1. Rishi Rawat rrawat3@gmu.edu |LinkedIn
Address: 9451, Lee Hi ghway, Apt 417, Fairfax, VA 22031 Phone: 703-634-8539
EDUCATION:
M.S. in Telecommunications May ’16
George Mason University (GMU), Fairfax, VA, USA, GPA - 3.73/4
B.E. in Electronics, May ’13
Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering, University of Mumbai, India
CERTIFICATION:
CISCO Licensenumber: CSCO12908891
 Cisco Certified Network Professional Route (CCNP 300-101) Mar ’16
(CCNP 300-115) Apr
 Cisco Certified Network Associate R&S (CCNA 200-120) Dec ’15
 Certificatein Advanced Networking Protocols for Telecommunications
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Network Technologies : TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, IPv4, IPv6, VPN, GRE, DMVPN, DHCP, Private VLAN,
QoS, ACL, VACL, NAT/PAT,SS7
VoIP Protocols : SIP, H.323, RTP, RTCP
Routing Protocols : BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, NHRPs, PBR
Switching Techniques : MPLS, VLAN, VTP, RSTP/PVST+/MSTP, DOT1Q
Software : GNS3, Wireshark, Vi si o, Packet Tracer, OPNET
Operating System : Cisco IOS, Windows, Linux, Active Directory
EXPERIENCE:
Company Name: Vedang Cellular Services Pvt.Ltd. Mar ‘14 – June ‘14
Client Name: TATA Teleservices (Transmission Engineer)
 Maintained the network by troubleshooting fiber which includes fiber cutdetection and restoration.Made use of OTDR.
 Troubleshootingand problem resolution of elusivecustomer network difficulties.
 Monitoringthe customer’s links on monitoringportal.
 Defined, developed and maintained internal documentations,procedures and processes for incident analysis,troubleshooting
support.
 Handled all servicerequest timely required by client.
 Worked in a 24x7 telecommunication industry environment.
Company Name: Larsen & Toubro (Intern)
 A short-term internship which focused on Storage of Crude Oil atthe Electrical & Automation Dept. and worked on AC/DC.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
Enterprise Network-VoIP Service Analysis Aug ’15 – Dec ‘15
 Worked under Professor Dragan Hrnjez,on project in Voice over IP domain.
 Analyzed existingenterprise IP network with traffic and redesigned to supportadditional VoIP requirements
 Involves workingon SIP signalingprotocol and differentvoicecodecs usingOPNET modeler.
BGP Laboratory Work Aug ‘15 – Dec ‘15
 Configured eBGP alongwith route redistribution,modifyingvariousBGP attributes for inbound and outbound routes, load
balancingtraffic.
IGP Laboratory Work Jan ‘15 – May ‘15
 This was a 3 credit coursewhich focused on applicationsof static routing;dynamic routing; defaultrouting; access lists;route
redistribution;RIP,OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, IS-IS, and BGP protocols.
 Real-lifescenariostaughtin laboratory element through exercises that involveconfiguringrouters as network elements.
Basic Switching Laboratory Work Aug ‘14 – Dec ‘14
 Configured and designed a network connecting two ISPs usingJunos.
 Implemented eBGP and iBGP in the network.
 MP-BGP was examined to cover the BGP extensions that supportMPLS Layer 3 VPN services,Inter-
 Domain Multicastrouting,and the IPv6 address family.

2.  6PE solution was used to transportIPv6 across an IPv4 MPLS backbone.
Satellite Broadband Services to the Caribbean Islands Aug ’14 – Dec ‘14
 Designed a Satellite Communication System with VSAT to provide broadband services to the Caribbean Islands.
 Responsibility includes handling the Business part of entire Operations including Brand Management, Brand Awareness and
People Management.
HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
 Research paper on MPLS-EVPN.
 Paper presented on “Security SystemBased on Optical Fiber” in Avalon 2012 a national event by Terna College of engineering.