Experience

Nova Energy

• New Zealand
• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Telco Product Specialist

  • May 2021 - Present



UFB Consultancy

• New Zealand
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director / Consultant

  • May 2010 - Present

  Assisted the Government with the establishment of a new Schedule 4 Crown Owned Entity (COE) the N4L.Advised in the procurement of a $400M Education network including VC, VoIP, Multicast, DR & Cloud services.Negotiated contractual terms with service supplier including SLA/SLC terms.Designed a $1/2bn UFB FTTh network for NZ UFB including Central offices, Co-Lo and system management.Designed an Enterprise grade network for 800,000 end users across 2,700 sites.Consulted on how Education can benefit from Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) and ICT Technologies.Network Architecture and services design for Network For Learning (N4L).



nbn® Australia

• Australia
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Solutions Architect FTTx

  • Mar 2015 - May 2021

  Design and deployment of Encrypted Multicast over fibre solution (headend to EUP) scalable to 8m premises.40% reduction in Capex outlay of FTTp local network construction in Brownfields.Improve network resiliency to reduce occurrence of un-scheduled outages.Involved in the on-boarding and training of multiple external design, construction and operational maintenance partnerscontracted in the nationwide DBO of nbnCo FTTp and FTTn networks.Enhance stakeholder engagement to improve project delivery and reduce asset overbuild.32-74% reduction of Capex outlay on Greenfields network construction dependent on technology and population density.50% reduction in design overheads for FTTP by external design partners and 30% reduction in construction timelines.Improvements in vendor supply of equipment and reduction in material defects.Merging FTTP, FTTB, FTTN, VDSL, HFC Docsis 3.1, 4G and fixed wireless to provide a seamless service across Australia.



Spark New Zealand

• New Zealand
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Solutions Architect

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  Designed and deployed a new MEF compliant Carrier Ethernet Core and Access network nationally.Designed and deployed nationwide L3 Multicast syncing solution for RAN handover functionality.Lifecycle management for services and infrastructure for 10 and 25 years into the future respectively.Planned the migration to NextGen technologies including Software Defined Networking (SDN), NFV and CLNE virtualisation.Deployed a new VOD/IPTV/Multicast OTT service.Restructured the core and access networks for more efficient delivery of HSIA, VoIP and IPTV services.Restructured national 3G/4G/VoIP network to operate over new CET network.

• Senior Solutions Architect

  • Feb 2013 - Aug 2014

  Design various customer solutionsCreation and deployment of new MEF compliant Carrier Ethernet (CET) servicesTechnical design and proof of concept of new VoIP servicesRedesign of Mutli-Service Single Access (MSSA) technologies and equipmentReEng of Mobile Back-haul solutions using a variety of DFAS, CET, WDM, eDMR and OTN technologiesUFB and RBI Service designData Centre and Cloud Services architecture design



Ministry of Education of New Zealand

• New Zealand
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Network Architect

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2012

  Contracted to the Ministry of Education to design the Network For Learning.Created the High Level Architecture for an Enterprise grade network supporting 800,000 end users across 2,700 nationally distributed sites.Created RFI and RFP specifications and documentation for a ~$400M tender identifying multiple services to benefit the sector including, VC, VoIP, Cloud services, IPTV and disaster recovery.Evaluated commercial responses, down-select to preferred bidder and negotiate final contracts.Worked with Government agencies and Chorus during the vertical separation of the Incumbent Telco into Chorus and Telecom Corporation to create services for the education sector.



CityLink Limited

• FTTh Solutions Architect

  • May 2010 - Dec 2010

  Reduced the CAPEX by 39% ($210M) through requirements analysis and redesign of a $1/2Bn FTTh network for the New Zealand Government to reach 577,000 people.Infrastructure design of OSP, Central Offices and Data-centres with high emphasis on efficiency and resiliency.Selected and aligned technology across all portions of the design and with third parties.Involved with the New Zealand Regional Fibre Group in developing standard solutions for New Zealand wide deployment standards in L1/L2 solutions, OSS,BSS and Solution Pricing.Involved with the Ministry of Economic Development's project to create a new Deployment Standards Initiative (DSI) document to approve and regulate the use of and create standards for alternative deployment technologies for FTTh such as Micro-Trenching, Shallow-Trenching and Sewer Deployment.



