Nick Turner CV

Profile
Skilled Wi-Fi professional, product evangelist, public speaker, enthusiastic to ensure customer success and technical training instructor.
I enjoy getting my hands dirty with project work; design, maintenance, installation, commission and validation of WLANs. From a vendor perspective; I am experienced delivering presentations at trade shows, attending customer meetings, product demonstration, strategic account relationship development (technical perspective). I have passion for product feedback and feature request wrangling and fine dining (sometimes even with customers... [no? not funny? ah well...])
I am interested in building upon my technical skillset, providing value to projects where I will be technically challenged, while continuing to learn.
Key Skills and Expertise
- Technical problem solver
- Well rounded individual with excellent communication skills
- Thrives as a member of a team with a shared goal, competent as a lone wolf
- Able to create and maintain strong working relationships
Strong product knowledge and experience with Wi-Fi industry tools:
- Hamina, Ekahau Pro, Cisco Spectrum Expert, Chanalyzer Pro, AirMagnet
- Intermediate working knowledge of Python, I maintain several home projects that utilise python code that I have created, the most complex of these makes use of computer vision to detect when my cat attempts to bring home prey (mice, rats, birds, squirrels etc).
This is a skillset I am interested in developing further. - CWNE 371
- CWAP
- CWDP
- CWSP
- CWNA
- ECSE Design
- ECSE Troubleshooting
- ECSE Advanced (author of the 2020 course material)
- OSWP
- CCNA Wireless
- CCNA R&S
- Ruckus WiSE
Experience
Wireless Network Engineer - Aruba (High Touch Services)
June 2022 - Present Day
Technical Product Trainer - Ookla
December 2020 - June 2022
- Internal product training / sales enablement
- Working closely with individual product subject matter experts to distil essential knowledge
- Member of the product team overseeing a broad portfolio of enterprise and carrier focussed products
Independent Wi-Fi Consultant - Badger Wi-Fi
January 2020 - December 2020
- Wi-Fi Design, survey, troubleshooting, consultation
- Wi-Fi Instructor, training material author
- Ekahau Custom Report Template creation / consulting
Technical Sales Engineer - Ekahau
September 2016 - December 2019
- Subject matter expert for Ekahau EMEA
- Public facing team member at Ekahau
- Co-hosting webinars with thousands of attendees from around the world
- Presenting at conferences and trade shows including;
- Aruba Atmosphere, Cisco PVT, WLPC, Wi-Fi Design Day, WLA Meet-Up
- Pre-Sales interaction - small group webinars to understand customer requirements and demonstrate Ekahau product portfolio, answer technical questions
- Post-Sales interaction - focus on enabling customers to get the most value from the toolset, workflow assistance
- Wrangling product feedback and feature requests
- Assisting technical support department on specialist matters
- Technical product training / product orientation
- Ekahau Blog - custom-report-templates-round-up
- wlanpros.com - WLPC 2015 Presentation - site-spectrum-analysis-clean-air-ap
- nickjvturner.com - Community Resource - AP Name Broadcast matrix
- nickjvturner.com - DIY APoS tripod guide
Senior WLAN Engineer - Empowered
June 2015 - June 2016
- Responsible for site visits, liaising with account managers and salesdepartment, exploring, establishing and detailing the finer requirements of theproposed WLAN
- Initiating high level design, surveying sites and producing full reportdocumentation
- Installation and configuration of WLANs on site, fine tuning andcarrying out post installation surveys
WLAN Engineer - DigitalAir Wireless
December 2012 - June 2015
- Site visits, liaising with account managers and sales department, exploring, establishing and detailing the finer requirements of the proposed WLAN
- Initiating high level design, surveying and producing report documentation
- Installation, commission, troubleshooting and validation of WLANs within
- large offices, warehouses, data centres, caravan sites, healthcare facilities including hospitals (NHS and private), automotive storage centres, hotels, theatres and industrial spaces
- Preparation and delivery of both in-house and customer product training
Product Development & Engineer - Cybernet Communications
September 2011 - September 2012
- Worked closely with the management team to develop quality and reliable product and solution offerings to both commercial and residential customers.
- High Speed internet access to remote rural areas, remote access infrastructures and fail safe.
- On-site assessment, installation of CPE, calibration and software setup
- Radio Tower construction, commission of radio communication infrastructure
- Liaised with field operations, in-house support teams and 3rd party suppliers to identify problems and provide solutions
- Observed current industry standards and safety standards with particular regards to working at height and in remote locations
Further Experience
- Mountain Pine Beetle Surveyor, Canada [ Jan 2011 - Mar 2011 ]
- Travel throughout Canada [ Aug 2010 - Jan 2011 ]
- Forest Fire Fighter - Seneca Enterprises, Canada [ Jul 2010 - Aug 2010 ]
- Tree Planter - Summit Reforestation, Canada [Apr 2010 - Jul 2010 ]
- Lighting and Sound Event Technician, Rockit Event Production, London, UK [ Jan 2010 - Apr 2010 ]
- Lapland Snow Ranger - Outdoor activity leader - Esprit Holidays Ltd, Finland [ Dec 2009 ]
- Lighting Cameraman and Editor - Real Impact Productions, UK [ Sep 2008 - Nov 2009 ]
Education
Self study courses and sitting technical certification exams
- 2012 - Present
Completion of High School & Sixth Form College (AS and A2)
- 2003 - 2005
Personal Touch
I get satisfaction from neat, tidy, functional DIY tinkering projects, recent successes include Raspberry Pi doorbell push notification system, CatFlap (Pet Door) photography.
Off-Road Triathlon "athlete" <- participant, XC mountain bike rider, outdoor venture activities such as trail running and orienteering. I enjoy recreational climbing and am comfortable at height, this was a great combination when working in Canada, experience rigging, antenna installation and alignment on communication towers, and I enjoy climbing trees.