Curriculum Vitae
Last Updated 2nd February 2016
Rhys Bradley Haden
Personal Information
Address
Available on enquiry
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Telephone
Available on enquiry
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E-mail
rhaden@rhyshaden.com
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Website
http://rhyshaden.com
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Date of Birth
30th July 1963
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Nationality
British
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Status
Married with two children
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Driver
Full clean UK licence
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Key Skills
- Structured Cabling Design and installation.
- Integration of building services on to a common data infrastructure.
- Intelligent Patching Systems design and installation.
- PC construction.
- HTML authoring and web site design.
- Good grounding in Windows network design and installation.
- Thorough knowledge of TCP/IP addressing, subnetting and summarisation.
- Solid understanding of IP protocols including HTTP, FTP, Telnet etc.
- Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI design and troubleshooting within both shared and switched LAN environments.
- Thorough knowledge of bridging in both Ethernet and Token Ring environments.
- Experience in the use of network analysis tools in troubleshooting LANs.
- ISDN, SMDS, Frame Relay and ATM knowledge and experience, including some LANE.
- Good routing protocol experience including RIP (1 and 2), OSPF, EIGRP and HSRP/VRRP.
- Some BGP experience.
- Good Novell IPX protocol experience.
- Some DECnet protocol experience.
- Thorough Nortel Networks equipment experience particularly on the router side.
- Good experience of designing using, and working with, Extreme Network switches.
- Thorough knowledge of most of Cisco Systems network equipment range routers, switches and security.
- Cisco firewall configuration and management.
- Some experience in IPsec VPN set up.
- Substantial experience in Content Delivery networks, layer4-7 switching and HTTP cache engines.
- Some Experience in IP Telephony and Voice over IP, within the Cisco environment.
- Wireless LAN design skills.
- Good teaching skills, including some presentation ability and positive customer-facing attitude.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Good team leadership ability.
- Good documentation skills.
- Competent in presenting technologies and solutions at small groups, lecture theatres and roadshows.
- Skills in Technical solution designs for large projects.
Present Employment
Honeywell - January 1989 to present
Honeywell is a large company with many divisions. At the start of 1989 I began work with Honeywell within a Building Controls Group
and then in 1992 moved into a Data Networks Group. Now, I have a European role support the sale of solutions for large Smart Building projects.
Solutions Advisor - February 2015 to present
A European role involving the design and presentation of large commercial building solutions to end users and construction consultants. The role
also involves demonstrating building system technologies to end users and influencers within the construction industry.
I have designed and present a number of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) modules to construction executives and consultants, the topics
mainly covering Sart Buildings and Cyber Security.
Integrated Buildings Consultant - January 2008 to January 2015
I took on a broader role within the building solutions environment and this involved me working closely with sales teams, clients and building
consultants on large project designs for projects in Canada, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Finland and Turkey. The technologies included Building Management
systems, physical security systems, video surveillance, wired and wireless data networks, IP TV, Radio Frequency Identification and key management systems.
I also undertook a technical lead role on a number of projects, this meant that I lead teams of engineers with various skill sets to bring together working
solutions within designated timescales. Solutions were developed from the concept stage, Factory Acceptance stage, Site Acceptance stage and then on through
to handover to service teams.
During this period I frequently gave presentations on building systems integration, these were often at Honeywell's demonstration facilities, but there were
also regular opportunities elsewhere such as at sales conferences, Reading University's Masters course in Intelligent Buildings, construction consultants,
hospital trusts and the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists.
A number of manufacturers and technologies were assessed by me during this period including Huawei network switches, Extreme network switches, Meru and Aruba
Wireless, TIBCO and Software AG information management systems, Zebra Ultra Wide Band, RFID and Airetrak tracking systems, AMX IP TV and video storage.
I worked in Belgium on a project to upgrade the security for Belgium's nuclear power stations. The security systems included CCTV, access control, Radar and
key security, and these systems were connected via a resilient Cisco data network with network management and firewalling in place. My main role was as a
technical lead to guide the engineering team through the Factory Acceptance Test process, I also liaised with the data network installation team and aided
in the data network design.
