George Ballestar

About George Ballestar

Highly motivated and result driven individual with strong history and experience in leadership, management, engineering, and operations. I have held positions in network development, network planning, network design, network implementation and operations. I have the ability and experience to manage the relationships with engineering, operations, Sales Account Executives and customers. With over 25 plus years of experience, I have accumulated expertise in an assortment of technologies from Ethernet, Routing and Switching protocols such as OSPF, BGP, LAN/WAN, Dedicated Internet Access (DIA), EPON, SONET, DWDM/CWDM, Optical Transport systems, Dark Fibers, Wireless Technologies and Data Center. Passionate in developing talent and leading teams to achieve corporate objectives and key results.

Experience

1. Manager Network Engineering

   Charter Communications

   Feb 2018 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Led the Network Engineering Implementation and Operations team in Texas and Florida consisting of highly technical engineers focused on maintaining network reliability. My team is tasked with the development, deployment, and network operations.• Collaborate with Planning and Design team, NOC, Network Security team, Field Operations, ISP, Program Managers and Project Managers.• Managed Capex budget for projects to ensure cost efficiency and meeting deadlines.• Led and supervised multiple and complex projects for network buildout and upgrades.• Vendor management. Maintain good relationships with Cisco, Juniper, Nokia, Ciena, Adtran, RAD and other vendors including identifying potential vendors.• Participate in 24x7 Manager on-call rotations.• Recruit, develop talent, and motivate the team to accomplish corporate goals.• Develop, improve and execute project plans, process, and procedures to improve efficiency.• Provided oversight and direction to ensure network stability and projects are progressing.

Education

• University of Santo Tomas

  B.S. Electronics and Communications Engineering

Skills

• Microwave
• Carrier Ethernet
• Routers
• Dwdm
• Tdm
• Network Design
• Sdh
• Rf
• Computer Network Operations
• 2g
• Los
• Vlan
• Wifi
• Gsm
• Wan
• Lan-Wan
• Transmission
• Tcp/Ip
• Optical Fiber
• Switches
• Juniper
• Sonet
• Lan
• Microwave Radio
• Bts/Rbs
• Routing Protocols
• Ip
• Network Engineering
• Cellular Communications
• Troubleshooting
• Routing
• Engineering
• Fiber Optics
• Vpls
• Networking
• Ran
• Network Operations
• Mpls
• Wcdma
• Umts