BRIAN J. OSTLER

Principal Telecom Engineering and Management

Telecom Broadband Transport with IT Infrastructure Networking

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E-Mail: aczlg0@r.postjobfree.com

Education

RF Technology Technical Certification to Level 7 in tactical & fixed radio/telecom systems and supervision

Electrical Engineering – BS, University of Utah

Post Grad Technology Specific Studies;

-Theory & Application of Digital Telecommunications - George Washington University

-Theory & Application of Optical Transmission over Fiber - University of Maryland

Mechanical Drafting – Cleveland Institute of Technology

Summary of Professional Experience and Expertise

My career background began with a strong foundation as a technical specialist and years of senior “hands-on hardware/software R&D, project solutions engineering and execution. For more than 35 years and with minimal supervision and guidance, I have successfully “built from scratch” (defined the architecture, specified the technologies & equipment, written & executed the Bid processes, and “lead” managed the procurement, execution and cutover) in-house & turn-key Fiber Optic, RF, Satellite & Broadband Telecom Transport systems, LMR w/P-25, data/voice/video and LAN/MAN/WAN IT Network Infrastructures often spanning entire countries.

As Program/Project Manager, Project Engineer and/or Technical “Lead” Manager, I have more than 20 years International experience taking “full ownership” for full project life cycle (inception to cutover) execution of very large (to $100’s of Millions) and highly complex telecom projects. Consistently, I delivered the optimal engineered solutions, estimates, authored more than 30 commercial and technical tender documents (RFPs), evaluated their Bid responses, led contract negotiations, managed scheduling and budgets, arbitrated engineering Change Orders & contract disputes and managed the execution, demonstration and cutover. In a Principal Consultant capacity, I have provided world class Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to guide client decisions, resolve issues, train key project personnel, specify design limits, develop type tests, work with manufacturers to solve engineering deficiencies, design, deliver and mentor structured project management and configuration management/documentation systems.

Electronic Engineering, Management, Technical Lead; Principal Consultant, Senior Project Engineer, Chief Architect and Project Manager (full project life cycle execution). Feasibility studies, proposals, estimates, financing, preliminary thru detailed design & specification (H/W & S/W), preparation of full Tender documents, Tender evaluations, contract negotiations, budgets, schedules, implementation “Lead” (large crews and multiple subcontractors including civil works), broadband, RF & traffic optimization, technical and dispute resolution for complex Telecom systems consisting of:

Fiber Optic, RF & Broadband transport systems; SONET/PDH; TDM & (CoE) Ethernet-based Carrier OLTE; Fiber Optic carrier, optical routing & switching, CWDM, DWDM/ROADM and ultra-long haul; 900 Mhz & Microwave PtP/PmP; HF/VHF/UHF LMR w/P25; Broadband Cable, Power Line Carrier; Satellite.

Transmission Technologies; SME on PDH, SONET OC & SDH, CWDM/DWDM/ROADM, Long haul Optical Amp/Compensation, Ethernet over Carrier/TDM (EoC); Carrier over Ethernet (CoE), Digital and Optical routing and switching.

RF Engineering; Site and path surveys, propagation analysis, modeling, forecasting, optimizing.

Voice/Data; VoIP, Packet Switching, SS7CCS, ATM, Frame Relay; DACS, Voice Messaging, Central Office, PABX.

Hi-Speed IT & IP Digital Infrastructure Architecture; Ethernet LANS/MANS/WANS, IT/MIS, TCP/IP, MPLS, VDSL

Video; Analog/Digital/IP video mux/compression/codec, switching matrixes, processing, broadcast, and Over IP virtual presence.

Cable Plant (ISP/OSP); Site/facility Grounding & conduit schemes; Terrestrial, aerial (to 500 KV), submarine broadband and fiber optic cable (OPGW, ADSS, AD lashed & wrapped) Outside (OSP) / Inside Plant (ISP).

