControl-powered CPE, Account and Billing related APIs, Jasper Platform API for Control Center Users, Mobile Services Gateway Solutions and IoT Reference Architectures. Used Cassandra NoSQL/Non-relational DB as Time-Series DB for Event History Correlation, studied DB Scalability, performed DB Sizing. Used Hadoop for Big Data and Analytics. Architected XH eContract App Security. Lead Strategic Initiatives & Marketing-Upsell, Bundles, Offer Mgmt.

Used Comcast CodeBig Infrastructure for addressing many challenges - API Management, API duplication, Integration on both Consumer and Service/API Provider sides, separating complex Business Logic from Presentation environment and support for a variety of Platforms and Devices, providing consistent Security Models for sharing Data as well as Scalability and Flexibility - all to foster growth, innovations and quick deployment for Cloud-based, Distributed System implementations.Addressed concerns for large organizations, e.g., many APIs, Service/API Providers and distributed Developers. API Management functions include API core functions and Security (Authentication and Access Control) as a Service using OAuth 1.0a/2.0; Capacity Management, etc. API Program provides useful, user-friendly Developer Tools; Community Portal for Developers, Providers and Consumers; promotes/evangelizes use of RESTful architectural styles for services and consumption as well as Mobile Apps and Clients. For API Management between API Origin and API Consumer, CodeBig API Distribution Service uses Akamai for Distributed CDN and Mashery as a SaaS Provider. CodeBig also uses Heroku as a PaaS Provider.

Direct AT&T Projects on U-verse Multimedia, Video-on-Demand (VoD), Linear TV and Data (HSI). Focussed on Business Requirements, Feature Definition, Design, Architecture and Implementation of Digital Ad Insertion, Impressions and Measurements for VoD and Linear TV programming. Coordinated and architected all aspects of National, Local and Targeted Digital Ad Insertion, Cross-Platform Apps, User Interface (UI) and UX. Expert in GUI Elements (Menus, Buttons, Text Fonts, etc.) for both 10-feet and 2-feet UIs, Remote Control and Multi-Touch Screens. Examine Features of Content Delivery Network (CDN) Products for Vendor Down-select, Scaling, Integration of CDN with Multimedia Infrastructure and Establish Call Flows. CDN Design, Website Acceleration - Security, QoS, Cache Control. Developed Demo Network and Use-Cases for VoD and Live TV Delivery for Multiscreen/TVEverywhere. Design and Analysis of E2E Network Architecture including Acquisition and Ingestion Systems, Transport and Access Networks, Super and Video Hub Offices, Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) including Residential Gateway and STB as well as associated Service Provider IT Operations, Billing, Management, 3rd Party Systems. Work includes Application Specific Releases for Mobile and Gaming Devices (Smartphones, Tablets, Xbox). Expertise in Mediaroom Data Services (MDS), Mediaroom Advertising Platform (MAP), Microsoft Data Center (MDC), Metadata Aggregation in MDS for unified, client-agnostic Search and Navigation User Experience (UX). Implemented Services for Private, Public and Hybrid Clouds analyzing all Security aspects. Supported Server and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Network (SDN) & Data Center (SDDC), SaaS, PaaS, IaaS projects. Expertise in Clusters, HA, DR, LB, AWS, OpenStack and OpenFlow.