Having helped the client write the specifications and having worked on the design, I took the technical lead role in implementing the integrated building
solution for West Cheshire College, an FE college with 1000 staff and 20,000 full and part time students. The technologies implemented included structured
cabling, wired and wireless data networks, network security including firewalls and Network Access Control, BMS, lighting control, access control, campus-wide
IP TV plus video storage, CCTV and RFID tracking for all staff and students. Data from the RFID tracking was presented to the college calendar systems to
enable them to automatically check attendance.
Over this time, one of the projects I was involved with included the design and implementation of an Extreme Networks-based network infrastructure for DVLA's
voice systems that support the UK-wide call centre in Swansea. This network had to achieve sub-second recovery on link failure in order to maintain the
integrity of the voice systems.
Network Consultant - February 2002 to present
In this position I acted as third line support for engineers, worked on new network designs and migrations whilst liaising with customers, providing them with
plans and design documentation. In addition, I was called upon to troubleshoot network issues as they arose and suggested remedial action along with pro-active
means of preventing repeat occurrences. Teaching aspects of networking to other engineers and customers became more important in my position at this time.
Cisco specialisations achieved whilst performing this role included the Content Network Specialisation, IP Telephony Support Specialisation and the Wi-Fi
Design Specialisation.
One of my roles was to prepare technical responses to bids. This required me to provide documented designs, equipment schedules and configurations commensurate
with the customer business requirements. Successes included Design and implementation of the integrated infrastructure for the Liverpool One development in the
centre of Liverpool, the 2008 European City of culture. Working with Grosvenor and WSP this included the data network, network security, Wi-Fi and the
integration of CCTV, Public kiosks, and media services for tenants.
Projects that I have worked on include DNS global load balancing and Content Delivery Network implementation for customers such as British Gas and the AA. In
particular, I have been involved in a migration project away from AA's Radio network to a GPRS-based system with Content switches fronting the AA servers.
Other projects have included network core design and implementation for New Look, plus involvement with New Look's IP Telephony design and installation and
some IPsec VPN work. I have also been responsible for Industrial network firewalling and intrusion detection, plus Quality of Service proof of concept design
and implementation for Centrica's WAN. Issues requiring troubleshooting have been in environments such as FDDI, EIGRP, HSRP, VPNs, BGP and bridging. Other
projects have included consultancy on Wembley's WiFi infrastructure and, integrating building CCTV systems on to the Health and Safety Executive's Liverpool
campus.
Senior Data Networks Engineer - November 1997 to January 2002
In this role my responsibilities were extended to include training of fresh engineers and management of the skills and training requirements.
In addition to this I took on the responsibility of managing the accreditation requirements of data network suppliers such as Bay Networks
(Nortel Networks), Microsoft, Avaya and Cisco Systems Ltd. During this period I have attained accreditations as an MCSE (NT 4.0), a Bay Networks
Certified Expert (now NNCSE), a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP),
a Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) and Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE #7754).
High profile projects that I have had responsibility for include British Gas Services network throughout the UK. This network
supports many thousands of service engineers and corporate database systems based on VMS and ICL core computers. This network
has had a large Nortel Networks router and shared Ethernet base. My design responsibilities have included moving this network
across to a Cisco based network using 10/100BaseT switched LANs and Frame Relay, ISDN and ATM in the WAN. This has required
extensive interaction with Telecommunications providers. Other networks that I have been involved with from a service point
of view have included Centrica, the Automobile Association and Lloyds TSB Registrars.
Other projects include a Nortel Networks based router network for IPD, Wimbledon, a $1.3m Avaya based switched network for Sun Microsystem's
campus at Fleet, Berkshire, and involvement with design of industrial strength networks for production environments such as oil platforms.
Most recently I have been involved in the design and implementation of network security devices such as Cisco PIX firewall. Complementary
to this I have also gained experience in the install and configuration of security management products such as Cisco Secure Policy Manager.
Data Networks Engineer - January 1995 to October 1997
Cabling projects began to include active network equipment on both the LAN and the WAN side. As a result my role changed to include
data networking equipment design and installation. At this time projects included all of Norwich Union's remote offices around the
UK that required structured cabling, Ethernet LANs and ISDN Router connections to Norwich itself. This project used Wellfleet and
Synoptics (Now Nortel Networks) equipment. Other Data Network projects included Towry Law's office in Slough that used Lannet's
chassis-based Ethernet equipment.
