Network Engineering & Operations Consultant
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Router Mastermind (Network Consultant) at neoTactics, Inc
- Founder & CEO at Carbon Labs, Inc
- Past
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- Director of Operations at CGNET Services International
- Network Engineer at Openwave, Inc
- Customer Advocate (Sales Support Engineer) at Netli, Inc
- NOC Manager at Netli
- Network Engineer at iVMG
- Network Engineer at GlobalCenter
- Network Engineer at Global Center
- Network Engineer at Global Crossing
- QA Engineer at Starvox, Inc
- Instructor at Master's Institute
- Bookseller at Computer Literacy
- Education
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- Masters Institute
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Edward Miller’s Summary
With 10 years of experience in technical operations, I'm getting into consulting. I like helping people grow and scale businesses.
Edward Miller’s Specialties:
Partnering with people and organizations to turn ideas into products and services. Developing People, Process, and Procedures.
My strengths according to the Gallup Strengths Finder:
1. Competition: Performance is the ultimate yardstick.
2. Activator: When can we start?
3. Focus: Where are we headed?
4. Command: Candid but effective.
5. Strategic: Finding patterns in complexity.
Edward Miller’s Experience
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Router Mastermind (Network Consultant)
neoTactics, Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2007 — Present (8 months)
Developing routing architectures for startups. Troubleshooting complex network problems for enterprises. Meeting with technical people and writing documents.
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Founder & CEO
Carbon Labs, Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Nanotechnology industry)
August 2001 — Present (6 years 10 months)
Invented NanoFusion; a novel process for Nuclear Fusion.
Research and development of novel nanoscale materials. Developed research relationships with Professors from Yale University, University of Texas, Washington University, and others. Developed synthesis partnerships with leading chemical companies. -
Director of Operations
CGNET Services International
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2006 — September 2007 (11 months)
Helped non-profits leverage technology to make the world better. Found ways to improve and enhance systems to support CGNET's customers. Solved numerous long standing problems. Developed people, process, and procedures. Implemented documentation and knowledge base. Partnered with PG&E on VMWare Energy Efficiency Initiative.
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Network Engineer
Openwave, Inc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OPWV; Computer Software industry)
April 2006 — September 2006 (6 months)
Contracted for network engineering work. Fixed Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switches , Cisco Routers, and Juniper, Netscaler, and Cisco VPNs.
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Customer Advocate (Sales Support Engineer)
Netli, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 2 months)
Accelerated customer implementations by 200% (120 days down to 60 days). Introduced critical partner accounts. Setup automated testing systems, scripts and alerting to monitor performance and availability. Reported to management about customer accounts and customer issues. Established partnerships with industry leaders.
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NOC Manager
Netli
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2002 — March 2004 (1 year 9 months)
Built the world's first Application Delivery Network. Deployed Netli service network consisting of over 150 servers in 8 countries. Developed redundant architecture and configuration. Managed 24x7 Network Operations Center. Implemented standardized procedures and knowledge base. Met with management to discuss operational issues.
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Network Engineer
iVMG
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; iip; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2000 — April 2001 (1 year)
Built the world's first carrier-class QoS network. Configured and installed network equipment at five data centers comprised of Juniper M-40's and Cisco GSR's. Setup 24x7 Network Operations Center. Setup a global frame relay backup network. Setup Micromuse NetCool monitoring system on Sun Solaris servers for monitoring.
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Network Engineer
GlobalCenter
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; FRO, GBLX, GX; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1999 — May 2000 (1 year)
Led a group of 6 engineers in providing support for co-located customers. Provided 4th level escalation support to regional Network Operations Centers. Operations support for first production MPLS/IP/Sonet network. Facilitated problem resolution with major ISPs. Let operational involvement in resolving Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on Yahoo. Change management of network maintenances and coordination as well as new network installations.
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Network Engineer
Global Center
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
June 1999 — July 1999 (2 months)
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Network Engineer
Global Crossing
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
June 1999 — July 1999 (2 months)
LinkedIn can't see different company formats, ie GlobalCenter vs Global Center, GlobalCrossing vs Global Crossing.
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QA Engineer
Starvox, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 3 months)
Tested Voice over IP product for enterprise networks. Automated testing systems. Met with project managers and software engineers. Technical presentations to partners and customers. Redesigned corporate network.
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Instructor
Master's Institute
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 1998 — July 1998 (7 months)
Network Technologies introductory class covering high-level communications systems. Delivered instruction to students who were struggling to keep pace with current materials. Explained technologies related to Novell Netware, Microsoft Windows NT and overall Network Technologies.
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Bookseller
Computer Literacy
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Research industry)
September 1997 — November 1997 (3 months)
Sold, read, and purchased computer books.
Edward Miller’s Education
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Masters Institute
AS, Systems Administration, January 1997 — June 1998
- Activities and Societies:
- Novell, Microsoft, SUN training for CNA, CNE, MCP, MCSE, and Solaris. Additional training in standard scholastic areas including reading, writing, mathematics.
Additional Information
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Edward Miller’s Interests:
Reading: Biographies, Business, Chemistry, History, Military History, Philosophy, Physics, Science. Sports: Snowboarding, Wakeboarding, Kiteboarding Tech: Chemistry, High Power Rocketry.
Edward Miller’s Groups:
Business: bases, Churchill Club
Science: Berkeley Nano, CL-20, ERPS, FAS, NCNano, SVBase, UT Austin
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Renewable Energy Business Network member
Edward Miller’s Contact Settings
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