Connie W.

About Connie W.

I am a leader with extensive background in IT infrastructure, wireline networks, and telecommunications. I gained experience from major service providers (Sprint, TimeWarner Cable, Telia Carrier, & Verisign). I led solutions/projects serving up to millions of users, Fortune 500 companies, hundreds of corporate and government networks. Others consider me as an enabler & a problem solver to motivate people around me for solution excellence across network, systems engineering infrastructure realm!At Verisign, my leadership in engineering teams has leveraged a robust foundation in network management system & operations automation to drive innovation and efficiency. Our team\'s accomplishments included automating testing for zero trust security applications & certifying software releases from industry-leading vendors like Cisco/Fortinet. This focus on operations automation & vendor collaboration has been pivotal in enhancing our network services excellence for core DNS business. Additionally, this wonderful opportunity to be “product owner” for a dozen critical services has polished my skill in Jira, Agile methodology, risk mitigation approach during 3 major platform migrations. My team\'s delivery on business cases at OneWeb has honed my strategic planning & financial management skills. My wonderful team’s efforts in capacity planning and network modeling have significantly reduced CapEx & OpEx, underlining commitment to cost-effective and scalable solution.At Sprint, I have demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams & collaborating with partners. My desire to serve has grown stronger in helping others to grow, to succeed. Today, I consistently find coaching an extremely rewarding experience. If your organization\'s mission is to achieve goals, solve problems, budget resource, and to grow technical teams to bring out best Output. Let’s have a conversation! Specialities:Technical LeadershipBudget & ForecastChange ManagementInfrastructure Operations AutomationProcess Development & ImprovementProject Management - Agile ScrumRisk MitigationStakeholder RelationshipStrategic PlanningTalent Development Vendor Management - Bid Evaluation, Management, Request For ProposalIn addition: Routing, Switching, Security, Cloud, Data Center, Tooling - Alerting, Monitoring, Observability, Operations Automation, Systems EngineeringIP Network - Development, Design, Engineering, Planning, Deployment, OperationsIT Integration Project Managed Network ServicesTechnology Evaluation & Proof of Concept Testing Threat & Vulnerability Management

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Oci) Gnoc

   Oracle

   Jan 2025 — Present

Education

• George Mason University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Telecommunications

• Purdue University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering

Skills

• Ccie R&S
• Ccie
• Network Engineering
• Networking
• Network Design
• System Architecture
• Vendor Management
• Proof of Concept Test
• Telecommunications
• Managed Services
• Ip
• Ipv4
• Ipv6
• Routing
• Ethernet
• Carrier Ethernet
• Routers
• Mpls
• Routing Protocols
• Cisco Technologies
• Cisco Routers
• Cisco Crs-1/3/X
• Bgp Flowspec
• Netflow | Jflow
• Arbor Peakflow Cp | Deepfield
• Juniper
• Juniper Technologies
• Cacti & Weathermap
• Juniper Qfx Ex
• Netscout | Splunk
• Project Coordination
• Ip Multicast
• Switches
• Cisco Ios Software
• Cisco Ios Xr Software
• Cisco Ios 12000 Routers
• Ios to Ios Xr Migration
• Cisco Ios Xr 12000 Routers
• Vpn
• Itil