Steve Noble

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With a long history in the networking industry I am known as a Fire Fighter, solving complex problems quickly and working to find solid resolutions. I have spent much of my time breaking networks and equipment while evaluating their strengths/faults. I look at issues from both the SP and Vendor sides, trying to balance the needs of the customer with the state of technology. My knowledge is utilized by advising boards, venture capitalists and staff on the value of the product/company/idea they are evaluating. My latest endeavor, Router and Switch Analysis (RaSA) uses my testing and presentation skills helping companies create and execute test plans. We also give training to enterprise and SP companies on best practices when testing network equipment. Previously I was with XDN which focused on solving not only CDN Federation issues but storage and resource balancing. Combining crowd sourced hardware and sophisticated software to build a best of breed Delivery Network where everyone involved benefits. As the VP of Technology I spent my time working with Customers and Providers taking feedback and providing solutions that match their needs. Previous to XDN I worked at Cisco Systems where I focused on understanding the competition. Finding the tipping point of companies like Huawei, Alcatel and Juniper was my primary goal. I then took the information, broke it down into manageable, digestible parts (many times focused for a specific customer/deal) and delivered it to the representative(s). At Procket Networks, I built a customer simulation lab. The goal of the lab was to shake the equipment in different ways, finding issues and weaknesses before the Customer could. Before Procket I a early employee of Exodus Communications, where I was able to help define what an Internet Data Center should be, build a large network that scaled at an previously unheard of rate while handling DoS/DDoS attacks against our customers.

Technical Evangelist at XDN, Inc

September 2011 - April 2012

Worked with Customers, Providers and Investors to deliver on the XDN promise of lower costs and better reach with crowd sourced CDN delivery.

Technical Leader at cisco Systems

July 2004 - August 2011

Competitive Testing, Customer Advocacy, Pre and Post Sales Support.

Lead Staff Engineer at Procket Networks

November 2002 - July 2004

Customer Simulation, Customer Advocacy, QA, Pre and Post Sales Support

Fellow, Network Architecture at Exodus Communications

May 1996 - June 2002

As an early member of the Exodus Network Engineering team Steven designed and built a national network that he worked to expand and maximize for performance and stability. He created and helped staff a new engineer team, Backbone Engineering to help manage the network. At the time of his departure he was acting as a Sr. Network Architect, and had been awarded the distinguishing title of Fellow. Steven worked with most of the up-and-coming and current network hardware vendors to guide them towards a better understanding of the Internet Data Center (IDC) network architecture, and to help them to expand their product lines to better suit the special needs of the IDC network.

Fellow Network Architecture at Cable & Wireless

2002 - 2002

Worked with up and coming routing vendors such as Procket Networks, Pluris and TiMetra to evaluate and test their products for future placement into the Exodus/C&W Network.

Sr. Network Architect at Exodus Communications

1996 - 2000

Network Design, Testing, Deployment. Multicast Guru, IPv6 Advocate, BGP AS White Space King.

Founder, President at SONN LLC

September 1995

As the founder of SONN, Steven has worked to build a company that can provide network engineering and testing to small and medium sized corporations. The in-depth knowledge of his team helps to provide the best in design, testing and implementation of both wired and wireless networks. They also provide testing of networking products for vendors.

Sierra College

1992 – 1994

Associate

Router and switch testing, Ferrari, My Son