Career Objectives

Since I am rather happy with my current position at Equinix, Inc., I am not entertaining any new offers for permanent positions at the moment. However, I am in touch with several network engineers, many of whom are in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their willingness to relocate will depend on their individual circumstances.

I can forward inquiries detailing available opportunities if you email them to me at louie@louie.net.

Lately, I've been developing a website for my Godfather. It's a work-in-progress at the moment.

Technical Skills

• Routers: Cisco 25XX, 36XX, 5300 (Voice over IP functions), 5800, 72XX, 75XX, Lucent (Livingston) IRX and Portmaster, Netopia (Farallon), Nortel Networks (Bay Networks) ASN & BCN
• LAN Switches: Cisco Catalyst, Network Peripherals EIFO+ & NuSwitch, Nortel Networks (Bay Networks) Accelar
• WAN Switches: Cisco (Stratacom) BPX & MGX, Lucent (Cascade) B-STDX 9000
• DSU/CSU: Digital Link DL080 & DL3100, Kentrox, Astrocom

Other Skills

Employment History

• Equinix, Inc.
  2450 Bayshore Parkway
  Mountain View, CA 94043
  Department: IT&S Infrastructure, Network Services
  Titles: Network Engineer, Staff Network Engineer
  From: 2/2000 - Present

  Duties include: (items to be added)

  

• ICG Communications
  (NETCOM Online Communication Services, Inc.)
  532 Race Street, San Jose, CA 95126
  Department: Data Network Services
  Titles: Network Architectural Engineer, Supervisor of Data Network Engineering
  From: 2/1999 - 2/2000
  Titles: Technical Support Representative, Network Monitor, Network Administrator, Network Engineer, Senior Network Engineer
  From: 8/1994 - 11/1998

  Duties Include:

  1. Supervise a staff of Data Network Engineers.
  2. Provide architectural and design input to the Planning and Architecture group.
  3. Implement major changes to the WAN network.
  4. Maintain international T3 and ATM network.
  5. Maintain and upgrade national T3 and ATM backbone network.
  6. Coordinate with the Routing Arbiter (Merit) for peering complications at multiple NAPs (network access points) around the country.
  7. Interface with internal system administrators, network customers, and the InterNIC to resolve various domain name service issues.
  8. Evaluate and recommend equipment and products for use on the backbone and customer networks.
  9. Perform the final phase in new customer connection installations and upgrades.
  10. Build software tools for the Operations Department.
  11. Document departmental procedures on internal web site.

  

• Flycast Network
  181 Fremont Street, Suite 120
  San Francisco, CA 94105
  Department: Operations and Information Services
  Title: Senior Network Engineer
  From: 11/1998 - 2/1999

  Duties included:

  1. Converting WAN network protocols from static routes to OSPF and BGP (multihoming)
  2. Deliver a robust and resiliant high-availability data network for the internal WAN circuits as well as multiple ISP circuits.
  3. Maintain domain name services.
  4. Assist in the installation of new Windows NT servers at multiple data centers.
  5. Monitor and firstline-troubleshoot all production servers.
  6. Scheduled the 24x7 monitoring shifts for the Information Services staff.

  

• University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA 95616
  Department: Student Housing, Residence Life, Learning Resource Center
  Title: Site Administrator
  From: 6/1988 - 6/1993

  Duties included:

  1. Managed student staffs at multiple sites.
  2. Maintained Appletalk and PC LAN.
  3. Recommended hardware and software purchases for use at all sites.
  4. Performed client/server software installations and upgrades on a Macintosh network.
  5. Supported student users with their use of software installed locally and remotely.

Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz, Extension Program
  Santa Clara Location
  Oxford Business Park
  3120 De la Cruz Boulevard,
  Santa Clara, CA 95054
  Class: Introduction to Data Communications, 1997
• Ohlone College
  43600 Mission Boulevard
  Fremont, CA 94539-0390
  Class: Human Anatomy and Physiology, BIOL 103A & B, 1993-1994



• University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA 95616
  Degree: Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, 1993