1. Technical Resume
Brian Grant McWatters PEng
1991-92 Northwestel-Hughes Satellite Network Acceptance and Installation
Work with Hughes Networks engineering to develop a satellite based toll grade class 4
switch to provide phone service in the Canadian Arctic.
Develop methods for testing call completion, voice quality, echo cancellation and glare
on the satellite based system.
Technical lead on a $28,000,000 project.
Extensive satellite systemengineering, voice and data testing and project coordination
1989-2006 Northwestel-155 Mbps RD6 Digital Radio Design and Installation
Upgrade Northwestel’s analog microwave systems in the Yukon, BC and Northwest
Territories to a digital 3-DS3 based RD6 system.
Develop path profiles for 99.999 reliability.
Technical acceptance and installation support for antenna and waveguide system.
Technical acceptance and installation support for RD6 radio installation.
Interface RD6 radio with Datap surveillance system.
Interface digital multiplex into Northwestel’s multiplex network.
Turn up and cutover carrier networks.
Project management for $40,000,000 in projects.
Extensive radio hop engineering, voice and data testing and project coordination.
17 years of technical support
1997-98 Northwestel-Passport Frame Relay Data Network Design and Installation
Develop proof of concept test procedure that met the demands of the Government of
the Northwest Territories (GNWT) on a Nortel Passport based frame relay network.
Interface frame relay network with satellite and terrestrial facilities.
Develop network management procedures with Northwestel operations to configure
and support the frame relay network.
Deploy framer/deframers to allow HDLC video signal to interface with frame network.
Synchronize multi satellite hop video signals.
Work with GNWT and Northwestel operations to develop a network that met customer
and network needs.
Interface with Telecom Canadas frame relay network via FRATM interfaces terminating
in Edmonton.

2. 1998-2004 Northwestel-ATM Based IP Data Network Installation
Establish ATMDS3 interfaces with Telus with links to Yellowknife and Whitehorse IP
routers for Internet service in Whitehorse and Yellowknife on Cisco 7500 and Nortel BN
routers.
Expand the networks to provide Internet access in the Yukon, NWT and Fort Nelson BC.
Develop BGP relationships with Telus core routers.
Support Northwestel operations in deploying Internet offerings throughout
Northwestel`s operating area.
2002-2004 Northwestel-High Speed Internet (HSI) Over Satellite to Inuvik & Iqaluit
Provide Inuvik and Iqaluit satellite based HSI access.
Test various satellite modems to efficiently carry a large IP based payload.
Test and deploy Skyx XR10 and XH45 TCP/IP accelerator.
Develop test scenarios in Whitehorse and Yellowknife to confirm operation.
Program Iqaluit Alcatel 7300 DSLAM in TL1 after network management did not operate
over satellite.
Program virtual router on Passport 7400 to terminate users in Inuvik.
Program Iqaluit Alcatel DSLAM IP Service Module to terminate HSI customers.
Extensive IP and satellite network configuration testing.
2003-2007 Northwestel-Establishment of Northwestel Junipercore IP network
Evaluate Cisco and Juniper proposals for a peering router in Fort Nelson.
Deploy Juniper M40 router with Passport 15000 in Fort Nelson peering with Bell Canada
in Edmonton for INTERNET interfacing.
Establish Juniper IP core with redundant M40 P routers and M10 PE routers in
Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Fort Nelson and Hay River.
Establish BGP peering with Bell on 1 OC3 ATM and 2 OC3 Sonet interfaces in Edmonton
and Vancouver.
Support Northwestel operations in effective Juniper configurations.
2004-2005 Northwestel-Migration of Frame Relay Networkto 2547 VPN networks.
Work with GNWT to develop design that migrated their existing Passport based frame
relay network to a Passport based VPN network.
Develop Passport VPN test configuration network in Yellowknife on terrestrial and
Linkway satellite equipment.
Provide proof of concept network and proceed with installation of MPLS 2547 network.
Provide Northwestel operations with support and configurations for VPN network.
Interface Passport VPN offering with Juniper VPN offering via back to back VRF`s on
ATM.
Support Passport and Juniper VPN offerings.

