Richard ROBERTS	
NETWORK ENGINEER	((mobile)	33 6.03.55.36.08
CISCO EXPERT								
Telecom engineering degree (France) equiv. Msc

Date of Birth : 17 Feb 1974, single
58 rue de DINAN
35000 RENNES - France

- STRONG TROUBLESHOOTING SKILLS (CISCO)
- NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (ROUTING, SIZING..)
- WIDE MULTIPROTOCOL KNOWLEDGE


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
		
1998-2000 For GERPI - GROUPE ALTRAN  at  France TELECOM Transpac - GLOBAL ONE.
. Level 2 Cisco Technical Support (1998)  and Level 3 (1999)
. Cisco Expert (99-00).

 . Internal Consulting for pre-sale architecture design. (inc. Largescale network design
          and validation).
 . Consulting for architecture specifications and router configuration (Routing & Backup)
         for large companies (banking, car manufacturing industry: 500-2000 routers).
    - Specification for an architecture requiring strict Quality of Service  management
      (Customer: Consulting - 200 routers).
    - Currently :  Study and specification for the deployment of IP Multicast on a large ADSL/ISDN 
      network (Customer Insurance : 5000 routers).

 Troubleshooting Activity is focused on the resolution of major problems occurring on operational networks. 
- The working  environment is made up of  about 50000 operational routers: heterogeneous architectural and multiprotocol surroundings.
- Direction of "escalating procedures": management of critical situations with stringent time constraints.

Jan.-Jun. 1998	SITA (R&D) [Internship]
	F Investigations focusing on videoconferencing over IP.
- Study of effective solutions to provide guaranteed Quality of Service over IP. The goal is to prevent non-delay sensitive application from degrading the videoconference.
- Focus on Diffserv work, ToS byte, NHRP,  ToS WFQ sensitivity. Realization of a NHRP based CISCO solution with routers over an ATM backbone.
	
FORMATION	(1991-98)	  
	
Engineering Degree from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommmunications (Top 5 French 
engineering school). 
Master in fundamental mathematics (French " Mention Très bien " : graduated with honours), 
ranked first.
High School Diploma (baccalauréat C. series orientation maths), graduated with honours.


LANGUAGES 
		
	English	 Fluent and technical.
	Other	 Italian (good level), Spanish, German

NETWORK AND SYSTEM COMPETENCES

CISCO Certification	CCNA, CCIE (written exam.).

Troubleshooting& Architecture	

Strong troubleshooting capacity. Wide knowledge of protocols 
and the CISCO IOS. In  depth knowledge of Cisco debugging tools.
Specification for WAN architecture: choice of topologies, sizing, routing protocols selection 
and  router configurations.

TCP/IP	Routing : 

OSPF, RIP, IGRP/EIGRP, BGP 4, Policy routing, Integrated IS-IS, redistributions. Other  : TCP/IP, Multicat (PIM/IGMP), NAT.

Multiprotocol/ WAN/LAN/QoS	

Multiprotocol: IPX, Appletalk, X25, DLSW+, Bridging. WAN : Frame Relay and  ATM  (SVC/ PVC) 
environments,  ISDN, PPP. LAN : Ethernet, Token Ring, Fast Ethernet, VLAN, LANE. QoS : PQ, CQ, 
WFQ, (PQ)CBWFQ, Frame Relay Traffic Shaping (+CQ), Generic Traffic Shaping, CAR.
CISCO Devices & Other 	Switchs 1900,  Catalyst 5000, 6500 (inc. RSM module) Routers : 800, 
7500. Hub, MAU, Sniffers, 3com switches, Windows.

HOBBIES :
		
Sport & Other 	Volley ball, Guitar, Badminton, Open air life, Travels.