Andy Pandolfino
Sr. Systems Engineer at Mist Systems- Claim this Profile
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Dan Whitehouse
I have worked closely with Andy for several years at Comcast. Andy has a passion for accuracy in his work and a willingness to do what it takes to get projects completed correctly the first time. Andy is a great team player and is adept at translating business requirements into application requirements, and developing applications that truly meet the needs of the business. Andy would be an excellent asset to any firm lucky enough to have him. Dan L. Whitehouse Director, Hitachi Consulting
Dan Whitehouse
I have worked closely with Andy for several years at Comcast. Andy has a passion for accuracy in his work and a willingness to do what it takes to get projects completed correctly the first time. Andy is a great team player and is adept at translating business requirements into application requirements, and developing applications that truly meet the needs of the business. Andy would be an excellent asset to any firm lucky enough to have him. Dan L. Whitehouse Director, Hitachi Consulting
Dan Whitehouse
I have worked closely with Andy for several years at Comcast. Andy has a passion for accuracy in his work and a willingness to do what it takes to get projects completed correctly the first time. Andy is a great team player and is adept at translating business requirements into application requirements, and developing applications that truly meet the needs of the business. Andy would be an excellent asset to any firm lucky enough to have him. Dan L. Whitehouse Director, Hitachi Consulting
Dan Whitehouse
I have worked closely with Andy for several years at Comcast. Andy has a passion for accuracy in his work and a willingness to do what it takes to get projects completed correctly the first time. Andy is a great team player and is adept at translating business requirements into application requirements, and developing applications that truly meet the needs of the business. Andy would be an excellent asset to any firm lucky enough to have him. Dan L. Whitehouse Director, Hitachi Consulting
Experience
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Mist Systems
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United States
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Computer Networking Products
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr. Systems Engineer
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May 2022 - Present
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Asurion
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Wireless Architect
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Sep 2019 - May 2022
Responsible for defining the Wireless and AAA technology strategy, architecture, roadmaps, and providing technical leadership for the Network Architect and Engineering team. Collaborates extensively with and provide technical guidance to a team of Network Operations Engineers that are responsible for maintaining business continuity. Liaison to the business in providing needs assessment and estimation, solution design, solution automation, and resolution of advanced and persistent wireless networking issues. Technology lead for new Headquarters build, working with external vendors and internally with other operations teams, IT architecture teams and different business units to designs and build out a wireless first campus with complete WiFi and Cellular coverage throughout garages, elevators, all outdoor and indoor areas. Responsible for creating deployment and standard guides as well as feature testing to support both Cisco and Aruba solutions across 5,000+ APs in 47 global locations. Show less
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Comcast
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Wireless Network Architect
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Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
As a member of the Xfinity Wi-Fi Architecture and Product Engineering team, lead the OSS / BSS development work to integrate Wi-Fi functionality and visibility into corportate wide systems. Participated in strategic, long term planning for the Open and Secure Public Wi-Fi Networks to provide customers with "on the go internet access" and cellular offload for Xfinity Mobile. Evolved the provisioning, polling, and data services into modern platforms to begin leveraging AI to tune and optimize the network. Interfaced with leads from other teams and external vendors to ensure our product roadmap was in alignment with work happening elsewhere in the company. Responsibilities included gathering requirements from stakeholders, creating technical documentation to hand-off to development teams, and overseeing the deployment of new features. Show less
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Senior Wireless Engineer
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Jan 2014 - Sep 2018
Lead a team of Senior Engineers that provided Tier 3 operational support for one of the newest and fastest growing technologies at Comcast Cable. Helped the public Wi-Fi product grow from a skunkworks project to a Carrier Grade network of almost 20 million access points. Combined outreach, reporting, advanced troubleshooting, and OSS tool development to provide superior product support for internal teams. Interfaced daily with DevOps team and third party vendors to solve network problems in new, innovative ways based on experience, metrics, customer feedback, and future business requirements. Helped coordinate Wi-Fi support for the Pope's 2015 visit to Philly, 2016 Democratic National Convention, and 2016 Super Bowl providing live, custom built dashboards for monitoring and reporting on a large heterogeneous mix of Access Points. Utilized Talend Open Studio (a Java IDE based on Eclipse), Tableau and numerous different databases (proficient in Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server) extensively for provisioning and metric collection from nearly 20 million hotspots and for updates to external vendors with integration into ELK, Splunk, Slack, Zabbix and external APIs. Show less
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Wireless Access Solutions
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Entrepreneur / Owner
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Sep 2006 - Dec 2013
Co-owned a managed Wi-Fi company providing DSL and Wi-Fi services to customers in the resort areas of Delaware and Maryland. Grew the business into a small CLEC / WISP serving MDUs, hotels, and large town home communities. Setup co-located equipment in Verizon Central Offices with fiber backhaul to a tier 1 provider to supply private DSL to our properties. Deployed a AAA/RADIUS solution with integration into an online customer portal for account management and payment processing. Managed all site survey and post installation verification with teams utilizing inSSIDer / Wi-Spy (Spectrum Analyser), AirMagnet (Wifi Protocol Analyser), and Wireshark (Network Protocol Analyser). Responsible for call center relationship to provide tier 1 support and managed in-house NOC for network monitoring and alerting. Developed a proprietary Wi-Fi solution for large, older MDU locations utilizing the existing copper phone lines and a local DSLAM to deliver cost effective and reliable Wi-Fi coverage throughout buildings that posed challenges to traditional deployment methods. Show less
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GGE of Delaware
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Rehoboth Beach, DE
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Electrical Technician
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Nov 2003 - Sep 2006
Member of a small crew of on-call techs that responded to customer reported equipment failures of company owned assets placed in profit sharing locations. Troubleshoot and repair failed components including power supplies, monitors, computers, thermal and dot-matrix printers, capacitive touch screens and electro-mechanical components. Used service logs to performed failure analysis to determine equipment rotation schedule for preventative maintenance and equipment upgrades leading to reduced service calls and equipment down time. Show less
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Wings To Go
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Rehoboth Beach, DE
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Entrepreneur
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Mar 1996 - Sep 2003
Owned and operated a Wings To Go franchise. Managed all aspects of the business, from advertising to employee relationships. Consistent sales growth of at least 5% each year even through a major 3 year town-wide Main Street revitalization project. Owned and operated a Wings To Go franchise. Managed all aspects of the business, from advertising to employee relationships. Consistent sales growth of at least 5% each year even through a major 3 year town-wide Main Street revitalization project.
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Education
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University of Delaware
Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering -
Gonzaga College Highschool
GED