Catherine Brauner
23965 Mt. Charlie Rd
Los Gatos, CA 95033
(408) 353-2965


Education California State University, Fresno, CA
Completed 108 semester units towards BA


Technical
Summary
Microsoft Windows, Windows 95/98, Macintosh, MS-DOS, UNIX, Novell NetWare, EtherTalk, AppleShare, TCP/IP, Wide Area Networking, Windows NT, RF Knowledge


Experience

March 1995
To Present
Hybrid Networks
San Jose, CA
Senior Systems Engineer

Technical phone support for customers supporting HybridWare and all hardware associated with the Hybrid 2000 POP. Second level support for other support engineers. Field Installation of Hybrid 2000 POP in various locations worldwide. Pre and Post sales support for Sales staff. Assigned support person for several major cable/wireless customers. Familiar with 64 QAM for downstream and QPSK upstream for cable and wireless systems.

January 1994
To March 1995
VLSI Technology, Inc.
San Jose, CA
Senior LAN/WAN Network Engineer

Upgrades and supports Local and Wide Area Networks for sites around the world in a heterogeneous Novell, Macintosh and UNIX environment. Supports 900 Macintoshes running System 7.1, 100 PCs running Microsoft Windows, and five Novell NetWare servers running 3.11/3.12/4.01. These are at sites in the United States, Canada, Far East, Japan and Europe. The Macintoshes are networked via AppleShare, EtherTalk, LocalTalk and IP. Installs and upgrades servers and workstations; provides extensive network troubleshooting; and assist users, especially with Unix connections to SUNs. Proposed the worldwide network overview for the company, including the hardware requirements and the TCP/IP subnet plan. Performed network upgrades for Irvine, CA; Pompano Beach, FL; Richardson, TX; and Bellvue, VA.

January 1998 To December 1993 3Com/Bridge Communication Division
Santa Clara, CA
Network Engineer

Installed and supported Local Area Networking hardware, software and workstations for a mixture of Macintoshes, PCs and 3Stations. Completed a number of significant projects:
* Managed the move of the Customer Support Organization to a new site with no visible down time. Designed the architecture and built the network at the new site.
* Led the project to set up a bridge between the Corporate HQ and Sales Office with appropriate filters for traffic on the bridge.
* Managed the team in the move of the Transmission Systems Division between two sites. Coordinated ten lab moves in addition to 250 users.
* Managed the pre-engineering project for the corporate implementation of Lotus Notes.
* Led a number of other beta and live implementation projects.
September 1980 To January 1988 Monolithic Memories Inc
Santa Clara, CA
Senior Information Center Specialist

Purchased, configured, installed and supported personal computers and related software. Interfaced with company personnel and vendors regarding software repairs and purchasing needs. Additionally, installed and supported four Local Area Networks. Developed and taught classes in Lotus 123, MS-DOS and other packages. Developed databases and spreadsheets for users.