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Keith
Alan Plourd |
(603) 522-6867 (Home) |
Education:
BS Electrical & Computer Engineering,
Certifications:
Radio
Spectrum Management through the
Clearance:
SECRET 1985
-1999
July 2007 – Present, January 2005 – June 2006 Nationwide
Business Services
As an
information technology resource, I provide systems and database
administration, process improvement and account tracking, maintain and
reconcile three local databases, maintain three web sites, ensure the
efficiency of a small staff of employees and implement security aspects of
sensitive financial transactions. I also
write scripts that edit financial data to rigid data integrity requirements.
July 2006 – July 2007, September 1999 – April 2003 -
Independent Consultant – The Networked Systems Shepherd
For an Internet appliance
manufacturer startup, I provided software quality assurance services, writing
and executing automated test scripts and manual test procedures
on Win32 and Unix hosts (several flavors), and documenting test plan,
procedures and reports. I successfully
integrated several tests into one that would detect the character of the device
under test and select the appropriate tests to apply. I accomplished much of this work through a
VPN from my home office with cable Internet access. I survived two reductions in force as a
contractor.
For other customers, I supported a state senatorial campaign
in the compensated role of Staff Coordinator, I developed course material
(“Power Windows”) for continuing education students, I provided router
configuration support for a major networking magazine, I provided continuing
technical support for a previous employer and developed, tested and taught a
browser and email course entitled, “Surfing Seniors” for community elders.
April 2003 – December 2004 - Shaw’s Ridge Equipment – Setup
Technician
As a setup technician, I prepared home
equipment for sale to customers. Setup
included working with mechanical, hydraulic and electrical systems on lawn
and commercial tractors and related power equipment.
October
1989 - August 1999 - Synetics, Inc. – Senior Engineer
I designed, specified and
programmed an SNMP poller using tcl
and extensions. The poller
used a wholly-scripted discovery function that could focus on a specific
community, determine all paths to destination hosts, eliminate redundant or
“ghost” elements and find intermediate devices.
As a truly matrixed senior engineering resource, I worked several company
contracts. I provided planning,
configuration, implementation, security accreditation and maintenance support
for a wide variety of information technology resources, systems and customers. Such systems included a multimedia theater,
an NT 4.0 and WinFrame/Citrix server farm, FDDI and
CATV backbones, a web server, telecommunication infrastructure, video material
authoring systems, a RealNetworks audio/video server
and a messaging server (Microsoft Exchange).
I gathered telephony and
data communications requirements to put together a vision for a future
unemployment insurance call desk and co-drafted a telephone
claims architecture. I delivered a
report that characterized network traffic for a 2,500-node campus. I installed and used network management
systems (HP OpenView, Cisco
I personally managed the
installation of wide area network (WAN) nodes, concentrators, and Cisco Systems
routers, configured core and WAN routers to support network expansion, revised internal network
router filtering and built packet-level firewalls. I integrated several CAD workstations,
tablets, a tape backup system and an electrostatic plotter into a local area
network.
Customers included a
Naval Air base in
1985 – 1989 - Automated Sciences Group, Inc. (ASG) - Network
Specialist/Electronics Engineer
I co-authored a network
design specification. I managed a
six-member software development team mimicking a hardware interface using SQL
queries against a relational Oracle database and coordinated task requirements
with technical staff, including a four-member subcontractor team.
I provided engineering
and network development support, developed network monitoring tools to aid
network management, reviewed redesign of the broad-band radio frequency cable
plant, analyzed and developed T1 data communication requirements and
specifications, prepared specifications and plans to implement upgraded digital
data (T1) terminations and updated and edited maintenance procedures manuals
for T1 data communication services.
1979 – 1985 - Private Radio
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission - Electronics Engineer
As a degreed engineer at
the FCC, I authored rule-making decisions that codified rules for narrowband
voice communication, digital voice and data and high frequency
communication. I also served as a
technical consultant on issues of land mobile radio emissions requirements and
radio system design feasibility. This
work required me to coordinate often with FCC staff attorneys, to perform
intersystem interference analyses and radio spectrum loading studies and to
personally present recommendations to the Commission.
I provided rule
interpretations to public inquiries and prepared correspondence to Congressmen
and other Federal agencies. I reviewed
rule making dockets, association filings and documents prepared by staff of the
other FCC operating bureaus. I provided
technical and legal consultation to the PRB licensing activity in
1979 - Department of Commerce,
National Telecommunications And Information
Administration - Radio Spectrum Manager Intern
At NTIA, I received training and
certification for radio spectrum management to prepare me to serve at the
Federal Communications Commission.
1977 – 1979 :: Sonic Sciences, Inc. - Electronics Engineer
1977 :: Winder Transportation
Systems - Test Technician
I assisted in preparing
rapid transit vehicles for sale to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority.
1975 – 1976 ::
Marimont, Inc. - Electronics Equipment Repair
Technician
While working through school, I obtained a Master
Radio and Television Technician License from the