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Carlos Villasmil

Miami,FL

Summary

Bilingual (english/spanish) Network Engineer with over 20 years of expertise managing, deploying and maintaining infrastructure and development all over the world in lead and consulting roles. Dedicated technology professional with strong track record of accurately conducting system repairs and troubleshooting. Offering exemplary planning, project management and communication talents.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Network Engineer

Creacomm Switching Corp
01.2005 - Current
  • Designed and implemented a mesh network in Matam, Senegal using SIP/Cellular interfaces to connect the two different networks for 10K+ users with a redundant network hub in Matam, Dakar, Senegal and Miami, FL
  • Constructed a system that virtualized servers for various applications, storage, redundant databases and backup systems
  • Supervised network maintenance team of 10 techs on a daily basis
  • Extensive support experience as a network consultant and cloud VOIP switch provider and integrator for a great diversity of clients of various nationalities in all continents around the world, developing custom solutions in a variety of languages and OS’s
  • Dealt with virtualized environments on a daily basis on a supervisory role as well as hands on when necessary
  • Other jobs have included integrating very diverse systems for data interchange an acquisition such as allowing a website to pull data from different database systems on Linux servers, Windows servers and mainframes.

Chief Engineer & Owner

VCV Communications
01.2000 - 01.2005
  • Designed, developed and implemented TDM and VoIP telecommunications systems for multiple applications including calling card software, customer service and database interactive phone systems along with the whole IT infrastructure to support the services provided
  • Managed a team of 5 engineers and took the company from 1 to 75 employees in 1 year.

COO

Business Technology Services
01.1992 - 01.2000
  • Designed a multinational network of interconnected telecom hubs utilizing technologies including Frame Relay, Satelite, T1 and local networks
  • Integrated the hubs in a centralized and distributed database and application hubs for customer service and network management
  • Expanded the Engineering team from 2 to 10 by the end of my tenure, also helping to increase business revenue by a factor of 100
  • Engaged with an international network of engineers and clients, including South Korea, Spain, China, etc., as the company expanded into emerging markets

Chief Engineer/Owner

Creative Communications
01.1989 - 01.1994
  • Developed a callback system utilizing DID lines and T1 Trunks that allowed telephone callers overseas to leverage affordable international call rates in the U.S
  • By generating a call to a local number in their country from a line in the U.S
  • And then connecting a second line to call to any international or USA number they wanted saving up to 80% of the cost of the call.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Universidad Rafael Urdaneta
Maracaibo, Venezuela

CCNA - Network And System Administration

Cisco
01.2001

Skills

  • LINUX: Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, SUSE (SLES), Cisco VOIP SIP Gateways and network switches
  • WINDOWS: Windows 2008 and 2012 Server, Windows SQL Server, IIS, File Server, Print Server, Office 365
  • PROGRAMMING: PHP, Perl, Web Server (Apache), MySQL, PostgreSQL, PHP, Perl, Python, Batch scripting
  • INFRASTRUCTURE: Network design, Network security, Security appliances (Juniper, Fortinet, Cisco), Security protocols (Firewalls, ACLs, iptables, encryption), VMware, Proxmox, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, IVR, VOIP, BGP, AWS, Azure
  • MISC: Digital electronic design, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Fusion 360, Cura, 3D Printing, Legacy Telephone infrastructure, POTS lines, T1, E1 Trunks, DID, SS7, Kamailio, Freeswitch, avid tinkerer, maker and golfer
  • Systems Integration
  • Firewall Functionality
  • Telecommunications Systems
  • Cisco Equipment Familiarity
  • Project Management
  • Hardware and Software Configuration
  • Disaster Recovery Operations

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Network Engineer

Creacomm Switching Corp
01.2005 - Current

Chief Engineer & Owner

VCV Communications
01.2000 - 01.2005

COO

Business Technology Services
01.1992 - 01.2000

Chief Engineer/Owner

Creative Communications
01.1989 - 01.1994

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Universidad Rafael Urdaneta

CCNA - Network And System Administration

Cisco

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