Obadiah VanVlack
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Experience
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Netagen
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Canada
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Computer Networking Products
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Line Manager
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Mar 2021 - Present
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Printcraft Printing & Office Supplies, Prince Edward County, Picton
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Canada
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Printing Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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IT Manager
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Oct 2015 - Mar 2021
- Responsible for the management of the network and all peripheral equipment including day-to-day maintenance as well as upgrades. - Responsible for the management of the network and all peripheral equipment including day-to-day maintenance as well as upgrades.
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Avaya
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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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Product Manager
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Dec 2009 - Sep 2015
- Solution Leader for the Avaya Aura Feature Pack 4 release, accountable for the overall solution in terms of project deliverables (content, schedule, budget, etc.) - Product ownership for several applications in the Avaya Aura solution suite of components (responsible for sustaining the installed base and new product launches – i.e. full lifecycle management) - Accountable for supporting internal and external teams to ensure the proper positioning/use of products in customer environments - Authored and provided product overviews, tech transfers, product bulletins, technical support solutions, and Knowledge Base articles - Authored clear and concise requirements for product development teams, and prioritized content according to product roadmaps - Led the consolidation of various products into a cohesive solution, retiring legacy products and porting or merging functionality into a single next gen platform - Subject matter expert for legacy applications within the system management suite Show less
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Nortel
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Norway
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Jul 2005 - Nov 2009
- Product ownership for several system management related applications within the Nortel portfolio- Position required daily interaction with cross functional teams internally as well as frequent direct customer meetings to help position the management solutions within Enterprise Voice deployments- Authored product requirement documents and developed product roadmaps- Provided product knowledge transfers to various internal and external teams
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Sep 2000 - Jun 2005
- Provided advanced troubleshooting, peer mentoring, project management, risk analysis, verification, and escalation management- Collaborated with internal and external teams (Distributors, Design, Verification, PLM, Marketing, etc.) to resolve various issues/escalations with Beta and GA software. This often required interaction with both internal and external senior executives.- Provided technical support for various telephony applications:- Worked as a member of the Nortel Enterprise Technical Support Team to provide Level III/IV support for customer reported problems in a 24x7 environment- Provided remote technical support for Nortel system management applications - Provided on-site support for highly escalated customer issues Show less
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System Analyst
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Aug 1998 - Sep 2000
- Developed and maintained custom programs based on the reporting needs of the various departments (via Microsoft Access and Oracle) - Provided technical support to end-users for hardware, software and networking issues - Developed and maintained custom programs based on the reporting needs of the various departments (via Microsoft Access and Oracle) - Provided technical support to end-users for hardware, software and networking issues
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Education
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ITI - Information Technology Institute
Post Grad Diploma, Applied Information Technology -
Brock University
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Neuroscience