Candidates About

                    Kris Richards                                                                                                                                  

                                    Summary:

                                    Extensive WAN / LAN network installation, troubleshooting and management experience
                                    in large corporate environment.


                              Experience:

      December 2005 to 2018 Sears Holdings Data Center Troy MI
  Operations Analyst - December 2005 - March 2018
    Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair large scale IP network from NOC
    at Troy data center. Equipment supported includes CISCO 3800 and
      3400 series routers over T1 links, CISCO 2500 and 3500 series switches, Nortel
           Baystack 450 switches, ARN routers at remote LANs. IBM 3174 connectivity, wireless connectivity
            via wireless access points and DSL connectivity. 
  
                           

                                    March 2000 to 2005,  Mag Research & Development, Pleasant Ridge, MI

                                    Senior Manager-Technology Development and Production

Installation support, and management of company LAN including desktop

                           PC installation, configuration and upgrades. Installed and maintained hubs,
                           telco facilities, and CAT5 cabling.

                                    Brought electronics knowledge to the design and build of electronic circuitry
                           supporting state of the art products for market.

Helped design and bring to market first fully immersive 3D training program

                           for large scale business use.
                           Conceived, designed, and built an electronic golf swing aid using
                           accelerometers and resistive sensors to monitor body movement and give
                           audio and visual feedback from swing. In the hands of pro teachers now. 
                           Helped conceive design and build acoustic diffusion panels based on
                           Fibonacci Sequence used to “tune” recording studios as well as home use.
                           Units currently hang in Wayne State University recording room and are
                           being marketed.                           


   October 1983 - March 2000, Kmart International Headquarters,  Troy, MI.

                                    Network Architect – Engineer, July 1997 to March 2000

                                    WAN Team Leader – Coordinated in the design and implementation for the
                           migration of Kmart’s data communications network center to a new facility.
                           This included all Data Network Center equipment, leased and dial line
                           connectivity, and LAN connectivity migration. Responsible for ordering and
                           installing all baseband and broadband facilities for this move. Migration was
                           accomplished with no network downtime.

                                    Designed and installed point-to-point T1 links to regional distribution centers
                           using General DataComm DSUs, and IBM AS400 processors.

                                    Supervised the installation of Kmart’s corporate LAN consisting of

      CISCO 7500 routers, Bay Network(now Nortel) 5000 Ethernet hubs with
10/100 Meg Ethernet port cards providing CAT5 connectivity to over 3000
 local area users, as well as remote user access to corporate LAN.

                                     Supervised 6 Network Control Technicians assigned to ongoing support of
                            corporate LAN hardware including addition of new users and peripherals.
                             Researched and successfully presented the acquisition of Telenex Matrix
                            switch into network design to provide routing, modem elimination, network


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                            monitoring, and real-time reporting capabilities for network technicians and
                            management.

                                    Lead Engineer, Day Shift, April 1994 to July 1997

                                    Supervised 18 Network Control Technicians Levels 1, 2, and 3 on 2 shifts

                                    Responsible for all hiring and performance appraisals.
                          Designed, prepared, and maintained network performance reports for

                                          Director of Operations.

                                    Lead Engineer, Offshift, February 1988 to April 1994

                                    Supervised 2 shifts (6 Network Control Technicians) Level 1 and 2
                           employees on afternoon and midnight shifts.

                                    Responsible for interviewing, hiring, and performance appraisals of
                           network technicians.

                                    Developed and administered training curriculum for Network Control
                              Technicians Level 1 and 2.

                                    Provided 24 hour on-call coverage to Kmart’s Spacenet

        Satellite packet switch network including RF hub and packet

        switch equipment.

                                    Network Control Engineer 3, November 1984 to February 1988

Supervised installation and implementation of Kmart’s private Spacenet

        Satellite network including local RF hub equipment installation, Network
             processor, and remote RF equipment at 2230 sites.

                                    Provided training to Network Control Technicians Levels 1 and 2.
                                   Implemented the design and rollout of terrestrial frame relay network

            utilizing Bay Network (now Nortel) routers, TP3325 Advanced Remote
             Nodes, and Telenet TP4000 X.25 packet switch equipment to support
             data communications between headquarters and 2230 remote sites.

                                    Network Control Engineer 2, June 1984 to November 1984

                                    Provided off-shift technical and troubleshooting support for terrestrial
                           network including Racal –Milgo and General DataComm modems and
                           mux’s, dial and leased lines.

                                    Performed quarterly testing of leased line circuits for attenuation, noise,
                           jitter and envelope delay.
                                   Isolated, identified, and resolved network outages using protocol
                           analyzer.

                                                Network Control Engineer 1, October 1983 to June 1984

                                    Resolved terrestrial (dial and leased line) synchronous,

            asynchronous, bisync, and SDLC format communications problems.


                                  Education:
                              National Institute of Technology, East Detroit, MI
                               Completed June 1983 with honors
                             Curriculum: Digital and Analog Electronics Engineering Design,
                                   Data Communications.
                         Received Diploma 6/1983