Ron Boyer

Engineer, Telecommunications

Broadband and Regulatory Compliance Engineering Consultant, experiences include all facets of broadband cable network operations

Ron Boyer's Bio:

Ron Boyer's Experience:

• Senior Corporate Regulatory Engineer at Time Warner Cable

  2004 - 2012

  Managed technical regulatory and standards compliance issues for the corporate legal department. Engaged and supported engineering and government affair field offices. Provided guidance and technical solutions on as needed basis. Interfaced with internal engineering concerning regulatory issues. Participated in national and state standards and regulatory committees and working groups. Developed key working relationships with government and industry leaders. - Negotiated technical regulatory issues as a part of franchise transfers. Saving company time and approximately $1.8mil. in unbudgeted capital expenses - FEMA Emergency Alert System (EAS) company subject matter expert, provided single of contact ensuring consistency and compliance, reducing customer complaints and FCC penalties - Managed CAP/IPAWS (Common Alerting Protocol / Integrated Public and Warning System) upgrade project including budgeting, product selection, and training. Negotiated pricing with manufacturers, created project budget and establish a standardized upgrade approach. - Maintained field regulatory and safety compliance standards, liaison between field engineering, corporate legal and senior management. Which help eliminate exposure to penalties and fines from regulatory authorities - Recipient of Outstanding Field Support award as a result of companywide popular vote within the different divisions.

• Senior Corporate Network Engineer at Time Warner Cable

  2001 - 2004

  Provided liaison services between corporate management and engineering developments. Selected as special projects engineer, handling non-standard network requirements and business needs. - Teamed in asset assessments of divisions during corporate merger. Allowed for quicker synergy between the different working groups. - Teamed in policy development exercise affecting engineering resources, providing more effective use of resources. - Due-diligence and modeling of network architecture that could support multiple ISPs on a cable broadband infrastructure. Gave a prospective of network changes allowing senior management to decide options. - Project managed and created supporting documentation supporting findings of various engineering development efforts. Specialized projects could be evaluated and conclusions were more complete.

• Senior Corporate Staff Engineer at Time Warner Cable

  1997 - 2001

  Negotiated and directed the development, testing, and qualification including pricing targets of the analog optical hardware use to upgrade the network from a RF topology to a "fiber to the feeder" optical topology. - Developed specifications for optical strand-mounted fiber node that allowed placing fiber optic system to replace an aging copper system more cost effective. Fiber systems allowed greater data bandwidth to the end-user. - Negotiated standardized pricing and system design to be used by multiple hardware manufacturers, minimizing sole-sourcing issues and inventory restraints - Created a standardized testing policy that ensured performance consistency, creating a network that supported interchangeable components and predictable operational characteristics. - Provided engineering liaison between the cable systems and the hardware manufacturers, enabling a single point of contact proved more effective in handling disputes and product issues. - Co-Authored and published a Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) Network whitepaper for IEEE and Cornell University. http://forum.johnson.cornell.edu/afn/ieee/docs/ttg/ttg2.pdf - Wrote chapter providing an overview and functionality of HFC networks in the reference book titled "OpenCable Architecture" by Michael Adams. ISBN-10: 157870135X - ISBN-13: 978-1578701353

• Senior Systems Enginner at ADC Telecommunications, Inc

  1995 - 1997

  Opto-Electronics Product Support, engineering liaison to marketing and sales, quality control

• Senior Systems Engineer at Cisco Broadband (formally Scientific Atlanta)

  1990 - 1995

  Provided end-user technical support and internal product development. Provided corporate account managers technical support and operational guidance - Recipient of Inter-Company Win Award as a result of assisting Sales exceed their annual goals - Awarded Systems Engineer of the Year after being a key part of launching a new product line

• Senior Field Support Engineer at Cisco Broadband (formally Scientific-Atlanta)

  1986 - 1990

  Developed and conducted training classes for end-users and regional pay-per-seat classes - Awarded SCTE National Outstanding Engineering Achievement as a result of establishing and fostering the largest number of regional meeting groups - Elected to the SCTE National Board of Directors - Region 4 (Texas and Oklahoma),

• Staff Applications Engineer at CaLan

  1984 - 1988

  Applications, systems, manufacturing, marketing and product support engineering for a test equipment manufacturer serving the cable TV industry

• Cheif Engineer at TechRon

  1979 - 1984

  Owned/operate a network contractor organization servicing the cable TV industry.

• Engineering Consultant - [email protected] at Boyer Broadband

  January 2012

  Provides resourceful experienced engineering consulting/contract services to the cable and telecommunications industries, this involves both manufacturers and system operators. Expertise includes; project management, contract and dispute negotiations & arbitration, regulatory and safety compliance requirements, experienced technical subject matter expert, broadband network design, construction & maintenance, strategic, evaluation & analysis, project management, network operational & performance testing and pre & post support - Working with FEMA to develop best practices for the second generation Federal Emergency Alert System (EAS), allowing more efficient operation and reliability. - Represents the communication industry's interests and requirements on various standards and rules committees, assuring conformance and interoperability requirements. Rules and Standards expertise include, but are not limited to the following areas: ? FCC (?? Sub-Part K 76, cable performance) ? FCC (?? Sub-Part 11, EAS) ? FEMA CSRIC (CAP/IPAWS Sub-Committees 2 and 9) ? NFPA 70-NEC (?250, ?820 and ?830) ? IEEE-NESC (?? 90-99, ?? 200-279 and ?? 300-391) ? NEBS (?? GR 63 and ?? GR 1089) ? SCTE/ANSI (various standards) ? State of California General Orders 95 and 128

Ron Boyer's Education:

• "School of Hard Knocks"

  1975 – 2020
  Special High Intensity Training

• University of Texas at Arlington

  1976 – 1979
  BSEE
  Concentration: Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

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