Michael Meissner, RCDD
- San Diego California
- +1.339.368.6453
- michael@ethernautics.com
Twenty years expertise in BSS and systems for major telecommunications and utility customers including: : AT&T, Comcast, Telcordia, Bell South, Qwest Communications, GTE, One Communications, Time Warner, Covad, AT&T Broadband, MediaOne, Continental Cable, Tampa Electric Company (TECO), Peoples Gas, Public Service Company, Xcel, and US Army. Expert in Billing (BSS) domain and across the entire eTOM model on projects from a variety of vendors including: Amdocs, CableData, Cable Services Group (CSG), First Data, and Telecordia. Functioned as Business Systems Analyst using Object Orient Requirements Analysis, Business Intelligence Analysis and RUP Techniques to gather and document requirements for a Cable Television Billing System. Developed and designed requirements specs known as Business Function Documents (BFD’s). Documented Customer Care (Self-Help), Business Intelligence (workflow), Subscriber Management, Products Packaging and Promotions, Billing, eBilling, Provisioning (Addressability), and Dispatch System. Designed and Build Pay Per View System for Self-Help and Order Processing utilizing IVR/VRU/Credit Card Processing System. Also included Analysis of existing CableData Systems running on Tandems and CSG systems running on IBM3090’s, DEC/VAX Clusters, and HP9000’s. Systems integrated with head end equipment interface with satellite feeds. Lead Architect/System Engineer for Cable Mega Billing System, OSS, CRM, Customer Self-Help, IVR/VRU Order Processing, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing, and Service Delivery development effort. Lead the Integration and test of Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) SummiTrak Cable Billing System (eBilling) to replace the Legacy Billing Providers CableData and Cable Service Group (CSG). Provided the leadership and subject matter expertise necessary to integrate the various software components into a complex systems architecture that yielded a workable integrated system. Assisted senior management in governance meetings, decision-making, strategic planning to increase efficiencies and reduce costs, and presentation of the system to investors and other senior management. Lead QA/Test and Configuration Management Teams. Lead Developer and Project Manager for Patented Addressability System (Provisioning, Authorization and Control) for the Tele-Cable Industry, System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) , Requirements Analysis (OOD), Systems Design and Build (OOP), Business Objects, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Integration and System Tests. System used in two production environments, a commercial Pay-Per-View System and an Enterprise Model. This work provided the groundwork for control and authorization of Digital Set-top Boxes (HDTV, On Demand, Interactive TV and Gaming) for the cable and direct broadcast television industries. Authored patent United States Patent 6070001.
Expert knowledge in OSP right-of-way and route design; OSP space design (maintenance holes, ducts, vaults); underground, direct-buried, and aerial plant design; OSP cabling hardware; and OSP grounding, bonding and electrical protection systems. Sized and designed duct banks, Aerial and conduit pathways to support power, signaling and IT services. Created cabling (Fiber/Copper) distribution design and construction including routing, heat loading, splicing, cable counts, fill ratios, bend radii, pull tensions, fiber loss budget estimations, circuit cutovers/cable throws at multiple nuclear facilities, utility providers, and telecommunications companies Designed and constructed radio towers for private radio, public cellular, private campus mobile telecommunication, WiFi and WiMAX installations. Defined cable management software requirements. Designed and integrated asset managment into OSS for outside plant.
A Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD®) is an individual who has demonstrated knowledge in the design, integration and implementation of telecommunications and data communications technology systems and related infrastructure. These individuals are uniquely positioned to create the detailed design of a new system and/or integrate design into an existing structure. The RCDD is one of the highest design credentials in the information technology systems (ITS) industry, recognized worldwide.An RCDD is required to have at least five years of experience or an equivalent combination of experience and industry certifications. An RCDD has likely spent hundreds of hours studying the Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual (TDMM) and sat through numerous ITS fundamental and design courses. But to earn the prestigious RCDD credential, they must have proven their knowledge by passing an extensive exam.
Michael William Meissner is a Enterprise Architect - Cyber Security Engineer, Program/Project Manager, Systems Engineer and Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) with thirty plus years of engineering design and construction experience in Plant Control Systems, SCADA, Low Voltage Systems and OSS/BSS working for international industry giants clientele include: Areva, IBM, Urenco, Xcel Energy, Public Service Company, US Army, DOE, DOD, TECO Energy, Schlumberger, AT&T, Bellcore, Telcordia, Qwest, Comcast, One Communications, France Telecom, Time Warner, Deutsche Telekom, and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). Strong engineering and technical credentials with exposure in all phases of systems and infrastructure design; tempered with excellent general business and communications skills. Expertise in Microsoft Office Suite and other tools. Capable of performing beyond expectation with little oversight.
Highly qualified with experience and accomplishments in: Cyber Security, low voltage design engineering, structured cable design engineering, raceway and duct bank design. Data Center/Control Room Complex/Call Centre/NOC/TR engineering design including tenants services (mechanical and electrical), As a credentialed Engineer and RCDD, designed low voltage systems including complex plant control and building automation systems to intricate networks. Skilled in engineering design of a variety of low voltage system including: Voice, Data, Public Address, Paging, Wireless, Radio, Electronic Safety and Security (ESS), Fire, Criticality Alarms, Plant Control and Building Automation Systems. Significant engineering planning skills including the development of project plans, work plans, and test plans, as well as QA-1 – QA-3 level plant modification plans. Considerable expertise as a Field and Construction engineer. As an RCDD, provided oversight to the designs I produced.
Extensive experience and practicality with Low Voltage and IT Transport Systems as it pertains to specific industries: studying, engineering, designing, and implementing, and managing information systems in a variety of different organizational environments. Industries served include:
The combination of technical and industry skills has honed my experience in providing engineering and technical designs that must be robust and extensible. Telecommunication, Utilities, Manufacturing Companies and Military organization cannot afford design or design changes that result in systems failures, the inherent risk to the public could be potentially devastating.
United States Patent 6070001 - Addressability System -
Abstract
An addressability system is provided for use in a communications network. The addressability system provides an interface between a billing system and a controller which is linked between a headend and a customer's converter. The addressability system receives a controller-generic command from the billing system and retrieves data from a data storage system in response to the controller-generic command. Based on the retrieved dated, the addressability system converts the controller-generic command to a controller-specific command and passes the controller-specific command to the controller to enable the controller to address the converter. The commands serve a number of functions including enabling a converter to decode a selected service or event for a selected time length such as the duration of the event.