Summary
Matt Taber is a seasoned network engineer with 15+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting complex networks across CU*Answers, WMIS, and The Iserv Company. He brings deep expertise in Cisco IOS, optical networking (Cisco ONS 15454), routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP), and firewall/security platforms alongside practical Linux server and LAMP administration. Skilled at end-to-end customer solutions, he has built and terminated LANs, managed diverse WAN technologies (T1/T3, DS3, OC3, Frame Relay) and supported VoIP and cable modem head-ends. At CU*Answers since 2011 he balances operational support with architecture and mentoring, including interviewing and onboarding technical staff. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic troubleshooting that spans physical cabling to optical and IP-layer design—an engineer comfortable in both data center racks and field installations.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Grand Valley State University