Developed U-verse Roadmap & Architecture for Multi-Gen EPG. Designed Remote Control, On-Screen Guide incl. Web Portal, Search, DVR & Guide Settings (Preferences, Device & Parental Controls). Developed EPG Flows, Program & Schedule, Download from External Servers, Import & Client Download. Designed Total Home DVR Ops Flows (Recording, Playback, Delete) & "Live Trick Play" Feature. 2011 – 2012 CTO & VP Engineering, New Business Development, Escort Electronics, Auburn Hills, MI. CTO, Thought & Execution Leader for Mobile Infotainment, Connectivity & Telematics Products including Mobile Digital TV (MDTV), Ruggedized Windows7 & Android Tablets, Navigation, Location-Based Services (LBS), Fleet Mgmt. Wore multiple Hats for a Startup Environment. Generated products & services concepts, shepherd through incubation period, proof-of-concept to successful productization & commercialization. Developed Multi-generational Product Technology & Strategy Roadmaps, Bill-of-Material (BoM). Leverage Consumer Electronics SW and HW experience for Automotive. Evaluate Proposals for Branding & Marketing, Engineering and Manufacture. Examine proposals on Driver Interaction Electronics Convergence – Infotainment Head Unit, Driver Information Electronics (Center Stack, Displays, UI and Smart Mirror). Perform SWOT Analysis, form and foster Strategic Alliances and Partnerships, implement NDAs). Make Staffing Decisions and Manage P&L. Direct Technical & Business Interchanges between Partners in a Global setting (US, Europe, Asia). Devise workarounds for roadblocks (Technical, Business, Certification, Regulatory and Logistics). Streamline Supply Chain for efficient & economical Manufacture, Assembly, Warranty Coverage. Presented Product and Technology Roadmaps to C-level staff of Automotive OEMs (Chrysler, Ford and GM) and Tier 1 Suppliers (Continental and JCI) building business relationships. Manage dispersed, Integrated Product & Sales teams (Systems, SW, HW, UI, UX, Industrial Design, Marketing, CSR and Field Reps).

MDTV products include a connected EscortTV Dongle for iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch, a Box streaming via Wi-Fi content to Tablets (iPad, Kindle Fire, Android), iPhones and an In-car Box marketed as an Aftermarket Accessory or for Auto OEM. Developed Product Plans with Schedules, Milestones and Deliverables, prepared BoM with Content, Broadcast, App, Middleware, RF and Antenna Design partners.

Generated Product Spec for SmartOffice Ruggedized Tablet with Win7 and Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS. Partners included Contract Manufacturer; Intel for Processor; u-blox and Sierra Wireless for 3G/4G LTE and GPS Modules; TPM and Reader (Barcode, RFID, MSR) vendors. Developed Roadmap for Next-Gen Tablets with both Embedded and External SIM cards, Certifications with Carriers (VzW, ATT, Sprint), FCC, UL & other regulatory bodies. Match Roadmaps to Operator Plan for 3G to 4G LTE Migration, Outdoor Wi-Fi, LBS. LTE-A, System Architecture Evolution (SAE), Heterogeneous & Self-Organizing Network (SON), Small/Femto-cells, 5G expertise. 2009-2011 Chief Technology & Business Strategy Consultant, Independent Vendor. Directed Wireless, Wired & IP Network projects for various Operators including Comcast. Projects included IPTV, Streaming, VoD, CDN, Consumer Electronics, Open Source SW, Security & Virtualization, Network Selection & Switching for Multi-Mode Devices. Authored Business, Functional & Product Requirements. Focus on Flawless UX, Point-of-Sale to Activation to QoS to Upgrades -for Product, Service Assurance & PMO customers.

Examined CAS/DRM for Content Protection for HFC, Broadcast Satellite & Terrestrial TV, HD Radio Services for Wired and Mobile Systems; Windows Media DRM license support for OS and Media Player Versions; Conax CAS7; Scalable CAS.

Designed DVRs with Multi-Gen Roadmaps including Cloud DVR (cDVR). Expert in Motorola Network DVR (nDVR): Provider Access

(Cluster Manager, GUI and CLI, Media Server and Recorder UI), QoS & Route-settings, Configuration & Monitoring, Troubleshooting.

Designed QoS-enabled Residential Gateway (RG) using IEEE 1394, USB, UPnP, Device and Service Discovery. RG integrated Interactive Set-Top Box, Cable Modem, e-MTA for VoIP and Wi-Fi 802.11 AP with Triple Play Routers.

Architected Streaming Media CDNs for Live/Linear TV and VoD Systems as well as SDV Networks for Transport Bandwidth Efficiency. Expertise in Web Caching and Acceleration, OCAP/tru2way components, Separable vs. Embedded Security, Akamai’s EdgeComputing Platform for increased performance and reliability of Internet Apps.

