Cascom

Cascom Communications

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Need an experienced man on the spot now? Someone who you can get to the customer quickly and control by telephone from your office?

Don't want the cost of a Third Party Maintenance company or consultant?

Looking to be represented on the spot and it takes too long to get your man there?

Looking for a native English speaker who is familiar with European and Japanse work cultures?

Who can speak German?

Looking for an experienced negotiator?

Looking for someone who can repair, inspect or install, upgrade or de-commission?

Looking for someone with 30 Years experience in the Computer, Data-Communications, Network, Large CPU's to PC, dot matrix to Laser, building cabling, LANs/WANs.

Looking for someone who has traveled and worked in the following countries - France, Germany, Spain, Greece, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Africa, USA,

Need a reliable, experienced technical, professional person, someone capable of interfacing either with the operator or the Managing Director?

Then don't hesitate - Call me now.

I can provide you with: -

Service, Installation, Inspection, Repair, Remote engineering, Technical Report, evaluation. I can put you in contact with specialist local companies and act as you agent.

I welcome your inquiries - and will be happy to give you rates for one off, short or long-term projects.

Contact Information

Electronic mail address BruceC@NGI.de

Location: Kronberg - outside Frankfurt, Central Germany.

Web address:- business: http://geocities.datacellar.net/brucecason/

Home/Office telephone 00 49 (0)6173 318958 (24 hrs)

Handy (mobile) 00 49 (0)160 2689084

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Biographical Information

I am an Englishman living just outside Frankfurt, Germany I have ready access to Frankfurt International Airport and the Motorway system in Europe. I am tall, fit, do not smoke and am somewhat gregarious. I am very interested in people and enjoy meeting and working with people of all nationalities. I have a wide and varied practical knowledge of the telecommunications and computer industries covering both voice and data, and including large and small projects - planning, purchasing, installing and maintenance. Along with WANs, ISDN, PABX, ACD, LANs, VIDEO and PCs to medium scale computer systems. I enjoy challenges and am self-motivated, practical, honest and thorough. I am very organised in my work, thoroughness and attentiveness to quality are my primary goals.

I have worked with the following companies:

EMC,

Gilson INT.,

Fujitsu,

Burroughs Machines (now Unisys)

Storage Technology (now StorageTek)

Inrange Technologies

Motorola Codex

KDD/NTT (Telecomet International)

Morgan Grenfell

Cantor Fitzgerald

Grey Communications (Advertising Agency)

Deutsche Telekom (now Global One)

Cascom Communications (my own consultancy and Services)

United Africa Company

TWA

ATT

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Personal Interests

I am a member of the Mankind Project. http://www.mkp.org/

I still enjoy riding motorcycles

I am divorced but maintain family contact with my two daughters in England.

I like to swim, read, and listen to my large record and CD collection.

I work out 3 to 4 times a week. I enjoy travelling

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Curriculum Vitae

Companies: Gilson International BV, Position: Field service Length of service: 2002

Service Co-ordinator and Customer Engineer. Setup + operate Parts Stocking system, call database, In house repair facility. Provide Field Service to customers Medial/Chemical analysing equipment – UV detectors, HPLC, Fraction Collectors, Pumps, Pippette Robots.

Companies: EMC GmbH, Schwalbach Position: Field service Length of service: 2000 - 2002

Customer Engineer for Symmetrix and Connectrix systems. Site responsibility for installation, maintenance,

upgrade and live re-configurations. On call, and weekend working. Fibre Channel switches.

Companies: Cascom Communications Position: Technical Director Length of service: 1994 - 2000

Set up my own company to provide consulatancy and contract work to, amongst others:

Inrange Technologies, Germany.

Field service operations on WAN, and IN-house planning for Copper and Fibre optic switches.

Solid Systems CAD Services, Germany.

Field operations and set up in house refurbishment department.

Eunetcom GmbH, Germany.

Project management of world wide data networks, (RJ Phillips) design, order and implementation

of network build.

Grey Communications, England.

Advertising agency - setting up high speed, bulk graphic transfers, in house network operation.

Company: TWA - ATT/Istel Position: Intl Comms Rep. Length of service: 1991 - 1994

Duties: : Planning, co-ordinating and administering world-wide communications network- SNA based on

3275's + modems/muxes, digital networks, initiating quality/performance procedures, costing/proposing

airport data systems and PABX/ACD for sales/res offices. Control and planning of ground and ground-air

radio communications. Producing management reports, graphs, charts and statistical analysis utilising Lotus123

+ DbaseIV, IBM PROFS E mail, FOCUS for network performance data extraction, Sole responsibility for

CUTE systems at European airports - attendance and representation of TWA at all planning and co-ordinating meetings.

Company: Cantor Fitzgerald Position: Technology Mgr Length of service: 1987 - 1991

Duties: Managing technical team in bondbroking company -180 dealing positions -multi-vendor PCs

with LANs - Ethernet linked DEC uVax system - International analogue/ digital voice/data comms links

300 channels voice recording and call logging - information providers (Reuters, Telerate, Quotron,

Shark, Bridge, Dunn & Bradstreet etc.). Conceive, design, evaluate, and recommend equipment purchase

for European data network. Interview, select and carry out performance monitoring of staff. Project

manage design / build dealers desks + office space, with various PC software packages.

Company: Fujitsu/Morgan Grenfl. Position: Dealer suppt. Length of service: 1986 - 1987

Duties: Technical and operational support to X25 network including Facom computer system, laser fax,

terminals, tape drives, disk drives, modems, printers etc. Dealer support to Racal Milgo Planet LAN, On-

line PCs, Terminals, modems, install and configuration of devices.

Company: Telecomet Intl. Position: Development Engineer Length of Service: 1985 - 1986

Duties: Technical support to message switching networks; Network design, sales, installation and repair to

Japanese clients in London/ Europe. Extensive travel throughout Europe and the Middle East. Set up in house repair,

refurbishment and inventory stock control system.

Company: StorageTek Position: Senior Q.A. eng. Length of service: 1980-1985

Duties: Field service installation and repair of IBM plug compatible disk drives, tape drives, SS memory;

printers, etc., set up and operation of Q.A. hot stage/refurbishment centre. customer demonstrations.

Company: Cole Electronics Position: Service Engineer Length of service: 1978-1980

Duties: Installation and repair of Data Communications equipment to customer sites. eg.modems, multiplexers,

line drivers, patching equipment, test and monitoring equipment. Liaising with BT and International PTT's on

circuit problems and testing.

Company: Burroughs Machines Position: Senior Engineer Length of service: 1970-1978

Duties: Providing field service to customer located computing equipment, including territory mangement.

========================Personal Details.

ADDRESS: Schönberger Strasse 27,

61476 Kronberg,

Germany.

Tel. 00 49 6171 318958

Email: BruceC@ngi.de

Date of Birth: 9th May 1953, Norfolk, England

Personal Information: Single, full driving license.

Education Grammar School:- G.C.E. "O" Levels:- Physics, English Language, Mathematics, English Lit, Chemistry,

Religious Inst, Geography

Adult Education: "O"level economics, "O" level French, Basic programming,

Accounting Practices, Conversational French, German, First Aid, Touch typing

Professional Training: Lotus 123r3 Advanced, dBaseIV Advanced, In depth logic, electronics, circuits, fault finding

to component level, u-processor organisation and operation. Time management. Specific product training - operation, fault diagnosis and repair. Pacific Institute -

The psychology of success.

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Last Revised: 10.10.2002

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