Aaron Hughes
21030 E Cliff Dr.
Santa Cruz, California 95062
Phone: (703)
244-0427 E-Mail: aaronh@bind.com
Chief Technology Officer /
SVP Technology
Internet Engineering Management / Systems / Network
Willing to Travel
Senior technology leader offering more
than fifteen years of diverse experience, from hands-on development to product
and senior engineering management. Particularly skilled at long term
technology strategies, creating more robust products, and taking legacy
products into viable futures. Adept at turning around
organizations, product designs, and development processes. Respected for
ability to quickly evaluate organizational, procedural, and technical problems
and develop solutions as well as lead successful teams.
Extensive technology skills include a very strong background
in Cisco, Juniper, Sun systems, BSD systems, Microsoft technologies, and
Internet engineering in general.
Professional
Experience
6connect, inc
– San Jose, CA Mar
2009 – Present
Distributed managed
solutions and automation software
President & Chief Technology
Officer
6connect is an Internet Infrastructure Management company
based in Silicon Valley, USA. Our pedigree in datacenter management and
automation makes us a natural fit for any environment that has to manage
disparate networks, systems and infrastructure. We provide our clients fully integrated solutions depending
on the level of automation and management required. From customer-hosted
platforms to turnkey remote environments, we maximize our expertise to
architect, deploy and manage our customer needs and networks.
Cariden
Technologies, inc – Mountain View, CA June
2006 – July 2009
Metric
optimization, network analysis and simulation software
Chief Architect / Facility Security
Officer
I primarily work at one clientÕs site, Lockheed Martin, on
the TMOS/TSAT program. The majority of my time is spent working in the architecture
group designing router architecture for satellites. I have also worked in the
modeling and simulation group to verify designs and mitigate risk to the
program.
Lockheed Martin
Integrated Systems and Solutions in San Jose, CA received a $2.02 billion
cost-plus award fee contract for the Transformational Satellite (TSAT)
Communications' ground-based Mission Operations System (TMOS).
The TMOS network
will give the U.S. military's overall Transformational Communications
Architecture (TCA) the ability to act as a broadband, on-demand global Internet
based on IP, incorporating key emerging network technologies like quality of
service provisioning and bandwidth guarantees in the bargain. TMOS will provide
circuit/packet mission planning and policy management, external network
coordination, network operations and management, key management, and
Situational Awareness-Common Operational Picture in a secure environment, fully
incorporating cyber-security.
A stop work order
was issued May 15, 2009 based on cost reduction efforts from the Secretary of
Defense.
UnitedLayer,
LLC – San Francisco, CA Dec
2007 – Present
Colocation, Managed Services, and Internet Service
Provider
Chief Network Architect
My primary functions at UnitedLayer
are planning and design of company wide technology including network
architecture, system architecture, and peering infrastructure. I am the most
senior point of escalation in the operations group.
Some of my most notable accomplishments at UnitedLayer include:
¤ Successfully
peered off 55% of IP traffic through peering automation tools I personally
designed and wrote.
¤ Designed
and wrote CRM/ERP and fully integrated with Salesforce.com. This tool suite
also manages cabinet inventory, IPv4 and IPv6 allocations and assignments,
router configurations, facilities, and asset inventory.
¤ Successfully
deployed IPv6 dual stack across entire network, updated tools to support IPv6,
as well as dual stacked many customers.
¤ Successfully
implemented high availability multi-platform, multi-layer architecture.
Terremark
World Wide – Miami, FL March
2005 – May 2006
Global Network
Access Point and Internet Exchange Operator
Vice President – Technology
& Architecture
At Terremark
I planned and designed global technology including network architecture, system
architecture, optical architecture, and exchange point architecture. I was also a member of the federal
design team, which created solutions for US federal agencies utilizing IP and
large-scale network design skills. I also held a role in product development
for commercial services to keep ahead of customer demand for high availability,
disaster recovery services and market demand. Member of the
executive team, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer.
Some of my most
notable accomplishments at Terremark include:
¤ Successfully
reorganized Technology group to combine commercial and federal Tier 3 engineers
into one cohesive team with a full picture of all architecture.
¤ Successfully
implemented high availability multi-platform, multi-layer architecture.
¤ Designed
global VoIP architecture and assisted with implementation.
¤ Designed
global VTC architecture and assisted with implementation.
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¤ Designed
satellite disaster recovery network and created redundancy for legacy EIA-530
based network utilizing circuit emulation over IP in order to extend the life
of non-redundant technology.
YellowBrix,
Inc. – Alexandria, VA 2000
– March 2005
Content aggregator
and distributor providing industry-specific information to global news, radio
stations and government agencies via the Internet, to strengthen business
decision making, gain competitive advantage, and drive new revenue streams.
Vice President – Operations (2001 – March 2005)
Vice President – Technical Operations (2000 – 2001); Consultant (2000)
Following a four-month
technology consulting assignment, the CTO offered me a full-time position as VP
– Technical Operations, assuming responsibility for Customer Care and
Network Operations. Within a year, I was promoted to VP – Operations with
added responsibility for Sales Engineering, Implementation, Content, MIS,
System Architecture, and Network Architecture. Member of the
executive team, reporting to the president and board of directors.
Following the dot.com
fallout, I was charged with downsizing operations and automating as many
functions as possible, while continuing to identify and develop talent within
the organization and to build and lead teams to work together on large projects
toward common solutions. As market demands changed, I developed technology
strategies, new product strategies, product growth strategies, and assisted in
R&D, new product launches, and business development.
