Andy Walding

President & Founder at CellStream, Inc.
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Plano, Texas, United States, US
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Paul Peck

Andy is the telecom industry's guru of gurus. He's the guy that telecom pioneers go to for a sanity check.

Curtis Reed

I had an opportunity to work for Andy. Andy has an incredible work ethic and stellar technical knowledge. As a manager, Andy cared about his people and their skills to enhance their career path. Andy always led his team to achieve their goals and produce a high level of results on each and every project. Andy would be a great addition to any team.

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Credentials

  • Snagit Certification
    TechSmith Corporation
    Nov, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • CS - Certification Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
    Simplilearn
    Oct, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • CS - Introduction to Cyber Security for Cyber Security Beginners
    Simplilearn
    Oct, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
    Simplilearn
    Jun, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • CS - AWS Sysops Associate
    Simplilearn
    Feb, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • IPv6 Silver Certification
    IPv6 Forum
    Jan, 2015
    - Nov, 2024
  • NTT1 NACSE Telecom Technician
    National association of communications Systems Engineers
    Oct, 2001
    - Nov, 2024
  • Communications Technology Analyst
    University of Colorado
    Sep, 1997
    - Nov, 2024
  • Cisco MPLS Certification
    Cisco

Experience

  • CellStream, Inc.
    • United States
    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • President & Founder
      • Apr 1998 - Present

      Provide international and domestic telecommunications consulting and training services to major communications corporations. Areas of expertise are in Telecommunications Systems and Technologies, Security, Transmission, Switching and Access systems. Course and instructional design at www.netscionline.com . Author and consultant at www.cellstream.com . Provide consulting and testifying expert witness services in areas of intellectual property, telecommunications, and systems (hardware and software) engineering and design in the following legal matters:  Alcatel v. Cisco, Cisco v. Alcatel, Alcatel v. Cisco (cases involving a) the alleged stealing of intellectual property, trade secrets and software code, b) anti-trust)  BMC Software v. Crabby Hacker of the hacker (case involving the alleged stealing of software code) Show less

  • Cisco
    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Consultant
      • 1998 - Present

      Technology Training, Curriculum Design, Network Consulting, Product requirements Consulting Technology Training, Curriculum Design, Network Consulting, Product requirements Consulting

  • DSC Communications
    • Telecommunications
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Senior Director ATM/Frame Relay Group
      • Feb 1997 - Apr 1998

      Primary responsibility to develop ATM/Frame Relay program with rapid cycle time focus while minimizing expenditures using object oriented design and processes. Responsible for program plan, team assembly, and product P&L. Delivered proof of concept on schedule/budget and product/ network management approach that has been demonstrated to fully align to customer network requirements and desires. Mastered ATM/Frame Relay voice and data interworking requirements and assisted in establishment of OEM arrangements and agreements for software, hardware and partner corporations. Considered the primary program architect for the project. Show less

    • Senior Director Engineering
      • Dec 1995 - Feb 1997

      Promoted to lead and manage a major engineering program for Wireless Local Loop product with staff of 70 people including hardware, software, RF, systems engineering, test and 'greenfield' operations. Assignment was an expatriate based in the United Kingdom. Product is point to multipoint CDMA/spread spectrum technology based telephony bypass utilizing latest custom ASIC, processor and DSP technologies and OO software design. Successfully gained British Telecom acceptance of product leading to orders in excess of $90M. Instituted new methodologies for project/program performance tracking based on cycle time performance demonstrating time and cost to complete metrics. Produced a product future vision concept and program plan including a number of patents in this area of technology. Show less

    • Program Director
      • Aug 1994 - Dec 1995

      Promoted to Director to be primary program manager in a rapid development project to produce an international Access Division Digital Loop Carrier product: Litespan 120. Primary contributor in developing product definition, product launch, rollout plans, P&L forecasting, project and business plans. The product was a 120 line primary MUX/ODLC product with electrical and optical network interfaces using V5.1 concentration techniques. Record of program delivery on-schedule, under budget. Resulted in initial sales in excess of $4.5M. Show less

    • Senior Product Manager
      • Mar 1992 - Aug 1994

      Promoted to Senior Manager responsible for all project and program management on Integrated Multiservice Transport Node (iMTN 4/3/1/0 cross connect program using full custom ASIC and OO design using SmallTalk). Acted as primary interdepartmental Launch Team chairperson. Led to a Co-chair Technical and Program Committee position with two international collaborations for combined SDH and SONET standards. Delivered initial international customer for the product and managed a collaboration with UK based company to provide network solution. Developed and implemented Product Life Cycle Process. Primary interface to Bellcore for Technical Auditing/Analysis. Show less

    • Product Manager
      • May 1989 - Mar 1992

      Responsible for DEX ECS3 (3/3 cross connect) and DEX ECS1 (3/1 cross connect) products. Successfully attained product acceptances at MCI and other major carriers and RBOCs. Managed cost reduction and feature enhancement projects. Responsible for all project/program status and performance and customer interface to development organizations. Architect of plans to reduce inventory 60% improved cycle times by 200%.

  • Airspan Communications
    • Engineering Director
      • 1991 - 1992

      Development Engineering Team Director Development Engineering Team Director

  • Thomson Reuters
    • Canada
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Regional Manager
      • Oct 1986 - May 1989

      Directed all Field Service, Customer Service, and Data and Voice Network Operations activities for the North American Western Region supervising a staff of twenty-one. Established 24-hour service procedures and customer contracts. Developed strategies and technical implementations for private CATV Broadband network in downtown San Francisco. Created and implemented fully automated trouble reporting system. Implemented new point-to-Point based digital data network replacing loop-based system improving availability. Reduced costs, improved service quality by reported 100%. Show less

  • Equatorial Communications Company
    • Satellite Network Supervisor/Engineer
      • Aug 1979 - Oct 1986

      Conducted the initial design and installation of the Satellite Network Control Center specializing in VSAT spread spectrum technology. Established and composed all Standard Operating Procedures for the two-way communications networks operating on Galaxy and Westar satellites. Moved up the technical ladder through the following positions (latest to earliest): Network Supervisor, supervised 10-18 controllers, engineers, and support personnel in high pressure environment; Product Support Specialist, providing training/support to nationwide service organization, composed service manuals and methods of procedure, developed and engineered two RF products for the company; Senior Field Engineer, served as lead engineer for eastern region, implemented MTBF failure tracking system and Mean Time to Respond goals and measurement system for field service operations; Field Engineer, responsible for 101 accounts including multi-user CPM systems, satellite earth station service and installation. Show less

Education

  • University of Hartford
    Electrical Engineering
    1976 - 1978
  • Collin County Community College
    Associate's degree, Business Administration and Management, General

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