The document provides a summary of Quinn M. Owens' professional experience and achievements. It details their experience leading deployments for new Amazon data centers globally and developing new hardware designs. It also lists their roles and responsibilities in network engineering and technical program management positions at Amazon from 2012 to present.

1. Quinn M. Owens
6319 Dodger Dr. Pasco, WA 99301
(509) 572-4967
qmowens@hotmail.com
Profession Milestones / Achievements
 Have successfully lead the deployment for 3 new Data Center builds for
amazon.com & a New region build in China
 Have lead new global deployment of 3 new hardware types, that redesigned
our Agg layer, Cor layer, and Dis layer for amazon.com DC infrastructure and
wrote all documentation related to said Hardware for training and maintenance
purposes
 Have traveled to Dublin, Tokyo, Bejing, Zhongwei, Virginia, Seattle and San
Francisco in aid of new data center builds and scaling related activities
 Received a “Money Bags” award from Amazon AWS VP, Jerry Hunter, for saving
AWS $3.5M per quarter on innovative and simplifying new hardware design
 Piloted a new Program Management System for consolidation of workload
between Technical Program Managers and NSI Technicians
 Participated in a global policy and business practice reformation change
program for network deployment and growth withinAWS
Professional Experience
Amazon.com Boardman/Hermiston, Oregon
NSI Tech III, NSI West-Coast October 2016 – Present
 Technical Writer for Global policy
 Network Architecture SME
 Technical Escalation for all West Coast NSI Representatives
 TPM for specialty projects and network lab environments
 Onsite lead/TPM for all new data center network builds in PDX
Amazon.com Boardman/Hermiston, Oregon
(TPM-Light) Projects Coordinator | NSI Lead October 2014 – October 2016
 Lead cluster scaling and assign projects based upon different skill levels for different
people
 Make sure projects and tracking for those projects is updated regularly for accurate
metrics tracking
 Work with engineers for special needs requests with power, cooling, cabling,
configuration of brand new home grown equipment as well as cisco, juniper, &
Broadcom devices @ Amazon.com
 Travel across the world to new datacenters and implement and scale the network and
network infrastructure

2.  Create global policy for new equipment implementation and standard business
practices
 Work on building new designs for network infrastructure design for new data center
builds
 Implement logical and physical changes on networking equipment to meet capacity
needs for future scaling
 Submit and approve large purchases to fulfill forecasting manager need for capacity in
data centers
 Financial analyzing to improve spending habits and work in a more frugal environment
to consistently drive pricing down
 Navigate, manage, and track projects on a daily basis with custom tools similar to
Microsoft projects for accurate metrics reporting to directors, forecast managers, and
network engineers
Amazon.com Boardman/Hermiston, Oregon
Network Scaling and Integration Technician (I & II) March 2014 – October 2014
 Manage cabling vendors making cut sheets for complex fiber and copper runs
 Install and implement initial configurations on Cisco routers, Juniper MX240s,
QFX3500s, MX960s, Cisco Nexus’, DWDM’s, Catalyst Series Switches and more.
 Operate on high visibility equipment making changes in a network, scaling to increase
available bandwidth on networks
 Work with TPM’s on cost effective and creative solutions for networking related
problems involved with cabling, pass-through panels, powering, HVAC, and equipment
allocation
 Work with a team to understand and provide input on new equipment that is more
cost effective in terms of rack space, rack density, and cabling efficiency
 Install and work with engineers on new equipment being tested before deployment
into a live environment
 Work with operations teams and engineering teams to provide scaling necessities to
people who own and maintain the DC.
 Shadow network engineers and work in CTC for WDM integration, reserve ip’s with
homegrown amazon tools, and learn more about working in layer 3 of the OSI model
 Interview people for team, and technical fit within our group
 Train new hires on becoming familiar with amazon policy, data center infrastructure,
and allocate resources properly
Amazon.com Boardman/Hermiston, Oregon
Data Center Technician January 2012 – March 2014
 Work with a team of other technicians on a day-to-day basis for maintenance in a
Linux based environment and with Cisco Nexus’, DWDM’s, Broadcom TORS, Juniper
routers/switches, and single and multimode fiber running and troubleshooting
 Write training documents and procedures for new hires and standard procedure
practice
 Help and manage cut-sheets for copper and fiber runs
 Help and direct cabling contractors

3.  Rack, install, and configure new equipment including Routers, Switches, Servers,
Firewalls, and management systems
 Run fiber and copper connections
 Work with networking and software developing teams to come up with solutions for
complicated problems
 Train new hires for day-to-day tasks, until they are ready for more advanced tasks
 Cable and deploy server racks on a daily basis
 Fiber and copper troubleshooting
 Help with installation and programming Lenel Security Systems
Massive amounts of hardware repairs for computers and networking equipment
Corestaff inc. Boardman/Hermiston, Oregon
Data Center Technician Intern July 2011 - December 2011
 Shadow FTE employees and learn on the job activities
 Oversee the daily performance and maintenance of Linux based servers and
networking equipment via a trouble ticketing system
 Helpdesk support for onsite employees
 Cabling and labeling management of fiber, copper, and power cables
Education
Tri-Tech Skills Center Kennewick WA, United States
Computer Hardware Tech. and Network Administration September 2010 – June 2011
Richland High School Richland WA, United States
High School Diploma September 2007-June 2011
Amazon.comInternship Umatilla OR, United States
Amazon.com PDX cluster June 2012 – December 2012
Amazon.comTPM Mentorship Umatilla OR, United States
Amazon.com PDX cluster Dec 2015 – July 2016
CCNET Certified 2016 Umatilla OR, United States
CCNA Bootcamp December 2016