The company has grown
tremendously since 2001. Throughout my tenure with YellowBrix,
I have been involved heavily in due diligence related to corporate
merger/acquisition targets, performing asset value assessments, and leading
systems and product integration efforts.
Some of my most
notable accomplishments at YellowBrix include:
¤ Successfully
reorganized Operations, Customer Care, System and Network Architecture to
reduce operating costs by 170% while maintaining revenue streams, IP, and level
of support.
¤ Automated
internal procedures and functions, reducing the number of employees from 250 to
25 over a four-year period, while serving a larger customer volume and
stabilizing revenues.
¤ Acquired
and integrated three companies, migrating all of their products and customers
to YellowBrix infrastructure without increasing
operating costs, while, at the same time, increasing revenue.
¤ Streamlined
sales process to improve product implementation efficiency and simplify sales
engineering requirements.
¤ Served
as project manager for numerous technology projects: data center migrations, network and system architecture
upgrades, SAN replacements, new application development, physical office moves,
and building and closing domestic and international data centers.
¤ Migrated
entire corporate systems infrastructure from Windows NT 4.0 Servers, 2000
Desktops and Exchange 5.5 to Windows 2003 Active Directory, XP Desktops, and
Exchange 2003. Successful plan resulted in project completion within a
one-night maintenance.
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RCN – Marlboro, MA, and Merrifield, VA 1997
– 2000
The nationÕs largest single
source provider of bundled telecommunications services.
Director –
Data Planning and Network Architecture
Began as a
Network Architect at UltraNet, a rapidly growing ISP
in New England. After UltraNet was acquired by RCN in 1998, I assumed
responsibility for the integration of several ISPs acquired by RCN (gaining
over 1 million customers), to include Erols Internet,
JavaNet, DNAI, BrainStorm, StarPower, Interport and UltraNet.
At the same
time, I directed a network backbone implementation staff of 10; managed team of
implementation engineers who were responsible for peering, backbone growth, and
customer aggregation; and assisted in directing the Network Operations Center
team for RCN. Later, as capacity planner, I predicted and reported the
financial impact of circuit, router, and customer growth. I was also the most
senior point of escalation for operational network issues at RCN.
Quest Technologies, Inc. (QTI) – Marlboro, MA 1995
– 1997
A multiple listings service
provider to real estate companies and a provider of database management,
networking, and technical support services to large organizations with
strategic information needs.
Director Network
Operations / System Engineering
Personally
designed and implemented the entire architecture allowing QTI to offer Internet
service to its customers. ISP capabilities generated 20,000 new customers.
Trained 10 technicians to support customers. Created product suite for Internet
services. Maintained customer base
while growing the infrastructure.
Channel 1 Communications
– Cambridge, MA 1992
– 1995
Network and Systems
Architect
Managed a
200 node Bulletin Board Service with over 40,000 customers, the largest of its
time. Redesigned Novell back-end architecture. Designed from the ground up one of the first Internet Service
Providers in Massachusetts.
Consulting Experience
Throughout my career, I have
contributed my knowledge and abilities to improving Internet standards
worldwide, serving as an advisor or member of organizations such as the North
American Network Operations Group (NANOG), Rˇseaux IP Europˇens (RIPE), Global Peering
Forum (GPF), European Internet exchange (Euro-IX) and the American Registry of
Internet Numbers (ARIN). I also
serve as an iForce partner for SUN Microsystems, and
participate in the Oracle Partner Network and Microsoft Developers Network
(MSDN), providing application development feedback.
I have spoken publicly at
conferences, technical advisory boards, as well as many other smaller forums. I
have also completed long-term and retained consulting assignments, as follows:
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¤ Designed
and implemented for GNAC/Certainty Solutions a large scale multiple Autonomous
System network for Standard and Poor and Microsoft's WebTV supporting 15
million users. Following design and implementation, I trained the operations
staff of 20 people, documented all related processes, and handed over a
complete turnkey solution. My efforts led to better uptime stability, faster
connectivity to clients, and higher levels of redundancy, which likely impacted
customer satisfaction.
¤ Contracted
by MVS Networks, a wireless aggregator, to design a scalable architecture for
expending wireless service to residences and businesses in Mexico. Wrote Ņbest practiceÓ guidelines for
all aspects of wireless service delivery, and evaluated profit and loss
potential for expansion into specific cities, based on cost of network and cost
of customer.
¤ Designed
network architecture for demarcation of third party ISPs for E-go, a reseller
of wireless services in Mexico. Addressed and resolved problems associated with
hardware limitations of Layer II infrastructure, bandwidth consumption related
to viruses, and number of client limitations per VLAN.
¤ Member
of the TelX IX Advisory Board.
Education
I have pursued education and professional development
throughout my career, from computer science and mathematics courses at Harvard
University and Wentworth Institute, to law courses at Framingham State College.
Most of what IÕve learned in the Internet Engineering field has been
self-taught through extensive reading, consultation with experts, and hands-on
experience.
Technology
Skills Summary
Network Hardware:
Cisco & Juniper routers, switches and load balancing hardware, Fore Systems
ATM switches, Extreme, Brocade switches, Route Science, Proteon,
Redback, and RiverStone, as
well as many other less notable hardware vendors
Systems: Sun Solaris,
DEC Alpha, FreeBSD, BSDi, Novell, Windows, Linux,
HP-UX, Mac OS, and Mac OS X
SAN Architectures: EMC, Sun, Brocade, ECCS, and ADIC
Routing Protocols:
Large ISP style BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, VTP, MPLS and Multi-protocol over ATM; just about everything in the stack.
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