Brian J. Armknecht

brian@armknecht.com

E X P E R I E N C E

Verizon Business Chicago, IL

IT Solutions Architect January 2011 – Present

  1. Offers pre-sales consultative IT architecture and engineering to Fortune 500 companies
  2. Prepares and delivers technical presentations to customers on topics including cloud computing, virtualization, application hosting, application management, and data center colocation
  3. Develops detailed customer data center diagrams
  4. Engages Professional Services groups to provide complex multi-technology solutions

Solutions Engineer July 2007 – December 2010

  1. Provided sales engineering support to over 50 national and multinational accounts
  2. Designed voice and data communications networks using MPLS, sip trunking, and Ethernet technologies
  3. Responsible for developing and presenting telecommunications, security, and information technology solutions to customers
  4. Acted as technical resource for Sales Account Managers and team members


 

Senior Planning Engineer September 2000 – June 2007

  1. Developed and maintained databases to track network capacity, projects timelines, and budgets
  2. Analyzed and forecasted traffic demands on Verizon Business’ SONET, DWDM, and Ethernet networks to plan for network expansions
  3. Developed strategic guidelines to standardize Verizon Business’ local network planning and equipment selection
  4. Created network optimization plans based on analysis of network inefficiencies
  5. Approved funding for network expansion projects
  6. Determined project financial feasibility based on Net Present Value cost and revenue analysis


 

WorldCom (now Verizon Business) Vienna, VA

Senior Implementation Engineer March 2000 – September 2000

  1. Supervised team of six implementation engineers
  2. Met with equipment vendors to review product specifications
  3. Selected equipment vendor for network expansion projects based on engineering and budgeting requirements
  4. Managed engineering project timelines
  5. Interviewed, hired, and trained new engineers


 

Implementation Engineer October 1998 – March 2000

  1. Met with customers to identify their project specifications and bandwidth needs
  2. Designed fiber optic systems to meet customer needs within power, space, and fiber loss constraints
  3. Engineered Washington, DC citywide OC48C network for UUNET


 

MFS Network Technologies Vienna, VA

Systems Engineer June 1997 - October 1998

  1. Surveyed customer sites to determine feasibility of equipment installations
  2. Authored telecom installation specifications
  3. Generated AutoCAD drawings of equipment racks

E D U C A T I O N

Northwestern University Evanston, IL

M.S. in Information Technology, June 2006

Courses included in this program:

  1. Communications Networks
  2. Wireless Technologies
  3. Strategic Marketing
  4. Managing Technology Development and Innovation
  5. Financial Management for IT Professionals
  6. Enterprise Application Integration
  7. Information Security and Assurance
  8. Probability and Statistical Methods
  9. Database, Information and Decision Support Systems


 

Bradley University Peoria, IL

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 1997

Study abroad in Russian language and history, Samara State Aerospace University, summer 1994