Brian J. Armknecht
2840 N Lincoln Ave, #H2, Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 551-5960
email: brian AT armknecht DOT com
Verizon Business Chicago, IL
Solutions Engineer July 2007 – Present
- Offers pre-sales consultative engineering support to over 50 national and multinational accounts
- Designs voice and data communications networks using MPLS, IP Trunking, and Ethernet technologies
- Provides support Security Solutions and IT Solutions overlays
- Acts as technical resource for Sales Account Managers
- Presents telecommunications and IT solutions to customers
Senior Planning Engineer September 2000 – June 2007
- Developed and maintained databases to track network capacity, projects timelines, and budgets
- Analyzed and forecasted traffic demands on Verizon Business’ SONET and Ethernet networks to plan for network expansion
- Developed strategic guidelines to standardize Verizon Business’ local network planning and equipment selection
- Provided project leadership and technical knowledge to team members
- Worked with sales teams to design local network solutions to satisfy customers' technical and business needs
- Approved funding for network expansion projects
- Determined project feasibility based on Net Present Value cost and revenue analysis
- Created a network optimization plan based on analysis of network inefficiencies
WorldCom (now Verizon Business) Vienna, VA
Senior Implementation Engineer March 2000 – September 2000
· Supervised team of six implementation engineers
- Met with equipment vendors to review product specifications
- Selected equipment vendor for network expansion projects based on engineering and budgeting requirements
- Managed engineering project timelines
- Resolved engineering problems and customer concerns
- Interviewed, hired, and trained new engineers
WorldCom (now Verizon Business) Vienna, VA
Implementation Engineer October 1998 – March 2000
- Met with customers to identify their project specifications and bandwidth needs
- Designed fiber optic systems to meet customer needs within power, space, and fiber loss constraints
- Engineered Washington, DC citywide OC48C network for UUNET
MFS Network Technologies Vienna, VA
Systems Engineer June 1997 - October 1998
- Surveyed customer sites to determine feasibility of equipment installations
- Authored telecom installation specifications
- Generated AutoCAD drawings of equipment racks
Northwestern University Evanston, IL
M.S. in Information Technology, June 2006
Courses included in this program:
- Financial Management for IT Professionals
- Probability and Statistical Methods
- Communications Networks
- Wireless Technologies
- Managing Technology Development and Innovation
- Strategic Marketing
- Database, Information and Decision Support Systems
- Enterprise Application Integration
Bradley University Peoria, IL
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 1997
Samara State Aerospace University Samara, Russia
Study abroad program in Russian language and history, June-July 1994
- Fujitsu FW4500, Nortel 3500
- Cisco 15454
- Avanex DWDM
- Movaz OADM
- Tellabs 8860 and Tellabs 7100
- Tellabs 5500 WBDXC
- Alcatel 1680 BBDXC
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Office
- Clementine
- Visio
- AutoCAD