FRED J. KAUDEL, Ph. D.
13680 NE 69th St. #629, Redmond, WA, 98052-9561
fred@fjkc.com, 425-861-8505
SUMMARY
Communications network engineer with over 10 years background and expertise in
product development/testing (client-server, UI, networking, OOD, threading,
C/C++/Java/scripting, build/test/release, multi-platform, CVS/VSS,
logging/resolving bugs, customer support), systems analysis and standards.
Major responsibilities include leadership, communication, problem analysis and
working with customers/competitors. Special abilities in communicating/
negotiating, linkage of standards to business strategy, and competitive
analysis. Widely recognized in communications industry for leadership and
contributing to standards.
Expertise in: product development/testing/marketing/sales, communication
protocols and standards (TCP/IP, WAN/LAN; management, measurement and
physical layer), network reliability, performance analysis and optimization,
teletraffic engineering, distributed computing.
Experience in: management, many computer languages (including SQL),
development of web-sites and customer relationship management.
CAREER PROGRESSION
Business/Product Development at Sprex 10/2002 - 3/2005
Speech recognition client-server product development/marketing. Lead
development, including negotiating and closing sales. Extensive product (C,
C++, Java, lex/yacc, Windows CE/XP, Linux) and web site (PHP, HTML, Java)
development and customer support. Consulting support.
Consultant at Frederick J. Kaudel Consulting 7/2002 - 10/2002
Support for telecommunications and speech application product marketing and
development, including web-site development. Business plan development and
presentation.
Senior Staff Engineer at Fluke Networks 1997 - 2002
Represented Fluke Networks in IETF, Frame Relay Forum (MPLS and Frame Relay
Alliance), DSL Forum, ATM Forum, T1 (ATIS) and ITU standards bodies, promoting
Fluke Networks and testable specifications. Linkage of standards work to
business strategy. Communication of results and directions (internal
web-site/archives/reports/summaries) of external work to product development
teams, assisting in defining product requirements and customer meetings.
* Supported telecommunication standards for several product development teams.
* Improved product development plans and competitive analysis by developing
and supporting internal communications of standards status, issues and
competitive intelligence via internal web-site, emails and meetings.
* Took over and led several telecommunication standards working groups (in ATM
Forum, DSL Forum, Frame Relay Forum and T1) to increase sales and awareness
of Fluke Networks' testing products.
* Led and promoted eight testing specifications approved by the
telecommunications industry, promoting Fluke Networks, testing and
interoperability.
* Received three industry awards for chairing network survivability performance
working group and developing seven international technical reports.
Manager of Future Network Performance department at Nortel Networks (was
Bell-Northern Research) 1995 - 1997
* Managed a group of telecommunications network/product system analysts and
relations with development groups and customers.
* Led T1A1.2 Working Group on Network Survivability Performance.
* Linked ATM Forum traffic management standards to product development.
Member of scientific staff at Bell-Northern Research
Systems engineering: performance analysis of telecommunications networks and
products, close interactions with developers and customers, growing
participation/leadership in T1 standards.
* Promoted to manager of future network performance department after
sustained productivity, external recognition and career development.
* Developed and co-patented method of screening telecommunication signaling
messages.
* Supervised/mentored students in systems engineering work.
Graduate Student at Carleton University, Ottawa
* Taught a graduate course on computer operating system design.
* Teaching assistant for several Systems and Computer Engineering courses.
* Taught a mini-course on Computer Graphics.
AWARDS
* Nine telecommunication standards awards for leadership/contribution/
commitment/dedication/outstanding achievements/excellence,
* Fluke Corporation Peak Achievement Award,
* US Patent 677722 (with Doug MacDonald),
* NT/BNR major contribution award,
* NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship,
* Carleton Research Scholarship,
* Ontario Scholar
PUBLICATIONS
paper in ISSLS2002 (with Ericsson and Simpler Networks, on DSL
interoperability), articles in Frame Relay Forum public newsletter, IEEE CQR
2001, U.S. patent, ITC14, Telesis, Globecom'91, ITC13, NCF'90, IEEE (Trans. on
Software Engineering, JSAC), paper in ICC88, paper in Simuletter, article in
On-Line; numerous contributions, baselines and technical reports in: ATM Forum,
DSL Forum, Frame Relay Forum, and T1; reviewer: ITC, FTCS, ISS, IEEE
(Telecommunications Network Management into the 21st Century, Transactions on
Networking, and Journal on Parallel & Distributed Systems), Infocom97
ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS
DSL interoperability presentation to CABA conference. 2001
Network survivability presentation to IEEE CQR 2001 conference. 2001
Network testing requirements presentation to Advanced ATM Integration
conference. 1999
Ambassador presentation on testing to The ATM Forum in Bangkok, Thailand
meeting. 1999
ADSL loop qualification presentation to DSL Forum summit in Paris, France. 1999
ADSL loop qualification presentation to IIR's 4th Capitalizing On Copper
conference. 1998
Session chair for 1996 IEEE Symposium on Planning and Design of Broadband
Networks; on organizing committee for 1996 Comforum on Network Reliability.
1994 - 1996
Finance chair for ACM SIGMETRICS 95/IFIP Performance 95. 1994 - 1995
Organizer/co-chair of session on network survivability for ICC/Supercom'92.
Member of program committee/session chair at FTCS-21 conference.
Invited panel speaker on "System level CAD - new frontier" at Canadian
Conference on VLSI.
Presented seminar at Performance '84 conference in Paris, France.
EDUCATION
Carleton University, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering: Ph.D.
(Electrical Engineering), Ottawa, Canada
University of Toronto, Department of Engineering Science (Electrical Option):
B.A.Sc., Toronto, Canada
Additional capabilities: French and German (some Spanish)
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