Jim Durkin - Building Multiservice Transport Networks

Jim Durkin
John Goodman
Ron Harris
Frank Fernandez-Posse
Michael Rezek
Mike Wallace

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Building Multiservice Transport Networks

Jim Durkin, John Goodman, Ron Harris, Frank Fernandez-Posse, Michael Rezek, Mike Wallace

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Jim Durkin is a Senior Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems and is a specialist in optical transport technologies. Jim has more than 17 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, involving design and implementation of voice, data, and optical networks. He started his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Jim has a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds the Optical Specialist, CCNA, and CCIP certifications from Cisco Systems.

John Goodman is a Senior Systems Engineer with Cisco Systems, supporting network solutions for service providers. He has spent 13 years in the planning, design, and implementation of optical transport networks. He has a Bachelors degree in electrical engineering from Auburn University, and holds the Cisco Optical Specialist and CCNA certifications. John lives with his wife and two daughters in Tennessee.

Ron Harris is a Senior Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems and is a specialist in optical transport technologies. As a systems engineer for the last 6 years, Ron has worked with various service providers, Regional Bell Operating Companies, and energy/utilities company in the design and specifications of optical networks. He has amassed more than 18 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Before joining Cisco in 2000, Ron worked as a technical sales consultant for Lucent Technologies where he led a team of sales engineers responsible for the sale of next-generation optical fiber and DWDM to transport providers. Before joining Lucent, he worked for several years in various engineering roles at a leading telecommunications provider in the Southeastern United States. Ron has earned an MBA from the University of Alabama at Huntsville, and a Bachelors degree in computer and information sciences from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is presently Cisco certified as an Optical Specialist I, CCNP, and CCIP.