| Name: | Jens Fallesen |
| Date of birth: | 16 December 1972 |
| Address: | 59 Hayburn Road, Swindon, SN25 2FD, United Kingdom |
| Phone number: | +44 1793 250525 |
| Mobile phone: | +44 7722 894180 |
| E-mail: | jfallesen@avic.dk |
| Marital status: | Engaged |
| 1988 | Danish primary school (9 years) |
| 1991 | Danish mathematical/scientific high school, Rødkilde Amtsgymnasium, Vejle, Denmark Started computer science studies at University of Copenhagen |
| 1992 | First year course (Datalogi 0) passed at University of Copenhagen Basic accounting and business economics passed at Niels Brock Business College, Copenhagen |
| 1993 | One second year course (Datalogi 1M) passed at University of Copenhagen Part one of other second year course (Datalogi 1P) passed at University of Copenhagen |
| 1985-1993 | Various free-lance jobs Developing system tools, integration software (especially in data communications), and smaller business applications. Also student jobs as IT supporter in small business and work as hotline support and phone services (including some training in this field). |
| July 1993 | Backbone Manager, DKnet Network and server operations for rapidly growing ISP – the first commercial ISP in Denmark. Evolved from dial-in shell account and UUCP mail access to full service ISP during this period. Responsible for development of dial-in IP service and pioneered ISDN-based services. Network operating mainly on Cisco, Spider, and Sun equipment. |
| January 1996 | Network Consultant, Azlan Scandinavia Consultant and instructor in networking products. Primary focus on Cisco but also on Bay Networks and Fore Systems. Developed specific Cisco training course for Danish market. |
| March 1997 | Network Consultant, A team Consultant and instructor in Cisco and IBM products as well as general Internet and Unix. Part of the team starting up the company (though not shareholder). |
| December 1998 | Technical Support Engineer, NetDesign Consultant in enterprise and service provider solutions based mainly on Cisco products. |
| September 1999 | Product Manager/Senior Consultant, NetDesign Consultant in large scale solutions, mostly based on Cisco products within the enterprise and service provider sector. Also had a function as escalation engineer and roles within training and presales. I developed and gave numerous customer specific workshops on the Cisco solutions implemented at customers. Technical responsibility for roll-out of one of the first nationwide ADSL networks based wholly on Cisco equipment. Deeply involved in roll-out of some Ethernet triple-play networks, including the implementation of the full VoIP solution based on NetCentrex CCS at one customer. Primary technical contact for select customers including responsible for regular status meetings with customers on ongoing projects and relevant issues with regards to software updates etc. |
| March 2005 | Senior Network Consultant, Conscia Consultant covering some pre-sales and mostly post-sales consulting and training within network technologies and solutions. Focus mainly on service provider solutions and secondly and enterprise/data centre core and content networking technologies. Heavily involved in roll-out and upgrades of several fibre-based triple-play networks, from low-level design to implementation and troubleshooting. |
| October 2008 | Network Consulting Engineer, Cisco NCE within Cisco Advanced Services, UK. Working as High Touch Engineer in the Service Management Team, primarily serving major international SP. |
Solid knowledge of LAN and WAN technologies, including both physical topologies and high level protocols as TCP/IP and IPX. Good knowledge in ATM technology, especially with regards to DSL.
Very experienced in configuring Cisco products, especially IOS based products, e.g. routers, switches, and access platforms.
Very experienced in Cisco PIX, ASA, and FWSM firewall solutions, including IPSec and multiple security contexts.
Some experience with Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP optical networking.
Also experienced in Cisco AVVID products and solutions, including voice access and IP telephony. Implemented first Cisco CallManager 3.0 setup in Denmark. Very experienced in SP VoIP solutions.
Very proficient in content switching products, e.g. CSS 11500 series and ACE. Some experience with content delivery products.
Currently, primary focus is on service provider solutions, particularly Metro Ethernet and FTTH, including triple play. Strong experience in Metro Ethernet, MPLS, VRF, VPLS, EoMPLS, IP multicast, and SP access security. I have been deeply involved in the roll-out of multiple triple play FTTH networks in Denmark.
Previously, I have been implementing nationwide access infrastructures for dial-in, ISDN, and xDSL as well as backbone technology based on IP routing and some ATM.
Some experience in WLAN technology, including mobile IP.
Apart from Cisco I have some experience with Juniper, PacketFront, Extreme Networks, and Marconi. Much of this experience may not be recent, though.
Very proficient in Unix, including systems administration and development (Perl, some C) on FreeBSD and SunOS/Solaris.
Experience with Windows 2003, XP, 2000, and NT.
Excellent written and oral skills in Danish and English. Experienced in writing technical articles and design documents. Extensive training experience, including writing training material, giving classroom training, holding practical workshops, and giving "whiteboard talks". Good ability to communicate technical topics and entering into dialogue with potential and existing customers about requirements and solutions in combination with their businessn eeds.
For many years, I have been doing volunteer work in politics, being a board member of the local division of a political party here. Also, I have done election day duty (as staff on a polling station) for many years as well as having been a lay judge in the court of Copenhagen for four years.
These days I am a board member at Nordsjællands Jernbaneklub (NSJK), the non-profit organisation responsible for restoration, maintenance, and operation of preserved railway stock in North Zealand. Apart from train duties I am actively involved in communications as contributor and editorial member for the two magazines published by NSJK as well as responsible for IT and web services.