Design of Multi-NIC Handsets, Embedded Mobile Laptops, 4G/3G USB Modems, Mobile Hotspots for iPads and iPhones.

Implement Seamless Roaming/Session Persistence across Wi-Fi, 4G LTE, 3G on Smartphone and Mobile Internet Devices.

Direct OEMs (Sierra, Novatel, Broadcom, Qualcomm); Operators (VzW, Sprint, ATT); Test Labs (Metrico, Intertek).

Over-the-Air (OTA) Keying and Zeroization for Real-time Security Provisioning; Operations, Management and Billing of Smartphone. Hands-Free-Activation Out-of-the-Box Experience; OTA SW Upgrades and Fault Management with OMA-DM

Evaluated Open Source Software and Technologies for Telecom, Networking & Multimedia,Wireless & Mobile, Cloud & IT Services and Applications, e.g., LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP), various Open Source Web Servers (Apache, nginx, etc.), Application Servers (Tomcat, etc.), Apache Storm and Kafka as well as Databases (Cassandra, etc.) and support from vendors such as DataStax.

Implemented QoS - MPLS, DiffServ, RSVP for Multi-service LAN, MAN, WAN and Corporate Net SLAs.

Implemented SOA & Web Services for Telecom Customer & Fraud Mgmt. Experience with Service Creation and IMS for Service Control.

Expertise in Service Delivery Platforms, both proprietary (Ericsson, Huawei, Microsoft) and Open-Source. Service Orchestration, Creation, Pub/Sub, Life-cycle Mgmt including SLA/QoS; Session, Subscription, User profile and Device Mgmt; Content Mgmt; Identity Mgmt, Authorization & Access Control including Trust Mgmt for 3rd Parties; APIs & API Mgmt including Authentication; Subscriber and Mgmt Portals; Integration with OSS/BSS. Expertise in SOA as SDP, ESB and BPEL Engine for Service Orchestration, and IMS as the Service Control Layer as well as Web Security and Federation, Service Brokers, Network Abstraction, Network & Element Management systems.

Direct Java Code Development for Bound & Unbound Apps (EPG & User Navigation) on Linux OCAP/tru2way Set-top Box (STB).

Directed J2EE & J2ME platform work: Web Services and Clients, Games, Chat using Networking (Sockets) and Multithreading.

Architected Data Center Disaster Recovery and Load Distribution using IGP and BGP – Active/Standby and Active/Active Scenarios. 2008 - 2009 Global Strategic Technologist, Rockwell Collins Inc., Richardson TX. CTO for Open Innovation & Strategic Initiatives to enhance competitive posture in Company businesses. Responsible for Networks (Wired, Wireless

& Optical); Information Security/Assurance; Embedded Systems SW & HW; Imaging and Displays; Sensors Networks. Cost and Schedule Estimation for Proposals and Projects, WBS development. Chaired Systems, HW and SW Peer and Customer Reviews. Managed SDLC for Projects involving Java, C++, C, C# code bases. Led Global Teams of Technology Scouts, IP Analysts, SMEs (Internal, Partner, 3rd Party) and Legal for Innovation and Productization. Customers included various company Lines of Business (Avionics, Automotive, Enterprise) with Communications Products. Functions (a) Market Research for Business Intelligence; Business Case & Gap Analyses for Strategy Decisions.

(b) Evaluated Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Partnerships for Wireless and IP Systems for incorporation into Products & Services as well as M&A for Long-Range Strategic Plan (LRSP).

(c) Made Decisions on R&D vs. Joint Venture (JV) vs. M&A. Performed Due Diligence Analysis for M&A.

(d) Performed Intellectual Property audits, decisions on licensing, System Trades and Technology Selection.

(e) Aligned Technical Roadmaps, LRSP to Customer Budgets, Program Requirements and Competitors. Wireless, IP Networking and Mechanical

Unified Comm's Technologies, Protocols & Projects Evaluation - e.g., IMS, SIP, XMPP, VoIP, WebRTC - for Voice, Video, IM, Presence.