Honeywell began to look at incorporating building systems on to structured cabling. This meant that not only voice and data could use
the structured cabling systems but also security, fire, lighting, video and BMS systems. I took on the role of principle Intelligent
Building Systems design and worked on high profile �1m plus Intelligent Building project designs such as Honeywell's UK headquarters in
Bracknell and Scottish Widows in Edinburgh.
At this time I also took on the role of RiT Patchview consultant which allowed me to design intelligent SNMP managed cable patching
solutions. High profile projects at this time included EDS's Botley's Mansion and Goldman Sachs, Shoe Lane, London.
During this period, projects for which I was responsible for design and implementation of cabling and active equipment also included:
- Lilly Research Ltd., Erl Wood Manor, Windlesham
- SeeBoard plc's buildings around Kent and Sussex
- British Airways Avionics facility, Cardiff
- British Airways, various buildings around Heathrow
- Micropal Ltd, Commonwealth House, Chalkhill rd., London (Synoptics LAN)
- Sun Microsystems, Linlithgow, West Lothian
- Anderson Consulting, Worthing
- IS Solutions, Ranger Oil, Guildford
- Metropolitan Police, Bexley Heath Police Station
- Jaques and Lewis, Senator House, London
- GCHQ, Cheltenham (Wireless LAN)
- TT Group plc, Clive House, Weybridge
Structured Cabling Engineer - January 1992 to December 1994
In January 1992, for a fresh challenge, I changed careers completely and moved into the Data Networks industry in the Data Networks Group
within Honeywell. My initial responsibilities were the design of structured cabling systems for data and voice applications within the
SME and Enterprise environments. Projects varied from �20k to �1.5m in size and required mastery of not only the technical aspects of
the project but also the management of the installation contractors, liaison with Telecommunications providers, interaction with client's
IT departments and management of the contractual and financial elements of the projects.
Technologies that required connectivity included AS400, IBM 3270, Token Ring, Ethernet, digital and analogue telephone systems.
Cabling Projects that I had responsibility for included the following:
- Virgin Retail Ltd., Ladbroke Grove, London
- Towry Law, Baylis House (Grade II listed), Slough
- ZPC Construction Co. Ltd., Fenchurch st., London
- Hasbro Bradley, Stockley Park
- NSPCC, Curtain rd., London
- Abbey National plc, High Wycombe
- Willis Corroon Group, GraceChurch st., London
- Honeywell's Avionics facility in Basingstoke
- EDS, Farnborough
Senior Controls Software Engineer - January 1990 to December 1991
In a more senior position I continued within the Controls Group but with more responsibilities towards overall software design strategy.
During this period, one of the projects that I worked on was the �1.7m Bracken House project in London. Here I was responsible for providing
the overall software designs for the environmental controls, integration with edge control devices and providing detailed software design for
Chiller/Boiler sequencing, main Air Handling Units and links with Fire safety systems.
In addition to writing the software for projects, I took on the responsibility of liasing with the design consultants, providing
demonstrations and working through design solutions with them. Other responsibilities that I had included on-site management of
contractors and some of the contractual management of projects.
Controls Software Engineer - January 1989 to December 1990
My main role was to write software using Honeywell's proprietary Excel Classic language and the Pascal-based Excel Plus language.
The software was compiled and 'burned' on to EPROMS for use in building environmental controllers. Other responsibilities included
documentation of the software, demonstration in off-site rigs, on-site commissioning and involvement in the final hand-over to the
consultants/clients.
Main projects included Glaxo's facilities in Ware and Beecham's facilities in Harlow. Being pharmaceutical companies, care was
required for example to maintain negative pressures in tablet production facilities.
Employment History
Vitramon (UK), Wooburn Green - October 1987 to December 1988
Production Operator involved in various aspects of ceramic chip capacitor production including visual inspection, circuit testing
and terminal electroplating.
