Also known as: djdigitalflood
With over a decade of telecommunications experience, as well as, over a decade & half of technology management experience under his belt already in his young career; Christopher M. Welch continues to expand his knowledge base seemingly without limits. His resume is impressive by any standards & encompasses a wide array of professional business management roles. He has excelled in the management of a next generation MSO/VNO. Christopher has strong leadership abilities, that have been proven time & again throughout his career. He continues to deliver project after project on time, w/quality, & under budget. Christopher excels at cost consolidation, vendor management, contract negotiation, TQM, OpEx/CapEx budgeting, & circuit capacity planning. He has a strong background in InfoSec including both SOX & PCI audits in addition to Federal/State government compliance. Christopher has performed CALEA audits and is well versed in computer forensics, as well as, LEA liaison responsibilities. His background includes management of video head ends, IP and ATM television networks, converged IP/ATM & PSTN networks, and unified communication SAS products. Christopher has a vast network engineering and computer science knowledge base including Linux, MS, and Apple application servers. Christopher has a wide variety of operations management experience including ISP services, IT, IS, MIS, CO, call/contact center, cable/IP/ATM TV, WAN Engineering/Design, R&D, NOC, COGS, & data warehouse/web hosting services. He is well versed in advanced telecommunications repair triage methodologies. His background includes sales engineering and customer relations management. Christopher has formal visual arts and marketing training. He specializes in knowledge management, as well as, project management in the Phased and Agile methodologies. Christopher also has a background in financial analysis and strategic product development. He specializes in flexible team building and skill set coaching. Specialties Network management/best practices (COBIT/SANS/TQM). Application servers (W/L-AMP). Multimedia development inc. video, web, & audio production/development. Security audits complying w/CALEA/SOX/PCI. Routers/switches/network elements, DR, & OSS applications/databases. ISP services (xDSL, RAS, & FTTx). Expert w/Cisco, Brocade, Ericsson, CentOS, Ubuntu, Microsoft apps/OS, Adobe apps, SONET/MRP, RF/IP/ATM TV, NetApp SANs, & VoIP/SIP/UC. Phase/Agile Project Management. Wordpress CMS. Clerical skills.