Audio Noise Cancelation & Mitigation for High-Noise Automotive and Aviation environments. Surround-Sound Simulation.

MDM Vendors & BYOD Enterprise Strategy Evaluation. Study Platform OS Capabilities, implement Security Policies, Sandboxing, VDI.

Internet, Email, Messaging & Voice Performance for Aircraft WLAN. Metrics include Speed & Reliability for Data, Quality for Voice.

Developed Proposal/Wireless Architecture (Pico-cell and WLAN) for Airborne Senior Leadership Secure Communications System. Tradeoff Analysis & CONOPS for Seamless Wi-Fi/3G Option w/ UMA Phones. Design of Voice-Ready WLAN Architectures.

Market Study of Site-Survey Tools for Wi-Fi AP Placement and Network Planning. Test SW Defined Radio Base-stations.

Wireless Security Threats and Mitigation for Compact Embedded Devices- Power, Bandwidth, Memory Processing, Latency Implementations using SmartCards, USIM, R-UIM and JavaCard Architecture and Technical Drivers, Connectivity Layers, Protocol Stack, relevant ISO Standards for Contactless and Contacted Interconnects (USB, SDIO, MMC).

Establish SBIR Partnerships for Location Technologies, Collision Avoidance Systems, MMW Radar, Video-Analytics and IVHS.

Established low Size Weight and Power-Cost (SWAP-C) initiatives for Body Area Networks, Inertial Navigation and Measurement Units.

Reduced Cost (by 75%) and Weight (by 33%) of a ubiquitous Thermal Management Product affecting multiple Avionics and Vehicular Product Lines with $100 Million impact on each.

Prepared project Statement of Work (SOW), Negotiated Ts & Cs and Maintained Project Status. 2002-2008 Technical Director & Principal Engineer, L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ. Chief Architect, Market Strategist for Networks, Optical and Video Systems, Infosec, SW and HW Engineering: Secure PDA, WLAN, RTOS Embedded Products; Secure Voice over IP - SVoIP (Phones, Gateways, Call Managers, Integrated Services Routers); IP and GigE Encryptor. Managed SW Development Lifecycle for Projects involving Java, C, C++, C# code bases. Modules included GUI, API, Device Drivers, Security, Host Processor, Network Processor, etc., for various Wired and Wireless Network and Consumer Devices. Managed System Specs development for RTOS Embedded Devices, 3rd Party Apps and Services SW Integration. Functions (a) Provide Strategic Direction on Technology, Partnerships & Patents, Business Development, Staff Mentoring.

(b) Provide Customer Interface and Presentations, ConOps, Product Definition and Design, Functional and Operational Requirements and their Hardware, Software and Firmware allocations.

(c) Prepare RFI responses, RFP, RFQ, Statement of Work (SOW), Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).

(d) Identify and Investigate R&D Topics, Perform R&D, and Author White Papers.

(e) Product Lifecycle Support, Systems and SW Design Test, Code Reviews, Government Certification.

(f) Direct Meetings, Costing Exercises (Bill of Materials, Work Breakdown Structure) & Vendor Evaluation - Cisco, RIM, Samsung, Nokia, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Jabil, Bsquare, Ericsson, Alcatel, Freescale, Virtex, Altera. Dual-Mode (GSM/CDMA) Secure Smartphone/PDA

Selected Wireless Technologies for Licensed & Unlicensed Spectrum. Provided Migration Plans for Existing Products. Prepared Summary reviews of USPTO Patents for R&D/Innovation. Established Benchmarking of strength/weakness of products from partners/competitors.

Provided Market Research, Business Case and Strategy. Developed Req'ts, ConOps and Product Definition from Market Data. Architected Product (Host, Cryptographic & RF Modules, Internal & External Interfaces-Bluetooth & USB) for Clear & Secure CS Voice & Data.

Investigated Handset- and Network-based Geo-location as well as Hybrid Schemes, Location-based Services (LBS) Security.