3. 2006 - 2007 Northwestel-Migration of ATM NETWORK to MPLS CORE NETWORK
Provide network diagrams and configuration for the migration from an ATM DS3 core to
an IP/ MPLS DS3 core.
This involved the establishment of Circuit Cross Conect (CCC) for Passport ATM/Frame
Relay trunks and the migration of ATM-VCC`s traffic to IP/MPLS traffic.
This cutover was carried out flawlessly over 2 cutovers moving Northwestel from an
ATM based to an IP based network.
2007 Northwestel-Juniper PE POP in Edmonton for National VPN ACCESS
Design and install 2 Juniper M120`s in Bell`s Edmonton POP.
Provide network diagrams and configurations for Edmonton M120 PE routers.
Turn up and cutover all Northwestel Internet traffic to Edmonton redundant PE M120`s.
Turn up and cutover all Northwestel-Bell frame relay gateway traffic.
Establish VPN back to back VRF interface design with Bell Canada and Telus.
2008 McWatters Network Eng-Canarie Yukon College
Report On Existing Data Networking Facilities
A Report On Existing Data Networking Facilities in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and
Nunavut for the Canarie Northern Cyberinfrastructure Study.
2008 - Present McWatters Network Eng-TotalNorth Communications
Alaskan Fiber Optic Link from Whitehorse, Yukon to Seattle, Washington
Design and develop preliminary costing for building a fiber optic link between
Whitehorse, Yukon to Seattle, Washington. This was a fiber build to Juneau, Alaska and
obtaining wavelength facilities into Seattle. This design provided an IP interface to the
Internet in Seattle that was linked to Whitehorse providing multiple 10 G interfaces in
Whitehorse.
This has been an ongoing project and I recently provided a design modification to
provide 100 G interfaces.
2009 - 2010 McWatters Network Eng-Whitehorse Hospital Fiber OpticLink
Design, Install and turn up a fiber optic link between buildings for the Whitehorse
Hospital.

4. 2008 - 2010 McWatters Network Eng-Total North Communications
Yukon Zinc IP Network with Cisco VOIP link to PSTN
Design, price and install a Cisco based local MAN on fiber and cable at Yukon Zinc in the
Yukon. Provide Local IP connectivity via cable and wireless. Provide Internet access,
Cisco VOIP, Corporate VPN and PSTN interfaces over a satellite link.
2010 McWatters Network Eng- YTG
Network analysis and IP addressing design of Yukon Government Cisco network. Deploy
SNMP monitoring.
2010 - Present McWatters Network Eng-TotalNorth Communications
Design Networks and Technical Support
Provide engineering support for the design, estimate and installation of LAN, Man and
Wan communications. These projects provide customers with Internet access, VOIP,
Corporate VPN, wireless access and PSTN interfaces. Cisco networking equipment is
used to provide the LAN, MAN and WAN infrastructure. VOIP is provided by Cisco server
and router based VOIP equipment and also various Asterisk based server applications.
The WAN links are provided over satellite, radio, and fiber optic facilities.
2011-2012 McWatters Network Eng-Northwestel
Design, test, install and train Northwestel personnel on a Memotec Netperformer based
satellite media server for PSTN and private customer implementations. This server was
deployed on Cisco network equipment. It provided VOIP trunks and analog, digital or IP
interfaces.
2011-2014 McWatters Network Eng-Northwestel
High Speed Internet (HSI) Over Satellite
Design, estimate, test, install and turn up High Speed Internet (HSI) Over Satellite. I
carried out all engineering functions, programmed all network equipment and
supported installation technicians. High Speed Internet (HSI) Over Satellite was installed
in the following communities:
Arviat, Rankin Inlet, Cambridge Bay, Colville Lake,Deline, Gamèti, Holman(Ulukhaktok),
Lutselk'e, Nahanni butte,Paulatuk,SachsHarbour, TroutLake and Wekweeti.
2012 McWatters Network Eng-Yukon WCB
A team member to design and implement a VMWare based computer network for
Workmans Compensation Board in Whitehorse Yukon.
2012 McWatters Network Eng- YTG

5. Evaluate vendors, design and estimate a Cisco Wireless network solution for the Yukon
Government.
2013 - Present McWatters Network Eng-TotalNorth Communications
Whitehorse Based Cloud Computing
Design, estimate and provide technical support for a project to provide a Cloud
Computing network based in Whitehorse, Yukon. This network will be provided on
VMWare software on Cisco UCS Firmware. This is an ongoing design project waiting for the
economics to warrant installation.
2013- Present McWatters NetworkEng-Northwestel
Removal and Replacement of Passport Network Equipment Infrastructure
Northwestel installed a Nortel Passport based network in 1997 to provide data
services via Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Virtual Private
Network (VPN) equipment platforms supported on this network. These network
platforms have been replaced by Juniper and Cisco equipment operating on an
Internet Protocol (IP) platform. McWatters Network Engineering ensures that the
Passport Network is removed from Northwestel’s network in a manner that does not
adversely affect customers.
2014 - Present McWatters Network Eng
Mcwatters Network engineering designs and presents a course on satellite
communications.
2014 McWatters Network Eng- YTG
Analyse and inspect the Yukon Governments Cisco network for migration to VOIP and
virtual desktops.
2015 McWatters Network Eng- YTG
Feasability design of a terrestrial radio link into Old Crow, Yukon
2015 - Present McWatters Network Eng-TotalNorth Communications
Design, estimate and install a Cisco BE6000 Unifyed Computing System to migrate
Yukon College to a VOIP system.