John W. Spracklen 4701 Charles Place #2425 Plano, TX 75093 (972)758-9470 js11c44d2@westpost.

net Professional Experience: Alcatel-Lucent Ventures, Plano, TX: Technology Introduction Engineer (08-10 to present) Responsible for supporting the venture's global service and support function for the 9907 RDN. The role includes: * End to end setup and support for technical field demonstrations, evaluations, trials, and FOAs (First Office Applications) including customer interaction. * Develop trial test plans inclusive of expected results, pre-validate trial tes t plans prior to field activity, support customer in execution of trial test pla n, and report on results of trial test plan execution. * Serve as a 9907 RDN technical consulting resource to internal sales and busine ss development organizations in support of prospective customer opportunities. * Deliver quality feedback into development organization based on field demonstr ations, trials, FOAs, and technical support experiences with the solution. * Team with local and global support and delivery organizations to ensure the su ccessful installation and ongoing operations of the solution. Proactively identify potential product improvements based on customer interactio ns. Southwest Data Centers, Las Vegas, NV: CTO (12-08 to 08-10) Responsible for all technical aspects for the data center including BGP networki ng, IP address collection and distribution, Provisioning virtualization servers, DNS, VLANs, Power delivery from UPS and Generator, monitoring for billing, and network security. Also responsible for all point to point wireless networks dep loyed from the 120' tower to various customer premises. AW Networks, Las Vegas NV: Sr. Network Engineer (04/08-12-08) Responsible for all data radio RF and networking setup, maintenance and support for a small ISP deploying WiFi and WiMax networks across the Las Vegas area. Al so responsible for all data center networking tasks for AWNetworks and customer base. Vivato Networks, Spokane WA: Director of IT (12/06 - 04/08) Responsible for all IT infrastructure, team support, and connectivity for outsou rced manufacturing and product support. Also responsible for all Technical Supp ort and Field Service needs for sales and support. Jones Lang Lasalle, Spokane WA: Engineer (05/03 - 12/06) Contracted to Bank of America, responsible for all IT tasks for bank owned datac enter and security automation. Vivato, Spokane WA: IT Manager, UNIX Systems Administrator (10/01 - 05/03) Managed a group of 3 individuals, and an Annual budget of $3Million. Responsible for all administrative tasks for 20+ UNIX and Windows 2000 Server boxes from pl anning, purchasing, configuration, backups, and recovery of data. Onvantage.com, San Jose CA: Sr. Network Engineer (10/00 - 10/01) Responsible for networking and UNIX duties for a privately labeled ISP on RedHat Linux. Administered LDAP databases, SMTP and web based mail. Evaluated, acquire d, configured new ISP applications. Supported both production and development en vironments.

Lycos, Mountain View CA: MIS Manager (02/98 - 10/00) Managed the local group responsible for all computing and information needs for an office of 150 engineers and customer support personnel including budgeting. Netscape Communications, Mountain View CA: Technical Support Manager (04/96 - 02 /98) Managed a group of 30 engineers supporting Netscape's iPlanet suite of servers f or Netscape's largest OEM partners such as Sun, Salomon Smith Barney, Silicon Gr aphics, Compaq, HP. Freeport McMoRan, New Orleans LA: UNIX Systems Administrator (01/94 - 04/96) Administered a Sun/Windows network mine optimization system at the company's Eas tern Indonesian copper mining operation. Managed a budget of $50 Million annuall y. Newmont Mining, Elko NV: Mining Engineer/UNIX Systems Administrator (06/89 - 01/ 94) Administered a Sun/Windows mine optimization program. Performed underground mine planning and feasibility studies. Nevada Goldfields, Kingston NV: Mine Geologist (05/87 - 06/89) Performed mine sampling programs. Performed ore control duties including laying out daily work for underground miners. Education: Bachelor of Science in Geology from Eastern Washington University, Ch eney WA (1985) Certification: Certified RedHat Technician. Certified Vivato Engineer.