Raul Gomez

Public Company; 201-500 employees; NRTLQ; Telecommunications industry

February 1998 – December 2009 (11 years 11 months)

Provide technical planning, technology consulting and Engineering support regarding network designs (Optical, LAN, WAN, VoIP and Unified Communications), standards and business case justifications for corporate accounts. In addition nine year team member of Product Line Manager advisory council for feature prioritization and justification of future-release products.

Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DJ; Online Media industry

January 1997 – January 1998 (1 year 1 month)

· Design, configure, test and troubleshoot complex Local/Wide Area Networks, which utilizes the standard communication protocol,
TCP/IP.
· Participate in equipment evaluation studies and review analysis tools used for troubleshooting new technology.
· Perform functional and regression testing for new releases of router code to resolve technical performance issues.
· Provide Global support and training to Junior Engineers, Network Operations and external sites (Toronto, London, Singapore and
South Brunswick) staff on an as needed basis.
· Evaluate customers' business requirements to develop timely and efficient network solutions.
· Primary interface with network equipment vendors.

January 1996 – January 1997 (1 year 1 month)

Network Planning and Design
· Design, configure, test and troubleshoot complex LAN/WAN and Switch networks, which utilizes the standard communication
protocol, TCP/IP.
· Liaise directly with Users on discussion levels for projects.
· Plan all configurations and provide appropriate documentation to support Operation groups for implementation.
· Participate in equipment evaluation studies and review analysis tools used for troubleshooting new technology.
· Review new and proposed applications to determine how it will run on our existing networks.
· Provide support and training to Network Operations and external sites; staff on an as needed basis.
· Represent Network Planning and Design on LAN advisory Board.

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NYX; Financial Services industry

June 1987 – October 1996 (9 years 5 months)

•Design, implement and manage high bandwidth/throughput, redundant Local Area Networks at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and American Stock Exchange (AMEX).
•Design, configure, test and troubleshoot the complex Integrated Technology Plan (ITP) networks, which utilizes the standard communication protocols, TCP/IP.
•Perform functional and regression testing for new releases of router code to resolve technical performance issues.
•Evaluate customers’ business requirements to develop timely and efficient network solutions.
•Guide Project Engineers in the design, test and implementation of new networks.
•Interact extensively with sales representatives, development and technical support teams. Define functional specifications for the vendor, which include critical task lists, trouble lists, and enhancement lists.