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Broadlands VA • Founder and Principal
April 2005 - Present

Specializing in advanced IP routing, Joe Conway has been involved in the planning, design, and implementation of dozens of IP Networks throughout North America. He presently supports an enterprise network with over 5000 routers and points of presence in all fifty states and has twice deployed nationwide IP backbones; once for the March of Dimes secondly for Net2000 Communications a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) based in Northern Virginia. Joe has been implementing and supporting complex IP networks since 1997.


Verizon Business
Ashburn, VA • Senior IP Engineer, CCIE (Contract)
April 2005 – Present

Providing engineering & technical support to Verizon Business’s customer the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). Responsible for the deployment of DOI’s Enterprise Services Network (ESN)

• BGP configurations which connect ESN to the Internet • BGP configurations connecting Enterprise Equipment to Verizon’s MPLS transit network • BGP configurations which connect the DOI’s Bureau’s to ESN • Responsible for Internet Firewall redesign and implementation • Responsible for numerous Enterprise projects such as: NAT Teardown, ESN’s Extranet Solution, DOI Bureau WAN redesign’s • Provide tier three support to DOI’s 24/7 Network Operations& Security Center (NOSC)



SAIC
Falls Church, VA • Senior Systems Engineer, CCIE
Aug 2004 - April 2005

Provided on-site support and leadership to NIH Center for Information Technology (CIT). Responsibilities included:

• Redesign of NIH Enterprise network architecture • Implementation of CWDM technology into the NIH Metro Area Network (MAN) • Upgrade of the NIH Wide Area Network (WAN)


AAC
Vienna, VA • Senior Network Engineer (Contract)
Feb 2004 - April 2004

• Responsible for Wide Area and Local Area Network upgrades to support VOIP solutions • Designed and configured OSPF routed Enterprise with multiple non-zero areas


First Virginia Bank FSI
Falls Church, VA • Lead Telecommunications Programmer Analyst
Sept 2002 - Oct 2003

Reported to VP of Telecommunications and managed in-house engineering team of four, responsibilities included:

• 450-site Wide Area Network made up of branch banks, customer service centers, and stand alone automated teller machines (ATMs) utilizing TCP/IP, DLSW, SNA, IPX/SPX accessing legacy IBM mainframe • Provided BGP and EIGRP configuration and maintenance expertise • Enterprise migration from IPX/SPX and SNA to an all-IP environment • Local area network architecture upgrades (from Token Ring to Fast Ethernet) • Bi-annual disaster recovery exercises


FCI
Sterling, VA • Technical Lead, Analyst (Contract)
Nov 2001 - May 2002

Provided technical expertise on site at the Pentagon in the review of sixty three (63) responses to the Army’s RFI for the Army Enterprise Infrastructure Transformation Project (AEIT)


Net2000
Herndon, VA • Senior Manager of Data Engineering
Jan 1999 - Oct 2001

A Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) and nationwide provider of Voice and Data solutions to business customers.

• Responsible for the Data engineering group, made up of thirteen Net2000 engineers with the support of five contractors • Designed and implemented nationwide IP backbone, utilizing BGP and OSPF
EDUCATION & TRAINING Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) # 13468 2004 Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert Voice written exam, 2007 Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert R&S written exam, 2002, 2006 Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP) 2007 Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) 1999 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) 1999 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) 1998 BS in Business Administration CNU, 1981