Richard Ferchen
Strategic Network Operations & Engineering Executive ⇨ Driving Strategies to Improve Operational Efficiency and Create Technical & Business Solutions
- Role
- Vice President (VP) - Network Engineering at Momentum
- Location
- Lorain, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Richard Ferchen
Strategic network operations and engineering executive with over 20 years’ experience…
Experience
Vice President (VP) - Network Engineering
Sep 2019 — Present · Westlake, OH, US
Oversee all technical aspects of the Momentum Customer Network, working with Finance and company officers to maintain financial controls. Design and implement infrastructure and processes supporting multiple large enterprise solutions sales. Design, implement, and maintain 70+ network PoPs nationwide. Served as the technology expert for migrating 500 DCT customers’ assets to Momentum in less than 11 months. Merged 15 remote engineering personnel into 1 unified team and took advantage of underutilized resources. Reduced overall personnel by 10% by realigning product efforts and improved support and implementation response times by 50%. Consolidated and streamlined network after auditing & standardizing design & enforcement of consistent PoP implementation processes. Activated 6 new Network PoPs in less than 6 weeks after partnering with a large Fortune 50 company on several U.S. government projects. Designed automation in Salesforce, accelerating the exchange of information between Finance, Sales, and Customer Support.
Education
Liberty University
BA
State University of New York at Buffalo
Bachelor of Science (BS)
University of Arkansas
Graduate Coursework
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Graduate Coursework
University of Rhode Island
Graduate Coursework
University at Buffalo
Acoustic Engineering
Skills
- Isdn
- Wan
- Program Management
- Wireless Technologies
- Stage Lighting
- Troubleshooting
- Systems Engineering
- Unified Communications
- Tcp/Ip
- Pro Tools
- Embedded Software
- Ivr
- Media Gateways
- Sip
- Pbx
- Rtp
- Networking
- Telephony
- Wireless
- Broadcast
- Ethernet
- Clearcase
- Premiere
- Video Production
- Gateway
- Enterprise Software
- Stage Management
- Telecommunications
- Embedded Systems
- Ip
- Integration
- Software Development
- Vxworks
- Live Sound
- Project Management
- Testing
- Voip
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