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Timothy Connors

Timothy Connors

Lead Voice Engineer
Houston,TX

Summary

Versatile and adaptable Solutions Specialist with a wealth of experience working with customers to design, deliver and support profitable, reliable business communication solutions. A research-based, analytical skillset with a focus on migrating legacy PBX environments to cloud-based UCaaS/CCaaS platforms. Capable of communicating, designing and implementing complex ideas to help optimize business processes and increase production. Focused on client relationships, reviewing analytical data and designing global solutions for international business groups. Proven track record of high performance and substantial achievements with solid functional knowledge and technical expertise. Consistently praised and acknowledged for performance, consistency, and professionalism.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Voice Engineer

Tokio Marine HCC
Houston, TX
06.2016 - Current

▪ Oversaw the Avaya IP Office SE environment for 1200+ end users, which included monitoring performance and operational stability of Avaya servers, session border controllers, and SIP circuits.
▪ Led the migration of 3500+ end users globally to the Fuze voice platform (UCaaS) with responsibility for the design, implementation, and support of end-user accounts, voice call flows, local & toll-free number porting, and training.
▪ Migrated 50+ contact center agents to the Nice InContact CXone environment, collaborated with the Nice InContact design team, and received Nice InContact CXone training.
▪ Recorded user support activities, such as system problems, corrective actions, resolution status, and completed change requests via ServiceNow.
▪ Created an in-house VoIP Migration Playbook that allowed the team to anticipate, schedule, and complete critical milestones pertinent to the on-time delivery of new VoIP business solution rollouts.
▪ Spearheaded the deployment & support of Poly video conferencing systems globally and security remediation on telecom servers.

Telecommunications Technician

Texan Telecom
Houston, TX
01.2001 - 05.2016
  • Installed over (50) Avaya IP Office business
    telephone systems for SMBs in SE Louisiana during 2015.
  • Developed expertise in design, installation and
    support of Avaya IP Office, Avaya VM Pro, Avaya IPOCC and
    Avaya SIP endpoints.
  • Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees.
  • Traveled nationally for Avaya Partners to provide installation and support services with a focus on the Avaya IP Office platform.
  • Developed expertise in termination and testing of coaxial, copper and fiber optics cabling.
  • Provided local support for national service companies seeking a technical presence in Houston and surrounding areas. Performed Move/Add/Changes on Avaya Definity, Nortel Meridian & Option 11 pbxs.

Skills

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Accomplishments

✓ Successfully upgraded an existing Avaya IP Office SE environment with 600+ end-user accounts, (12) remote offices and (3) SIP circuits, Avaya servers (primary, secondary, contact center), IP endpoints, contact center agent interfaces, and operator soft console applications.
✓ Conducted annual Disaster Recovery (DR) testing on all IT infrastructure platforms, coordinated assistance of onsite engineers remotely to verify the successful transition and testing of inbound call treatments (call flows), outbound call routing, and IP endpoint failover/fallback registration, and verified that Avaya process performed as configured.
✓ Migrated business units off their existing business telephone systems and onto the corporate Avaya environment to centralize support, management, and expenditures before voice system contracts expiring or business units moving into new facilities and eliminated their need for local voice support contracts, telco circuits, and support personnel.
✓ Successfully migrated all US offices over 18 months which included 1200+ end users, 1000+ local numbers, 1000+ Jabra headsets, 100+ Polycom Trio conference room phones, and 50+ Poly Studio video conferencing units from the existing Avaya IP Office SE (server edition) on-prem Avaya solution and onto a cloud-hosted Unified Communications platform (UCaaS) named Fuze.

Timeline

Lead Voice Engineer

Tokio Marine HCC
06.2016 - Current

Telecommunications Technician

Texan Telecom
01.2001 - 05.2016
Timothy ConnorsLead Voice Engineer