TNMS; Telecommunications Network Management Systems, multiple vendor specific NMSs

Industrial Control systems such as EMS/SCADA, DCS, Protection Relay, Power Generation, Smart Grid/AMR, Telemetry and Environmental/Security/Surveillance

Electronic CAD Engineering: AutoCAD, Visio, P-CAD.

Specialized Expertise in:

NERC, FERC, FCC, OSHA, PSC, BLM regulations and processes to ensure compliance.

Digital Information Transport (Carrier) and IT Infrastructure in support of Utilities, SCADA, DCS, Smart Grid, telemetry and geo-space applications.

International Projects for Foreign Governments and the Private Sectors

Procurement Specialist; DoD GSA; Commercial and Technical Tender documents for World Bank (WB), European Reconstruction Bank (ERB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Tender Management; RFP, RFI, Bid Management, Evaluation, Award, Kickoff

Contract Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, (arbitrated DRP and World Court)

Site & Facilities Civil Design; Radio, Power Transmission & Distribution tower structural design & Specification, OSP/ISP, AC/DC, site/facilities specifications and civil works.

Automated Numerical Control & IC Engineering; H/W, DCS and applications

Military Training and Simulation Systems for US Army NTC and JRTC.

Type Testing; Procedures, appropriate limits, specification, failure resolution

International Standards; Participation in their development and evolution since 1982

Highlights of Work Experience

11/2011-; Westin Engineering Project Engineer for three Cal State (CA) telecom overhaul projects:

CA-Public Safety Office (PSO) Highway Patrol (CHP) - Statewide design/deployment with SOW of all new upgrade of VHF, UHF Land/Mobile Radio systems.

CA-PSO - Design/specification/SOW for statewide Public Safety Microwave Radio Backbone Systems upgrade to SONET OC-3 and MPLS networking. (> 400 sites over 3 backbone networks spanning California from North to South).

CA-PSO-DWR - Final optimization design/deployment as SME for the 135 site, 500 miles long SONET/Ethernet over Carrier Fiber Optic System (14 CWDM rings connected over ultra-long haul 100/200 GigE 88 Channel ROADM enhanced DWDM Backbone). Included engineering assistance in the IT infrastructure upgrades and Ethernet management over carriers.

Occasional SME consultant on municipality fiber optic master planning projects.

05/2011-11/2011; Contractor as TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER for Tait Radio Systems for the delivery of the VHF/UHF Land Mobile Radio system upgrades throughout Utah and Wyoming under the PacifiCorp MMR Project.

03/2010-05/2011; PRINCIPAL TELECOM ENGINEER for CC&E Engineers; Telecom engineering services (usually optical OSP and transport) as required, under an open contract. Interpret requirements, present solution, develop SOW with estimate, then execute per SOW.

09/2007-02/2010; Contractor as PROJECT MANAGER, SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER for NV Energy’s largest and most complex telecom transport and infrastructure projects which include their $0.5 Billion HACC Project and $0.45 Billion ON-Line Transmission Line Project. Telecom primary and detailed design/spec and PM to full execution/cutover for; 1) 250 mile OPGW install of extra long-haul (multiple 90 mile spans) with DWDM supporting multiple SONET OC-192, GigE Ethernet and HD “virtual presence” CCTV; 2) 22 remote site Ethernet Based Microwave Backbone network including civil construction of remote sites; 3) New Combined Cycle Power Generation Plant; and 4) Multiple new EHV substations and Renewable Energy Generation Plants.

06/2005–08/2007; Lockheed/Martin, PROJECT MANAGER, SENIOR STAFF ENGINEER and DEPLOYMENT LEAD for the telecom transport and IT Infrastructure installed in support of the US Army CTC-OIS. Program provides an Ethernet-based network solution over fiber optic DWDM, Microwave Radio backhaul and 2G Cell transport for Voice, Mobile IP, Data and HD/Broadcast Video in support of Geo-space telemetry/control applications. Executed network design consolidation/integration from design teams with focused expertise, validation of the design and equipment specifications, procurement managements, installation, and integration with legacy systems and test/commissioning.

