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LEE NELSON
http://www.nelnet.org

lnelson@nelnet.org

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Operating Systems: UNIX-style and Cisco -- administration, configuration, and installation.
  
• Internet Services: Local- and Wide-Area Networking: Frame-Relay, ATM, Point-to-Point, TCP/IP, Broadband (OC3, T-3, T-1, ISDN, DSL), Ethernet, Routing (static, RIP, OSPF, BGP), Dial-up Services, Security, SNMP, Web Servers, Secure Socket Layer Web Servers, Streaming Media, Internet Mail, FTP, Virtual Hosting, all with a major emphasis on Redundancy of Services.
  
• Telco: Class 4 Tandem Services (SS7, PRI, Hunt Configuration, Number Translation, Routing), Inside-Plant, DSLAM's, DLC's, Voice-over-DSL, DS3 Muxes, DSX Panel Wire-Wrap, Punch-blocks, public Meet-Me-Rooms.
  
• Programming: Perl, Tcl/Tk, C, C++, JavaScript, SQL for applications such as remote monitoring, network administration, system administration, user accounting, information gathering and presentation, CGI.
  
• Language Proficiency: Russian - bilingual, French conversationally, basic ability to communicate in Spanish, and Croatian (Serbian, Bosnian).
  
• Very broad knowledge of Russia, its language, people, politics and history, acquired through four years of observant and educationally oriented life in Moscow.
  

EDUCATION

• 1994-1996 Student at Clark College in Vancouver Washington, majoring in Computer Science.
  
• 1991-1993 Student at The Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), majoring in International Relations, Russian and French Languages, History and Politics.
  
• 1990 Graduated in the top 5 percent from Kelso High School in Kelso, Washington with a 3.82 Grade Point Average.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Network Technician 2002-Present
  3Rivers Telephone Fairfield, MT
  • Assisted in the rollover of a subsidiary company containing ISP operations into the parent company - a rural cooperative Telco. Worked with various department heads to establish procedures for orders, provisioning, deployment, customer turn-up and trouble reporting and resolution. Maintained and improved all ISP network operations including routers, ATM switching, long-haul circuits, DSLAM's, DLC's, dialup connectivity and network monitoring. Maintained all inside-plant ISP related equipment and was a lead troubleshooter in outside-plant DSL and dialup issues. Worked with Engineering to develop short- and long-term goals and priorities for data communications, including VoDSL and ISP connectivity. Worked with other Network Department members as needed for maintaining and troubleshooting non data-related network facilities.
    
• Network Services Coordinator 2002
  3Rivers Communications Fairfield, MT
  • Refined and improved the robustness and flexibility of the dial-up, DSL and fractional-T1 Internet offering of the non-regulated division of a rural cooperative Telco. Implemented new configuration and problem-solving procedures. Improved communication and coordination with the core Telco and the network services provider. Increased network awareness with detailed and advanced network-monitoring utilities.
    
• Data Engineer 2000-2001
  Western Wireless Corp. Bellevue, WA
  • Responsible for the creation of an ISP for the CLEC division's joint Internet and Voice offerings. Implemented router configurations with protocols such as OSPF, BGP and ATM for DSL and Fractional T1 access and redundant upstream Internet connectivity. Also implemented Unix servers and configured essential Internet services such as DNS, Sendmail and Apache Web Server. Additionally responsible for the configuration of the CLEC's three-city ATM backbone and was actively involved in the refinement of the implementation of Voice over DSL.
    
• Network Administrator 1998-2000
  IWBC.NET Everett, WA
  • Responsible for IP and Voice network operations. Designed and implemented network growth from a single, data-only POP with a single upstream provider to a three-city data and voice network. Designed and implemented router and network access server configurations with protocols such as OSPF, BGP, Frame Relay, and ATM for redundant intercity and upstream Internet connections as well as wholesale dialup, frame-relay and DSL access. Installed Class 4 Tandems and implemented configurations with PRI, SS7, MF and DTMF trunks for interconnection with local exchange carriers and international long distance. Also implemented voice-compression (VoFR). Additional responsibilities included design of network monitoring and fault-detection systems with hand-written scripts and available utilities such as MRTG and scotty/tkined.
    
• Network Consultant 1999-Present
  Outsource Technologies Inc. Vancouver, WA
  • Consulted and assisted with the creation and integration of an ISP tailored for firewall-protected services. Responsible for router configuration and operation, Unix server installation and configuration of services such as DNS, Sendmail, Secure Shell, and telnet. Also responsible for network monitoring and fault detection with self-written scripts and commonly available utilities such as MRTG and Scotty/TKined.
• Systems Administrator 1996-1998
  E-Z.Net Internet Services Vancouver, WA
  • Responsible for network and computing services - maintaining a continuously operational system of Internet Services and Virtual Domains by establishing redundancy of services and connectivity, working with providers to improve quality of purchased services, installing and configuring hardware such as Unix servers, low- and high-density terminal servers, routers, CSU/DSU's, hubs, and modems, writing software to automate system administration and network monitoring, responding immediately to network/hardware events, maintaining tight security, supervising and interacting with personnel, supporting clients, and ensuring the optimal performance of Internet applications, particularly: Usenet News (INND), Internet Mail (Sendmail), Domain Name Service, Web Servers (Apache), Secure Web Servers (Stronghold), FTP, Telnet, remote authentication for dial-up (Radius), Routing Protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP), Real Media, mSQL, SNMP.
    
• Technical Support 1996
  E-Z.Net Internet Services Vancouver, WA
  • Telephone support for configuring new users for Internet connectivity and diagnosing and correcting configuration problems.
• Technical Staff Assistant 1996-1997
  Jason Lee Middle School Hazel Dell, WA
  
  • Maintained a computer lab, an Appletalk Network, installed, upgraded and repaired equipment, supported and trained staff.
• Computer Lab Assistant 1995-1996
  Clark College Vancouver, WA
  
  • Assisted students with a variety of MS-DOS, Windows, Internet, and UNIX applications.
    
• Staff Assistant: English as a Second Language 1994-1996
  Vancouver School District Vancouver, WA
  
• Translator 1994
  Small Business Development Center Vancouver, WA
  
• Advertising Department 1993
  The Moscow Tribune Moscow, Russia
  
• Reporter 1993
  The Moscow Tribune Moscow, Russia

REFERENCES

Available Upon Request