UK FTTH Consultancy

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Consultant

  • Oct 2002 - May 2010



Geo Networks

• Telecommunications
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Technical Solutions Architect

  • Apr 2009 - Apr 2010

  Involved in the design of a £30m high speed Open Access WDM and dark fibre optic network linking Wales and England.Designed multiple ROADM resilient optically switched WDM networks for the BBC, National Rail and various customers.Designed a 220Km multiple wave DWDM 40Gb submarine link between Wales and Ireland using Raman Optical amplification.Designed a multi-million pound FTTh networks for 3 different cities in the UK and Wales.Performed competitive market analysis with the Welsh Assembly Government against competing ISP's



FibreSpeed

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Solutions Architect

  • Apr 2009 - Apr 2010

  Working to increase the quality and availability of Internet access in Wales by providing Open Access Solutions that will increase the competition in the region. This is a £30m DWDM and ATM network across the North of Wales open to all ISP's.This network provided options for provision of Bitstream, 1-10G light-waves and Dark Fibre. Working to increase the quality and availability of Internet access in Wales by providing Open Access Solutions that will increase the competition in the region. This is a £30m DWDM and ATM network across the North of Wales open to all ISP's.This network provided options for provision of Bitstream, 1-10G light-waves and Dark Fibre.



Inuk Networks

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IPTV Network Engineer

  • Jul 2008 - May 2009

  This company has a network providing IPTV, VoD, VoIP and WEB to nearly 100,000 connected users spread over 40+ universities nationwide. We have recently expanded into Canada, and are now trialling providing services to the domestic market over xDSL.I maintain managed networks and streaming head-ends.Equipment ranges from, Exterity, TriplePlayServices, Amino, Motorola.Cisco, ATI, HP, MS ISA,NetEnforcer. This company has a network providing IPTV, VoD, VoIP and WEB to nearly 100,000 connected users spread over 40+ universities nationwide. We have recently expanded into Canada, and are now trialling providing services to the domestic market over xDSL.I maintain managed networks and streaming head-ends.Equipment ranges from, Exterity, TriplePlayServices, Amino, Motorola.Cisco, ATI, HP, MS ISA,NetEnforcer.



Optilan

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead Design Engineer

  • Jul 2007 - Jul 2008

  12 Month contract designing an £20m network for local body council. including the layout of 160km of fibre infrastructure.This network was a 10Gb fibreoptic network connecting 300 council sites (schools, council offices, sport centers, museums, etc.) and 80 Business Estates within a city and supported VoIP, VoD, IPTV, IP-cam security and consisted of 160km of fibre-optic cable.This network will greatly reduced the communication costs for the council as well as transport costs.Other advantages are the use of RTI bus information and networked control of traffic lights including emergency phasing for ambulances.



Allied Telesis

• United States
• Computer Networking
• 500 - 600 Employee

• TAC Manager EMEA

  • Jul 2005 - Aug 2007

  This role reports to the Global Head of Services Support in the USA and is responsible for maintaining the efficient running of Technical Support Team both Pre and Post Sales for Northern Europe and Post Sales Technical Support for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This role is both a hands on and management role. This role reports to the Global Head of Services Support in the USA and is responsible for maintaining the efficient running of Technical Support Team both Pre and Post Sales for Northern Europe and Post Sales Technical Support for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This role is both a hands on and management role.



Allied Telesyn Research

• Network Engineer CSG

  • Oct 2002 - Jun 2005

  This role reports to the Professional Services Manager and is responsible for assisting in the design of and supporting international clients IP networks. This role reports to the Professional Services Manager and is responsible for assisting in the design of and supporting international clients IP networks.