Studied Dual-Mode CDMA/GSM Open Mobile Handset (OMH) R-UIM Test Req’ts and Acceptance Group (TAG) Recommendations.

Examined Wireless IDS, IPS. Study WLAN Security Algorithms & Protocols: WPA, IEEE 802.11i & 802.1X, EAP; Rouge AP Detection.

Directed Java (J2ME) code development in an Embedded Linux environment for PIM Applications (Calendar, Contact, Lotus Notes, etc.). Also, managed Microsoft Office Suite Applications for WinCE & Windows Mobile-based Secure PDA.

Evaluated Mediation, Rating, Billing Engines from Amdocs and CSG, CRM (Oracle/Siebel) & Inventory Management (Oracle/Metasolv). Secure VoIP (SVoIP) and Secure Data

Defined System Requirements, Architecture and ConOps. Directed SW and Systems Testing, IP stack customization, API and Device Driver development. Architecture used CallManager, SVoIP Phones, Switches, MGCP and V.150.1 Gateway.

Cisco AVVID Architecture; Clustering and Redundancy for Enterprise Networks-Single- vs. Multiple-Site Models.

Evaluated Strategy to incorporate IPv6, SIP & QoS into SVoIP Phones and Network, Cisco IP and VoWi-Fi phone Security.

Vendor Management for Lightweight Network Stack & Applications-NGN: SIP, IPv6 Lite for Embedded RTOS Devices.

Developed Use-Cases for Clear/Secure VoIP/Data On-Net/Off-Net Calls, Call Failure. Performed Delay and Jitter Analysis. 1996-2001 Senior Staff Engineer, Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications (LMGT), Valley Forge, PA. LMGT Chief Eng'g Architect for Managed VPN, Reliance India National Fiber Network, Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS) & Astrolink. Functions (a) Provide Harmonization of Standards in Standards Groups and Industry Forums.

(b) Author Technical & Management Volumes of Proposals: ACeS, Ellipso, Astrolink and Reliance.

(c) Investigate Partnerships with Companies on New Technologies. Pursue R&D, Present Research.

(d) Business Development for Wireless, Satellite & IP Networking. Trained Customer on CDMA, GSM and VPN.

(e) Provide Customer Interface, ConOps, Requirements and their HW and SW allocations, System Test.

(f) PLM functions as Wireless Switching Products Integrated Product Team (IPT) Manager. Broadband

Architected National & Regional Fiber & Local HFC Networks, Content Ingestion, Broadband Access. Drivers for IP for MSOs/Telcos; System Architecture, Distribution, Head-End, STB, MPEG-2 Encoders, QAM. Provisioned Security for STB, CMTS, Access Modems. Cellular/Satellite

Harmonized LMGT Satellite Air Interface with North American stakeholders for ITU-T Special Mobile Group.

Architected OSS, Data Collection (CDR, EDR), Billing System, 3rd Party Record Exchange & Reconciliation. Architecture & ConOps for Satellite Systems - ACeS (GSM-like GEO), Astrolink Broadband (IP over ATM) and Ellipso (CDMA LEO).

Developed Channel Equipment, RF, Antennas, Network Control Center, Specs and Interface Docs, Call Flows, Use-cases.

Recommend Gateway Controller & Alcatel E10 MSC changes for Program Requirements. Dimension Processor for Traffic Models.

Provided Concept for Lawful Interception (CALEA) for Astrolink Broadband Satellite System with Unique Requirements. Managed VPN

Transitioned R&D to Commercial. Developed OSS (Security & Network Ops Centers), Help Desk & Sustaining Eng. Two-Factor Authentication. Provisioning and Configuration Protocols & Servers – DHCP, TFTP, DNS, RADIUS, AAA. 1995-1996 Senior Member of Technical Staff, The MITRE Corporation, Eatontown, NJ.

Analyzed 5- and 25-kHz UHF TDMA/DAMA Waveform Std. Determined impacts to SATCOM Terminal design. 1989-1995 Rutgers University Bevier Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Rutgers University, NJ. Consultant/Visiting Researcher, Bellcore, NJ and US Army CECOM, NJ.

