Engineer Manager
Resume:
Michael A. Lewis, Ph.D.
Bronx NY 10457
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
A diversified technology background encompassing technical support, training and technical project management in computer and optical networking, Virtualization, VoIP, Systems Analysis, Design and Development. Led and provided direction to projects involving system testing and integration, troubleshooting and user training. Gained expertise in all-optical switched transparent networks. Performed on-site diagnoses and system certification at client locations, including leading telecommunications companies such as AT&T and MCI.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
AMELTEK, St.George’s, Grenada 2009 – 2012
Technology Manager
• Led the technical team in the development of a cloud infrastructure
• Led the technical team in the development of the service oriented architecture based products
• Trained and built a managed service team that supported customers in several industries
• Provided the technical expertise that developed a call center from scratch that utilized VoIP and Predictive dialers
CAREFIRST BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, Owings Mills, MD 2007 – 2009
Senior Integration Application Engineer
• Led planning and execution phases of the Integration Competency Center’s $354 million dollar roll out of a new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Led team which built and deployed services for enterprise wide services such as the CTS service which logs exceptions, and logs and audits messages for all application within the enterprise
• Supported and coded applications and enhancement using Tibco system integration such as Business Works, Business Connect, General Interface, Smartmapper & JMS products
• Implemented proof of concept of SOA for the enterprise to demonstrate several service patterns using WSO ESB, WSAS and Mashup servers
• Integral part of the e-team responsible for the enterprise wide rollout of applications such as Microsoft’s SharePoint and Jackbe’s Presto Mashup servers
• Extensive knowledge of process improvement approaches including CMMI and Agile methods
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HARRIS CORPORATION, Melbourne, FL 2004 – 2007
Consultant / Network Planning Engineer
• Provided engineering, implementation and installation support of LAN and WAN infrastructure for a 2.4 billion dollar Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) FTI project
• Built and maintained all network configurations for the Service Activation Center’s (SAC) LAN and WAN infrastructure
• Applied troubleshooting skills to analyze and resolve LAN and WAN issues in a timely manner
• Demonstrated versatility in designing, testing and implementing LAN and WAN solutions utilizing Cisco technology, DACS, MUXs and terminal servers
• Elevated productivity by 167% through the development of project plans which implemented and maintained network automation solutions such as IP address management (IPAM) and FTIWorks Configuration Manager
U.S PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Arlington, VA 2003 – 2004
Patent Examiner
• Applied expertise in various sciences and technologies toward investigating patent applications for infringement upon other inventions and patent holder rights
• Performed detailed reviews, research and comparative examinations of specifications and claims
INNOVANCE NETWORKS, Piscataway, NJ 2000 – 2003
Senior Link Design Engineer
• Managed projects related to testing and building of optical test lab and relational databases to effectively administer lab assets
• Successfully managed team in meeting deadline for completing testing of company’s all-optical regeneration semiconductor and fiber products
• Supported company's sales efforts with Qwest by constructing re-circulating loops to demonstrate product's long-haul optical capabilities
• Earned IEEE journal and conference publications by formulating computer models using Matlab and VPI to simulate power sweep, transmitter-receiver requirements, PMD Effects and PDL scaling
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, Holmdel, NJ 1998 – 2000
Member of Technical Staff
• Deployed Lucent’s optical fiber product (WaveStar 400G/800G) designed to meet increased bandwidth requirements of high-profile clients such as AT&T, MCI, Williams and Qwest
• Handpicked by Lucent management to participate in experiments which demonstrated first-ever interoperability of DWDM OLS and WaveStar LamdaRouter prototype
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• Configured and tested service configurations to validate the interoperability of Cisco Edge routers and WAN switches with Lucent’s OLS, LamdaRouter, Bandwidth Manager and OADMs
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ST. GEORGES UNIVERSITY – Grenada, WI 2009 - 2012
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer & Technology Department
TOWSON UNIVERSITY – Towson, MD 2007 – 2009
Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer & Information Sciences
TECHNOLOGY SNAPSHOT
Languages: Flex, JAVA, VB, JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Shell Script, C, VC++, Tcl/Tkl, Expect, TL1, FORTRAN
OS and Virtualization: VmWare, Windows, UNIX, Linux (Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake, Centos), HPUX, Mac
Databases: Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and Access
Software & Tools: Tibco BW, Tibco BC, Portico, Toad, Oxygen XML editor, MetaSolv, IN Control, HP Openview, CiscoWorks,, Asterisk, Trixbox, Fonality, VmWare, SugarCRM, SAP, vtigerCRM, Pentaho BI Suite, LabView, AutoCAD, VPI, QIP, INControl, Matlab, ObjecTime, Apache, Joomla/Mambo, WinRunner, TestDirector, HP VEE, MS Office, MS Project, Exceed, FrameMaker, ClearCase DDTS
Networking / Protocols: SONET(OC-N), MPLS, BGP, ATM, RIP, OSPF, AppleTalk, EIGRP, QoS, VoIP, tacacs, IAX, DWDM; Routers: CISCO 25XX, 26XX, 2811, 36XX, 4X00, 70XX, 75XX; Switches: Cat 35XX, Cat 37XX, Cat4000, Cat5000, 6509 and 8850 WAN switch.
EDUCATION
Graduate School of the City University of New York, New York City, NY
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1998
City College of New York, New York City, NY
M.E., Electrical Engineering, 1993; B.E., Electrical Engineering, 1991
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