Carlos Amador is a WAN Network Communications Specialist at Yazaki Europe Ltd in Germany and Portugal. He has over 7 years of experience designing, implementing, and managing WAN, LAN, VoIP, wireless, and security networks for an automotive company. He holds certifications in ITIL, CCNA, CCNP Routing, CCNP Switching, and has a Master's Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Aveiro in Portugal.

1. Carlos Amador
WAN Network Communications Specialist
Yazaki Europe Ltd
Köln - Germany / Ovar - Portugal
Contacts
Carlos Eduardo Vieira Amador
carlos_eduardo_amador@hotmail.com
00351 917187209
de.linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoamador/en
Experience
WAN Network Communications Specialist
Yazaki Europe Ltd
04 / 2011 – Present
Köln – Germany / Ovar - Portugal
European Wide Area Network Communication Specialist in the fields of Networking, Voice and Video services
for an automotive company.
• Administration of an European WAN in a Centralized IT department
• Development of standard concepts for WAN, LAN, VoIP, Wireless, Video and Security
implementations, according to the ISO 27001
• Service Life-Cycle management in agreement with ITIL framework
• Communication and negotiation with suppliers, specialized consultants, staff and end users.
• Abroad experience in EMEA affiliates for implementation’s, auditing and support to Local IT
departments
• Plan, design and implement WAN, LAN and Wireless concepts for secure data communication
• Experience with Cisco Switch and Router, Cisco ASA, Juniper Firewall, Palo Alto Firewall, HP Switch,
PepLink Load Balancer, Silver Peak WAN Optimization, Cisco Wireless
• Plan, design and implement enterprise VoIP and Video solutions
• Market research for new technologies in order to proactively review and improve existing standard
concepts
• Troubleshoot, investigation, diagnosis and resolution of communication’s problems
• Proactive 24x7 monitoring and periodical reporting
Research Grant
Foundation for Science and Technology
04 / 2010 - 10 / 2010 (6 Months)
University of Aveiro - Portugal
Mesh-DHT: DHT-Based Services to improve the scalability of Mesh Networks with High Availability
Waiter and Bar Attending
Pizzeria Feira dos 5
07 / 2005 - 04 / 2011 (5 Years and 10 Months)
Murtosa - Portugal
Part-Time Job during college

2. Certifications
ITIL FOUNDATION – Practices for Service Management – 02/2016
CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate – 09/2013
Trainings
CCNP TSHOOT – Cisco Certified Network Professional – 10/2015
CCNP ROUTE – Cisco Certified Network Professional – 05/2015
CCNP SWITCH – Cisco Certified Network Professional – 04/2015
Education
Master’s Degree, Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
University of Aveiro - Potugal
09 / 2005 – 07 / 2010
Projects
WiFi / ZigBee AP to Support for Location-Based Wireless Networks
Thesis presented to the University of Aveiro to fulfil the requirements necessary to obtain master’s degree in
Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
Languages
• Portuguese - Native Language
• English - Advanced Level
• German - Basic Level
Skills
• Networking • Network Design • Project Planning • Project Management
• Wide Area Network • IT Security • IT Management • Network Management
Interests
Traveling, Sports, Indoor Soccer, Surf, Snowboard, Concerts