New Frontiers International, Bucks - September 1986 to September 1987
Team leader of a team of 12 working in the local community and schools, setting up youth clubs, a mobile library, concerts, meals and drama events.
New Frontiers International, Brighton - September 1985 to August 1986
Voluntary Community work, drama, music and youth work in conjunction with a local Church in Brighton.
American Express, Brighton - February 1985 to September 1985
Chargeback Clerk dealing with card fund management of returned goods.
Vacation Employment, Roadchef, Taunton - July to August 1982
Cleaning, Cashier and shelf stacking.
Vacation Employment, Wellington School Bookroom - July to August 1981
Book repair and stock management.
Training
Vitramon Total Quality Assurance - July 1988
Honeywell Deltanet Induction - March 1989
Honeywell Basic Control Theory, Electric Control & Valves - February 1989
Honeywell Pascal Programming - February 1989
Honeywell Total Quality Management - July 1990
Honeywell Communications System Server (CSS) Workshop - August 1991
Honeywell CableBase - November 1991
GADC Remote Ethernet Bridge Management - March 1992
AT&T Systimax PDS Design Engineering - March 1992
Quality Service Skills - January 1993
ECA Introduction to Estimating - May 1994
AT&T Systimax Category 5 PDS Update - December 1994
Wellfleet Router Operations Management - January 1995
Wellfleet LAN Protocols - February 1995
British Safety Council CDM Regulations - July 1995
AT&T Systimax SCS Installation & Maintenance - February 1996
Bay Networks Accelerated Integrated Networks & Optivity 6.x - July 1996
RiT Patchview Training - September 1996
Bay Networks WAN Protocol Implementation - November 1996
Bay Networks Advanced IP Routing Technology - December 1996
BSM Qualified Driver Training - June 1997
Microsoft Administering Windows NT 4.0 - November 1997
Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration - December 1997
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Core Technologies - May 1998
Bay Networks Remote Access Solutions - September 1998
Network Associates Introduction to the Sniffer - June 1999
Nortel Networks Bay RS 13.20 Update - June 1999
Advanced Cisco Router Configuration - June 1999
Passport 4400 Pre-Sales Training - July 1999
Passport 6000 Pre-Sales Training - November 1999
Cisco Campus ATM Solutions - November 1999
Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting - December 1999
Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks - January 2000
Cisco Remote Access Networks - March 2000
Kinetic Education CCIE Lab Preparation - October 2000
Cisco Voice Over Frame Relay, ATM and IP - March 2001
Cisco CSS11000 Series Operation and Configuration - January 2002
Cisco Content Engine Caching Operation and Configuration - May 2002
Cisco Enterprise Content Delivery Networking Operation and Configuration - May 2002
Cisco Enterprise Voice Over Data Design - Dec 2002
Cisco IP Telephony - Jan 2003
Cisco Deploying Quality of Service - Jan 2003
Cisco Wireless LAN Fundamentals - Feb 2007
Cisco Wireless LAN Advanced Topics - March 2007
Train the Trainer - September 2008
Cisco Implementing MPLS - March 2009
Extreme Networks Introduction to Extreme Switches - April 2009
Forescout Network Access Control - March 2010
Cisco Wide Area and Applications Services - May 2012
Cisco Implementing Unified Wireless Networking Essentials - February 2013
Honeywell Enterprise Building Integrator R410 Administration (EBI 10) – January 2015
Honeywell Command and Control Suite R100 Sales and Engineering – March 2015
Career Qualifications
| Exam and Accreditation (in bold) |
Score |
Date |
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| AT&T Systimax Certified Engineer |
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February 1996 |
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| Bay Networks Specialist Router |
82% |
February 21st 1997 |
| Bay Networks Certified Specialist (BNCS) |
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February 21st 1997 |
| Bay Networks Optivity for HP OpenView 6.x |
80% |
April 25th 1997 |
| Bay Networks Expert Router v11.0 |
69% |
May 30th 1997 |
| Bay Networks Router Practical Exam |
100% |
October 9th 1997 |
| Bay Networks Certified Expert (BNCE) |
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October 9th 1997 |
| Nortel Networks Certified Account Specialist |
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July 12th 1999 |
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| Microsoft Networking Essentials |
670 |
February 10th 1999 |
| Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation |
900 |
October 11th 1999 |
| Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server |
799 |
October 11th 1999 |
| Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) |
