From: "Deborah Smith" <Deborah.Smithntl.com>
To: <mnc.mailcwcom.net>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 12:52 PM
Subject: Former student


> Hello,
> 
> My name is Deborah Smith (nee Amos).  I was at the MNC from 1982 to 1985 on
> the Radio course.
> I have been married to Philip Smith for nearly 14 years...not the Philip
> Smith lecturer...another one.  I have a daughter of nearly five...about to
> start school!
> 
> Workwise, I left the college and went to work for a satellite organisation.
> This was tracking the spacecraft, gathering telemetry and sending commands.
> I started on shift, and as the only female in a serviceman's environment, it
> was quite daunting.  I was promoted quickly to Senior engineer and after two
> years promoted to Project manager for a multi-million dollar enhancement.  I
> do have a claim to fame - I installed an air to ground voice link to talk to
> the Shuttle...my voice on "News at Ten" having a conversation about the
> weather with Bill Shepherd - one of the astronauts. 
> 
> After there, I went to Mercury communications dealing with transmission and
> radios, and as technology went forward, so did I.  Routers and IP networks,
> basic data networks.  This progressed to Frame Relay and ATM.  I left MCL
> after 7 years and went to IBM as the main point of contact for the global
> frame relay and ATM networks.  After spending nearly 3 years here and making
> some "major" changes, employing a team of people to run the fault reporting,
> change control, admin etc. I left there and went to do the same at NTL.
> 
> I am still at NTL, after nearly 3 years.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Deborah Smith
> Principal Network Engineer - ATM and Frame Relay