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July
17, 2001
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an
online newsletter for and by NOAA employees
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Tony Wu, a contractor employed by RGII Technologies, is NOAA's newest 
Team Member of the Month. As network engineer to the NOAA Network
Operations Center, Tony has placed NOAA in the forefront of Internet accessibility.
He ensured a smooth outcome in the complex transition that brought about
fundamental change in NOAA's Washington area routing strategies. Tony
says that, "no complaints" are his biggest compliment.
Working with his counterparts at NASA and the University of Maryland, he developed a strategic plan to test equipment and its ability to perform such activities as security filters at Gigabit speed. In the process, he exposed weaknesses that had been undetected even by vendors. Tony's test results are now being used as the basis of similar acquisitions by NASA and the University of Maryland. Tony's efforts to bring change to NOAA's routing strategies has dramatically affected our ability to communicate internally and with the research and other communities. It has also alleviated pressure on other systems. As just one significant example, NOAA is now able to communicate more effectively during the present hurricane season. The new service is also the basis for NOAA's use of the next generation of network technology. Throughout the transition, Tony and his three-person technical team continued their committed service to the National Ocean Service and to the entire NOAA community, working long hours, responding to late night trouble calls, and arriving at a moment's notice to advise local network managers about problems on new designs. While Tony and his team are invisible to most of NOAA, their work is not. Most frequently, they show up only when something is not working. Thanks to Tony's leadership, that is not too often. |
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