12/1994–04/2005; For KEMA Consulting, engineering & feasibility studies, and Project Life cycle engineering / management of at least eight (8) major ($25-100s of million) Fiber Optic and RF based countrywide “backbone” telecom networks in support of mostly foreign but some domestic power utilities including the world’s largest project of its kind, the Power Grid of India SC&C Project and Diversification Project.

7/1985-10/1994; For the USAF ETR Contractor (CSR), executed multiple telecom, telemetry and industrial control projects in support of US Government and NASA activities supporting Atlas/Centaur, Titan IV and Shuttle launch activities at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral AFS and Patrick AFB.

ADDITIONAL Relevant Experience

ITT/Telecom - Senior R&D Engineering of Central Office and Packet Switch systems. Led design team in the development and demonstration of the first ever North American SS7-CCS STP.

US Embassy - JUSMAG – Senior engineering and technical lead for the US Government on the Territorial Command Network project in Spain.

E-Systems – Numerical Control (NC) Engineering and R&D of automated NC equipment.

United States Air Force; Path engineering, installation, operation, and maintenance of microwave, tropospheric scatter, UHF and VHF/SSB RF transmission systems and associated VF/Data subsystems.

Computer Literacy Skills

Project Management; MS-Projects; Primavera 3, 6; Prince 2

RF Engineering Topo Quad, Path Loss, Ellipse

Optical Path Engineering; Alcatel-Lucent Engineering Planning Tool (EPT)

Word Processing; MS-Word, Corel-Word Perfect, Adobe

Data Base; MS-Access, MS-Excel, MySQL, D-Base, Oracle, Granite/XML, Quicken, Quick Books

CAD Visio, AutoCAD, PCad, Harvard Graphics, PLS-CADD

Web Design; Front Page, NAMO Web Creator, Dream Weaver, HTML, JAVA

Software Languages; Chill, Pascal, C++, MS-DOS, Basic

Multi-Media; MS-PowerPoint, Presentations, Photo Shop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, etc.

Project Details

CA-DWR – Communications Systems Upgrade Program;

CA-PSCO – State Microwave Radio System Upgrade; Principle RF Consulting Engineer

CA-PSCO-CHP – State 2-Way Radio Narrowband Project; Principle Project Engineer

PacifiCorp – MMR Program; Technical Project Manager and Deployment Lead

NV Energy – Senior Project Manager and Project Engineer for corporate telecom major capital projects

Lockheed Martin – US Army CTC-OIS Program; Project Engineer and Deployment Lead

Power Grid Corporation of India – SC&C Project; PM, Chief Architect and Senior Project Engineer

Power Grid Corporation of India – Diversification Commercial Fiber Optic Backbone Project; Chief Architect and Senior Consultant.

Kazakhstan – KEGOC National Grid Telecom Project; PM, Procurement Specialist and Senior Telecom Consultant

Romania - National Grid Rehabilitation Project; Senior Principal Consulting Engineer

Armenia – ARMENERGO National Control Center Project; Senior Project Engineer.

Egypt - National Control Center Project; Project Engineer

Philippines – NPC National Control Center Project; Project Engineer

Guam - Radio Telemetry System for POL Replacement Project; PM and Project Engineer

Canada, Poland, Hungary, Germany, France, England, Italy, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, etc; Technical consultancy on projects, to manufacturers and to International Certification Laboratories

Spanish Territorial Command Network; US Government Project Engineer, US Embassy, Madrid

Miscellaneous Domestic Projects:

Unified Command Telecom Upgrade – San Mateo County, CA; Hanford Operations - Richland, WA; Boeing Communications Services/US West - WA; BT&D/Video Products Group, Inc./Hewlett Packard Corporation – CA; GTE Government Systems Corp. – MA; Independent Consortium - University of Central Florida, FL; Network Systems Solutions, Inc. – CO; INET, Inc. - Engineering Development Laboratories, KSC, FL

An addendum to my resume is available that provides more detail about many of the projects.

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