Arden Packeer

Current

Cisco Systems Instructor at Excom Education

Past

Network & Systems Integration Contractor at Ericsson Australia
Senior Systems Enginer at Ericsson Ireland
Systems Integrator at Ericsson Australia

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Education

Monash University
Cisco Systems Career Certifications
Linux Certifications

Security Certifications

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Industry

Computer Networking

Websites

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Arden Packeer’s Summary

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I manage the Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (CCSI) Group:
http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/111031/79AD01581FF5

Arden Packeer’s Specialties:

CCIE #20716 (R&S), CCNP, CCDP, RHCE, IP & IP Routing, LAN Switching, Telephony and VoIP, WAN networking, MPLS, ATM, Quality of Service (QoS), Designing Network Architectures, Network Management Systems, OSS, Linux & Unix, Virtulization.

Arden Packeer’s Experience

Cisco Systems Instructor

Excom Education

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

November 2004 — Present (3 years 10 months)

Currently working for Excom as a Cisco trainer (CCSI #31090) and networking subject matter expert.

This role includes presentation and delivery of authorized Cisco and Linux training courses for both technical and non-technical groups, including pre/post techincal support.

Provide network design, configuration management and support of nationwide network infrastructure incorporating Cisco routers and switches, an MPLS WAN architecture, and the VoIP and QoS infrastructure.
Network & Systems Integration Contractor

Ericsson Australia

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

February 2004 — September 2004 (8 months)

Returned to Australia after completing my contract for Ericsson Ireland. Once again took up a contract with Ericsson Australia as a support engineer for MN-OSS. Major projects I worked on included the Network Management System for the Ericsson Network Operations Centre (NOC) in Sydney.

This entailed pre-sales work, including client consultation and requirements analysis, through to integration of crucial Ericsson network backbone equipment to the Network Management Systems (NMS). The NOC NMS system managed equipment from multiple vendors including Hutchison Telecom, and Unwired Australia.
Senior Systems Enginer

Ericsson Ireland

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

May 2003 — December 2003 (8 months)

After Ericsson AsiaPacific Labs in Australia closed down, I took up a position with Ericsson Ireland. My role was to provide installation and product support on Ericsson's Network Management Systems (NMS), Operation Support Systems (OSS) and Connection Manager (CMG) products.

Our major client was British Telecom, and the role involved installation, integration and testing with British Telecoms network management systems which included a complex hetrogeneous network of Ericsson ATM Switches, Cisco and Juniper routers and switches.
Systems Integrator

Ericsson Australia

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

January 2001 — April 2003 (2 years 4 months)

I joined Ericsson Australia as part of their graduate program and worked in the Regional Solutions Center (RSC) for Ericsson AsiaPacific Labs.

My role involved Design, Implementation and Maintenance of Ericsson Network Management Solutions including Network Surveillance (HP OpenView, Evidian OpenMaster), Configuration Management (AXD, ATM, Cisco, Juniper), Asset Management (Remedy ARS, Oracle), Performance Management and Security Management.

This entailed pre-sales work, including client consultation and requirements analysis, through to integration of crucial Ericsson network backbone equipment to the Network Management Systems.

Successful projects include Network Management systems for StarHUB Singapore, Digi Telecom Malaysia (resulting in a 30% reduction in trouble tickets), Indosat Indonesia, and Hutchison Telecommunications Australia.

Arden Packeer’s Education

Monash University

B. Sc, Computer Science, 1997 — 2001
Cisco Systems Career Certifications

Routing & Switching, Design

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE: #20716) R&S
Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (CCSI #31090)
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco Certified Sales Expert (CSE)

Currently striving for CCIE Voice certification in 2008.
Linux Certifications

Red Hat Certified Engeer (RHCE).
Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT)
Novell Certified Linux Engineer (CLE9)
Novell Certified Linux Professional (CLP9)
Security Certifications

Checkpoint Certified Systems Administrator (CCSA)
Comptia Security+

Additional Information

Arden Packeer’s Websites:

My Website

Arden Packeer’s Interests:

Networking, Linux & Unix, Security, Investing, Entrepreneurship, Reading and Cricket

Arden Packeer’s Groups:

Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Networkworld, IT Professionals, http://ardenpackeer.com, Cisco Technical Users Group