Timothy Barker
Manager — Professional Services, Tekelec, Inc .
Timothy D. Barker has over 25 years in the Telecommunications industry. His experience spans a diverse range of technologies such as SIP, SS7, ATM, Local Number Portability, Cellular 3G networks, IP Networking, Telecommunications, SONET, VoIP, VoATM, LAN/WAN, ISDN, and Frame Relay. Tim has held various positions involving management, designing, testing and teaching of data networks, Enterprise Telephone Systems, Digital Switching, Signaling and Transmission systems.
Currently, Tim is a Professional Services Manager with Tekelec, Inc. He manages a Professional Services department responsible for Network Design and Implementation Services of Next-Generation Solutions, deployed in the Telephone, Cable and Cellular Service Providers networks.
Prior to Tekelec, Inc., Tim spent six years at Cisco Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Test Engineer, overseeing the overall Solution Test projects' design, implementations, system and solutions Load/Stress and Automation testing activities for enterprise voice (IP Telephony) solutions and VoIP/VoATM service provider solutions.
Other positions and company of employment included Sr. Systems Test Engineer for Larscom, Inc. supervising system level testing activities and as a Sr. Software/QA Engineer and Sr. Technical Specialist for Fujitsu Network Switching Inc. testing and delivering training for ATM switching systems.
Tim has the distinction of testing several industries first. Tim led test activities for the industry's first commercially certified and deployed Local Number Portability (LNP) solution developed by Tekelec, Inc., and testing the first broadband ATM switch developed by Fujitsu, which provided connectivity for the North Carolina Information Highway.
Prior to this diverse civilian career, Tim spent over 9 years in the U.S. Air Force as a Telecommunications Specialist, where some of his most memorable projects were with the White House Communications department, leading various Multi-Branch NATO telecommunication projects, Managing a Telecommunications training school and Military Base conversion from an electromechanical to digital switching system.
Tim is a faculty member for the University of Phoenix teaching in the areas of Systems Development, Software Engineering, Project Management, and Networking & Telecommunications. Tim has earned a M.S. in Telecommunications from University of Colorado, a M.S. in Administration from Central Michigan University; he holds a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) operator's license. Tim is also an Advisory Board member for other Universities' departments.