John P. Glessner

                                                                                                      710 N. Cherry St. Apt 4

                                                                                                          Ofallon, IL 62269

                                                                                                        Cell: 301-908-0456                                            

 

 

Work Summary:

My telecommunication qualifications include installing, and managing, a wide range of media.

I had over 10 years of Circuit Actions experience during my 20 years as an Air Force Technical Controller.  I operated a large variety of Network Management and test equipment, troubleshot complex CISCO based, worldwide, networks.  I managed teams of installers and circuit technicians installing, removing, changing, and upgrading hundreds of circuits for the Department of Defense. I have been Shift Lead in a large Operations Center while working

11 years for Aeronautical Radio, Inc (ARINC). I am very familiar with shift work.

 

Professional Experience:

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Defense Information Systems Agency Continental United States (DISA CONUS), Scott AFB, IL, Implementation Coordinator (Level-II Equivalent), Mar 1998 – Present, Supervisor:  Michael Cook,

618-229-8820

CIT Coordinator for the installation of numerous NIPRNET, SIPRNET, T-1 and 10MB

circuits. I am presently the CIT POC for DVS-II transition installations, including connections

to the NIPRNET, SIPRNET, and the DSN . I coordinated Fiber Optic Carrier Trunk activations, including OC-3 and OC-12.  I use my extensive troubleshooting and installation expertise to

identify and resolve installation problems when they occur. I coordinate closely with Commercial Carriers and provide circuit activation information to the Defense Information Telecommunication Contracting Office (DITCO) ensuring correct payments are made to commercial telecommunications providers.

 

Aeronautical Radio, Inc (ARINC), Network Operations Center, Annapolis, MD, Network Controller, Jan 1994 – May 2005

Performed software loads on CISCO Routers and BBN message processors. Performed database backups. Monitored and troubleshot several large, worldwide, CISCO based Local Area and Wide Area Networks using various Network Management tools including Netcool, HP Openview, What’s Up Gold and CISCO Works. Troubleshot Frame Relay, ISDN, ATM, and Fast Ethernet. Activated backup connections between local and remote CISCO devices. Troubleshot Internet Web based and FTP issues.  Coordinated with Help Desk, Technical Support, Engineering, and Commercial Carrier personnel as needed, to report outages, resolve outages, and to obtain the reason for the outages.  Used the Remedy Ticketing System to record the outages and to assign the outage to the proper agencies. Escalated the outages in accordance with the local Standard Operating Procedures and the Commercial Vendors’ Service Level Agreements.  Monitored power, water, A/C, fire and facility alarms for ARINC’s local and remote facilities.  Performed troubleshooting of commercial long haul circuits and coordinated with commercial carriers to restore service. Prepared shift schedules, and assigned shift worker positions.

 

 

 

 

U.S. Air Force April 1973 – May 1993

Performed Technical Control, Circuit Actions, and Shift Manager functions at various Air

Force installations worldwide. Activated new data and voice communications systems, and operated test equipment to perform quality control tests, and troubleshoot outages on active networks IAW Defense Information System Agency’s procedures and local policies.

 

 

Security Clearance:

Secret, DISCO Jan 1999

 

Education/Training:

Cisco training courses through Learning Tree in Annapolis Maryland.

AAS Information Systems Technology, Community College of the Air Force,

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 1993,

High Speed Data, Circuit Conditioning Course, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi 1980, Telecommunication Systems Control Course, USAF, 1973

 

 


 

Computer Proficiency:

Hardware: Cisco Routers/Switches, NOCMAN, NetCool, HP Openview, WhatsUp and Racal Datacom CM S400 Network Management Systems, Fast Ethernet, Fiber Optics, FRADS, CSU/DSUs, multiplexers, Modems, Northern Telecom Packet Switches, and Protocol Converters.

 

Protocols: TCP/IP, Fast Ethernet, Token Ring, Frame Relay, ATM, X.25/HDLC, X.75, SLC, BISYNC, 85A1.

 

Customers:

DISA CONUS

DISA NCR

 

Miscellaneous:

T1 Digital Networks, Troubleshooting digital networks, 2001, Cisco Troubleshooting 2000

 

References:

Michael Cook, Team Lead, Circuit Implementation Team, DSN: 779-8820, CMCL: 618-229-8820

Fred Rice, Assistant Vice President, DSN: 779-9998, CMCL: 618-229-9998

 

Employee Number:

70992

 

Security Clearance:

Secret, DISCO, Jan 1999

 

Resume Date:

December 15, 2005

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