Chris B.

Create various network designs (metro point-to-point, ring, mesh, and long/ultra-long haul) for Web 2.0 optical networks and ultra high capacity datacenter connectivity (10/40/100/200/250G) using Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) solutions. Interfaced and engaged with decision-makers at several Web 2.0 accounts to identify opportunities where their challenges in their networks exists to provide them with solutions. Proficient using Cisco Transport Planner to design and model diverse types of optical transport solutions for long haul, CWDM, DWDM, FOADM, and multi-degree CDC ROADM topologies. Complete RFIs/RFQs/RFPs, create network designs with detailed equipment list, and prepare formal quotations and proposals per customer requirements. Provide customer training on network design, deployment, operations, and troubleshooting for the NCS platform.

Interface with product line management and marketing to develop and propose new products and feature enhancements to existing solutions to meet customer/application requirements. Complete network designs for various customer applications using ECI Telecom’s optical transport products Apollo and Carrier Ethernet Native Packet Transport solutions. Prepare formal quotations and provide technical assistance on solution proposals to meet customer network design requirements. Provide presentations for design application, product, and customers to support sales of ECI Telecom solutions. Work with customers on proof-of-concept solutions to qualify ECI Telecom as a choice vendor in their networks.

Create simple to complex network designs for various customer applications using ADVA Optical Transport and Carrier Ethernet solutions. - Enterprise and Web 2.0 long haul optical networks and high capacity datacenter connectivity. - Tier 1/2/3 service providers regional networks and mobile backhaul. - Research and Education WAN/MAN networks and on/off-net connectivity. Proficient using ADVA Optical Network Planner to design and model diverse types of transport solutions. Complete RFIs/RFQs/RFPs, create network designs and detailed equipment list, prepare quotations and proposals per customer requirements. Provide design application, product, and technical customer presentations to support sales of ADVA solutions.

Create/provide general and application specific demonstrations and presentations on MRV Carrier Ethernet and Optical transport product portfolio to various audiences, ranging from engineers to executives. Help win business in key accounts as a pre-sales engineer with thorough understanding of customer environments and business needs. Provide designs, manage and coordinate installation, and customer training for core transport (CWDM and DWDM) and switching, metro transport and aggregation, access solutions, mobile backhaul, and network management solutions (NMS and EMS) based on the MRV Carrier Ethernet and Optical transport product portfolios. Complete RFIs/RFQs/RFPs, create network designs and detailed equipment list, prepare quotations and proposals per customer requirements. Correspond with customers throughout design process – to ensure requirements are met/exceeded in case of changes/additions/deletions/etc. to the original proposal. Design solutions to provide MEF-based Carrier Ethernet services (E-Line, E-LAN, and E-Tree) at the network edge and access for tier 1/2/3 carriers and service providers. Deliver timely solutions on post-sales problems with customers, including issues with both hardware and software. Conducted interoperability testing with 3rd party vendors during the Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2010 hot staging event at the European Advanced Networking Test Center in Berlin.