35977 Gold Street

Union City, CA 94587

Cell 510-552-7263
tdf526c2@westpost.net
Thanh Dinh
Objective
Summary of qualifications
Seeking a challenging position in development team.
* Knowledge of networking technology - ISDN, Modem,
Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, ATM, HIPPI, Fibre Channel
* Intimate with hubs, routers, gateways, switches, terminal servers, bridges, SG
I and Sun work stations, Dialup server, mail server-clients, DNS server-clients
, NIS server-clients
* Knowledge of DDR for Remote Access in a Dial environment, PPP, PPPoE and PPPoA
for DSL Aggregation, Frame Relay, X.25, AAA RADIUS and TACACS, VPDN L2TP/L2F pr
otocols, L2VPN ATOM and L2TPv3, MPLS
* Strong experience in UNIX, Sun 4.xx, Solaris, IRIX, DOS, Windows 95, Windows N
T, Cisco IOS
* Knowledge of Tcl, C, Bourne Shell, C-Shell, Korn Shell, HTML, CGI-bin, Basic,
FORTRAN, Pascal, Assembly, Perl, Sed, Awk.
* Course taken ICRC, ACRC, BCRAN, Multi-layer switching, QOS, ENA architecture,
SONET, VoIP, MPLS
* Design, implement and support test networks and test automation
Employment
May 2000 - September 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. San Jose, CA
IOS Development Test Engineer (Software Engineer)
* Lead in New Feature testing projects for Cisco IOS
* Design and execute black box testing for New Features in Cisco IOS and Cisco I
OS Licensing
* Review and resolve ambiguities found with the New Feature Specifications and P
roducts Requirements Documentation
* Create and implement New Feature Test Plans
* Build and maintain New Feature Testbeds
* Develop and verify New Feature Configurations
* File bugs found and help development engineers to resolve problems found
* Develop automation scripts for the development verifications testing and for
the automation regression factory
* Support the field with getting the New Feature implemented
March 1999 - April 2000 Cisco Systems, Inc. San Jose, CA
Manufacturing Test Development Engineer
* Design test processes, create test procedure, and develop script for manufactu
ring test automation.
* Feedback Software/Hardware failures to design team.
* Responsible for Cat8500 layer 2, layer3 ATM platform diagnostic coverage and i
solation.
* Define manufacturing test requirement for ENA.
1993 - 1999 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
Member of the Technical Staff / Manufacturing Engineer
* Designs, installs and integrates TCP/IP networks with existing systems. Serves
as System/Network Administrator including the installation of operating systems
, debugging and configuring mail-server clients, DNS and NIS server-clients, hub
s, routers, gateways, switches, terminal servers and bridges.
* Design test processes, create test procedure, write test scripts, manage repai
r networks for Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, ATM OC3, HIPPI, Fibre Channel, ISDN,
graphics subsystems, CPU, memory, I/O, peripherals including, RAIDs and OEM thir
d-party option products.
* Develop, implements web-based applications, installs web servers, and automate
operation system / diagnostic software download.
* Established full repair capabilities for all product lines and reduced FRU (Fi
eld Replaceable Units) DOA rate from 8% to less than 1% through intensive traini
ng of technicians and a focus on exceptional customer service.
1992 - 1993 Comptronix San Jose, CA
Manufacturing engineer
* Designed, installed, configured, and debugged complex network, hardware and so
ftware operating systems to support production of major corporations throughout
the Greater Bay Area.
* Supervised five technicians and assured rapid problem identification and resol
ution to support corporate goals of exceptional customer service.
* Worked closed with customers to identify needs and develop solutions to comple
x engineering problems.
1990 - 1992 Solectron Milpitas, CA
Program Manager
* Installed, maintained, and troubleshoot SUN OS, TCP/IP networking systems, and
tested/repaired electronic and electrical systems and products.
* Created/updated manufacturing and test processes to improve operations.
* Prepared quotations for repair and maintenance contracts with major corporatio
ns. Administered contracts as they were awarded. Developed, presented and achiev
ed a System Administration contract with SUN.
* Worked closely with customers to define and resolve system problems.
* Began with Solectron as an Engineering Technician, rapidly promoted to Manufac
turing Engineer and ultimately Program Manager supervising 15 others and oversee
ing complex projects.
Education
1985 - 1989 Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
1996 - 1997 National University Santa Clara, CA
Master of Science in telecommunication management
References
Available upon request.