Performed doctoral research and consultation in Broadband Communications - FTTx, xDSL, HFC and SONET.

Taught RF Propagation, Cellular Systems, Network Traffic Engineering, Facility Planning and Optimization. 1982-1989 Asst. Professor, Instructor, Electrical & Comp. Eng'g: Central Michigan & Lake Superior St Univ's, UCONN.

Taught and developed courses in Communications, Computer HW and SW. Selected Industry White Papers

1. Network Selection, Switching & Seamless Session Continuity for Multimode Smart-phones, Tablets, USB Modems and Mobile Hotspots across disparate Radio Technologies using LTE System Architecture Evolution (SAE) - Mar. 2011. 2. Over-the-Air (OTA) Security Provisioning, SW Upgrades and Fault Management with OMA-DM for Mobile Devices-Oct. 2010. 3. Applications of Adapt4 ad Shared Spectrum Cognitive Radio Technologies - Dec. 2008. 4. Open Innovation and R&D for a Global Technology Company – Jul. 2008. 5. RTOS Embedded Mobile Device Secure Data Architecture with Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) – Mar. 2005. 6. RF Link Budgets for Sirius XM Satellite Radio and Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) - May 1999. 7. End-to-end delays, Voice Quality and Phone/Terminal Authentication in Secure Voice over IP – Aug. 2003. 8. Modeling Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks and Connectivity using OPNET – May 2002. Management Courses

Portable MBA in Marketing, TL 9000-Quality Requirements and Metrics, Negotiating to Win, Cost Account Management, Global Supply-Chains & Distribution-Channels, Effective Leadership. Tools

Rhapsody, ClearCase, processMax, OpNET, Matlab, Simulink, DOORS, SPW, PSpice, OrCad, Mentor. Awards/Honors

LMGT Significant Telecommunication Achievement Recognition (STAR) Award, Rutgers University Bevier Fellowship, Tau Beta Pi. Personal

Hobbies: Reading, Photography, Traveling, Mentoring.

Memberships: Internet Society (ISOC), IEEE.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Please find my resume attached for a Senior Executive Technical or Business position commensurate with my expertise and experience. I am convinced that leveraging my skills in a variety of areas, I can contribute significantly to your current projects, provide strategic vision and leadership for future endeavors in Cloud, IT & Converged Networks; Services for Compact “Lifestyle” Devices including Tablets and Smartphones; Broadband and Wireless; IPTV, Mobile TV, CDN, Multimedia; Automotive and Mobile Infotainment Devices and Services, Telematics and M2M Systems, Navigation and LBS; RTOS Embedded Systems, SW and HW. On the Business side, I have leveraged my Portable MBA in Marketing in real-world scenarios, provided incubation of Intellectual Property and assisted with Patent Prosecution. My soft skills include team building, leadership for large company and startup environments, audience targeted communications as well as negotiations. I have also led successful CMMI/SEI and ISO 9001 certifications and served as P&L Director. Previously, I have worked with High Tech Companies such as Bellcore on Network and IT Infrastructure. My skills are in secure delivery of Multimedia, Video, Voice and Data over a variety of Transport Media and associated technologies. I have worked extensively with Wireless Broadband Access Technologies, 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, CDMA and GSM as well as Integrated Satellite/3G/Wi-Fi Systems. In addition, I have significant experience with delivery of Streaming Media in Wired and Wireless Mobile environments including Automotive, Web Caching, CDNs and P2P Network Applications, OCAP/tru2way, Bound & Unbound Applications, Digital Ad Insertion, User Interfaces and Managed Services. Furthermore, I am knowledgeable in Adobe Flash Streaming, Video Players such as QuickTime and VLC. I am also familiar with CAS such as Neustar and Nagravision, Discretix and Marlin DRM, Seachange and Ericsson VoD Solutions, Conax CAS7, JavaCard, OS support for various DRM and CAS. I am intimately familiar with Component/Module/Chipset suppliers such as Freescale, NXP

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