Aaron Stroman Professional Engineer Senior Solutions Engineer with educational background in computer science and electrical engineering. Eleven years of IT and Telecommunications experience in customer facing roles. Work Experience Senior Solutions Engineer Unite Private Networks Service provider offering fiber-based business services across 22 states April 2019 - Present • Sales presentations of UPN based solutions to customer decision makers • Pre-sales design of Internet and Metro Ethernet services delivery • Forming and maintaining customer relationships through the sales process • Initial fiber design and cost analysis for pre-sales purposes • Economic analysis of new opportunities to qualify business case • Positioning UPN solutions to meet customer requirements • Assisting customers with combining UPN solutions with other services to meet current and future service needs • Interfacing across organizational boundaries to assist in the sales process • Showcasing technical knowledge to highlight company value Consulting Network Engineer N-Com, Inc. Telecommunications consulting engineering firm based in Lubbock, TX June 2010 - April 2019 • Design and implementation of projects with budgets in excess of 1 million dollars from the RFP through the implementation and testing phase. • Hands on design and implementation of ISP core routing upgrades, regional transport networks, Metro Ethernet services, and hybrid SONET/Ethernet services delivery. • Maintained positive client relationships with diverse group of client rural ISPs • Design of Telecommunications networks to serve telephone service, DSL service, and Fiber to The Premise service • Design of Metro Ethernet and SLA circuits across multiple client networks and transport technologies • Preliminary design and OPC preparation for client projects • Preparation of RFPs for telecommunication equipment deployments • Contract negotiation for large equipment orders on behalf of clients • Implementation of new telecommunications equipment including Ethernet Switches, IP Routing, VoIP and TDM telephony as well as integration with client’s existing equipment • Acceptance testing with vendors to verify equipment installed and implemented as required by RFPs • Management of projects throughout design, implementation and testing • Assisted clients transitioning customers and services from legacy TDM equipment to Ethernet/IP based equipment • Assisted clients troubleshooting issues relating to Ethernet switching, IP routing and broadband access equipment • Method of Procedure (MOP) design to minimize downtime and risk during network equipment migrations • Scripting support for hosted DDOS mitigation service Education ______________________________________________________________________ B.S. Computer Engineering Texas Tech University 2007 - 2010 A Computer Engineering program with electives in both Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Senior electives included microprocessor design and test engineering. Licensure/Certification ______________________________________________________________________ Licensed Professional Engineer Texas Board of Professional Engineers 2015 - Present Cisco Certified Network Associate (Routing and Switching) Cisco Oct 2019 - Oct 2021 AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Amazon Nov 2019 - Nov 2022 | Contact Details ______________________________ Phone: 806.370.1524 Email: aaron.l.stroman@gmail.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/astroman444 Professional Skills ______________________________ Sales/Solutions Engineering Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Network Architecture Network Engineering Project management Building client relationships Network troubleshooting and outage resolution MOP design and implementation RFP Writing and Analysis Linux server administration Network diagrams and documentation Networking Skills ______________________________ ISP Ethernet Core and Access network design Metro Ethernet Circuit Design Core Routing | DWDM Transport SONET Multiplexing | FOADM SONET Transport | OTN VoIP | Netflow | G.8032 ERPS Ethernet | DHCP | SNMP Network Equipment Experience ______________________________ Cisco IOS Dell/Force10 FTOS Calix C7, E7, B6 Accedian Infinera DTN Adtran TA5000 Adtran OPTI-6100 Adtran ONE Adtran DWDM BTI/Juniper DWDM Cambium Wireless Virtualization with Xenserver Linux servers Programming Skills ______________________________ C# and .NET, Python, BASH, Xamarin, Android, Git |