Jack Sippel

Solving telecom cybersecurity issues with system engineering and collaboration.

Overland Park, KS, United States

Details

Education: MSEE

Telcommunications, Cryptography, Data Security

Southern Methodist University

1987 : 1992

BSEE

Communications, Computer Engineering

The University of Kansas

1981 : 1986

The Aji Network

Experience: Leading cross functional cybersecurity design and assessment/remediation activities for cellular network systems at a Tier 1 US telecom carrier.

2021 : Present

T-Mobile

Principal Systems Engineer, Radio Network Cybersecurity

Team lead for 1st through 4th generation LTE femtocell development with a deployed base of more than 250,000 devices and operational support systems.

2020 : 2021

T-Mobile

Principal Systems Engineer, LTE femtocell development

Lead Engineer for development and product launch of 5 femtocells from two OEMs. Managed project requirements, contract, development, lab and field testing, deployment and lifecycle management. Cross functional team management of over 30 engineers and analysts.

2015 : 2020

Sprint Nextel

Lead Engineer - LTE small cell development

R&D and Business Development for 4G WiMax & LTE radio access network at Sprint. 3 WiMax products launched in 18 months. Managed ideation pipeline for the Sprint R&D team. Analyzed LTE radio network features and specified Sprint implementation strategy for RAN development teams.

2011 : 2015

Sprint Nextel

Manager, 4G RAN Development

Developed cutting edge mobile wireless broadband data network, including technical design, intergration and vendor management for XOHM/Clearwire network.

2005 : 2011

Sprint Nextel

Manager, WiMax Development

Company: T-Mobile

Years of Experience: 38

Spoken Language: English

Skills

3G, 4G, CDMA, Cellular Communications, Collaborative Problem Solving, Cyber Defense, Cybersecurity, Electronics, Ethernet, GSM, Integration, IP, LTE, Mobile Communications, Mobile Devices, Mobile Technology, Network Design, Photovoltaics, Program Management, RAN, RF, SDLC, Signal Processing, SIP, Solar Energy, Solar Power, Solar PV, Solar System Design, Solar Systems, Systems Engineering, Telecommunications, Testing, UMTS, Vendor Management, VoIP, WiFi, WiMAX, Wireless, Wireless Networking

About

Engineering Development team lead with an extensive history of complex new product development in the telecommunications industry. Currently focusing on cybersecurity architecture/engineering in telecommunications networks including identity and access management (IAM/PAM), endpoint protection (EDR/XDR), NIST-CSF/CMMC/ISO compliance assessment, risk assessment/management, asset management, vulnerability assessment & remediation, application security (AppSec/DevSecOps), SBOM migration, and SIEM/SOAR integration utilizing capabilities from Oracle, CyberArk, FireEye, SentinelOne, Splunk, Tenable, ServiceNow, and AWS. Identifying and resolving issues with smart people using system engineering, structured problem solving, curiosity and project management.