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October 11th 1999 |
| Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server in the Enterprise |
666 |
October 18th 1999 |
| Internetworking with Microsoft TCP/IP NT 4.0 |
900 |
October 18th 1999 |
| Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 |
836 |
October 22nd 1999 |
| Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) |
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October 22nd 1999 |
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| Lucent Certified Systimax Engineer (CSE) |
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October 1999 |
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| Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) |
850 |
December 3rd 1999 |
| Advanced Cisco Router Configuration 11.3 |
854 |
December 6th 1999 |
| Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting 4.0 |
861 |
January 4th 2000 |
| Cisco LAN Switch Configuration |
850 |
February 8th 2000 |
| Cisco Config, Monitor & Troubleshooting Dialup |
952 |
February 24th 2000 |
| Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) |
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February 24th 2000 |
| Designing Cisco Networks |
934 |
March 2nd 2000 |
| Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) |
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March 2nd 2000 |
| Cisco Internetworking Design 3.0 |
73% |
March 9th 2000 |
| Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) |
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March 9th 2000 |
| CCIE Routing and Switching Qualification |
74% |
December 11th 2000 |
| Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM and IP |
900 |
March 2nd 2001 |
| Cisco Voice Access Specialist |
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March 2nd 2001 |
| CCIE Routing and Switching Lab |
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July 8th 2001 |
| Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert #7754 |
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July 8th 2001
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| Cisco Content Network Specialist (9E0-600) |
831 |
March 4th 2003 |
| Cisco Content Network Specialist |
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March 4th 2003 |
| Cisco Deploying Quality of Service (9E0-601) |
860 |
May 12th 2003 |
| Cisco IP Telephony (9E0-441) |
831 |
August 1st 2003 |
| Cisco Voice Over IP (9E0-431) |
844 |
December 1st 2003 |
| Cisco IP Communications Support Specialist |
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December 1st 2003 |
| Cisco Enterprise Voice over Data Design (9E0-412) |
829 |
January 27th 2004 |
| Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist |
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January 27th 2004 |
| Cisco Lifecycle Services Advanced Wireless (646-589) |
848 |
February 22nd 2007 |
| Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN for System Engineers (642-586) |
1000 |
March 8th 2007 |
| Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Design Specialist |
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March 8th 2007 |
| Extreme Networks Associate (ENA) |
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April 3rd 2009 |
| Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials (640-722) |
946 |
February 14th 2013 |
| Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Voice Networks (642-742) |
941 |
February 25th 2013 |
| Cisco Certified Network Associate Wireless |
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February 25th 2013 |
Education
School
Wellington School, Somerset - September 1973 to June 1981
O levels
| Date |
Subject |
Grade |
| 1978 |
Maths |
A |
| 1979 |
French |
A |
| 1979 |
English Language |
A |
| 1979 |
Additional Maths |
B |
| 1979 |
German |
B |
| 1979 |
Physics |
B |
| 1979 |
Chemistry |
B |
| 1979 |
Biology |
C |
| 1979 |
English Literature |
C |
| 1979 |
Latin |
C |
| 1980 |
Geology and Physical Geography |
C |
A Levels
| Date |
Subject |
Grade |
| 1981 |
Maths |
A |
| 1981 |
Chemistry |
C |
| 1981 |
Physics |
D |
| 1981 |
Advanced Maths |
E |
Colleges/Universities
University of Sussex, East Sussex - October 1981 to June 1984
BSc in Physics with Electronics, 3rd Class Honours
I was on the management committee for University Radio Falmer (URF). Other interests included Dinghy Sailing, Karate and Squash.
Lewes Tertiary College, East Sussex (Part time) - January 1995 to June 1995
City and Guilds Level 2 - Coding and Programming in C.
Reading University, Berkshire (Part time) - October 1997 to September 2000
MSc in Intelligent Buildings.
Personal Interests
RYA Elementary Dinghy Sailing.
Photography
Walking
Gardening
Guitar
Wine making
Website design
Organisational Psychology