Louis R. D'Alessandro

Title: Instructor
EMail: ldalessa@gmu.edu
Department: IT&E
Phone: 703-505-2790

Mr. D'Alessandro is a professional telecommunications executive with over forty years of engineering, operations, planning, financial management, and computer services experience in leading and advising organizations providing telecommunications services. Mr. D'Alessandro had a 34-year career in the Bell System in engineering, operations, and marketing departments. After retiring from AT&T he was the General Manager for International Systems at Hekimian Laboratories for seven years and then he founded Telecom Consult International, Inc. in 1993, now known as Vision Networks, Inc., (VNI) a firm dedicated to IT systems integration. The firm has been involved in telecom infrastructure projects in 12 foreign countries. In 2003 VNI was contracted by West Virginia University to support automated litigation support for the U. S. Attorneys. Recently, VNI was contracted to provide technical database design and architecture recommendations to the USCIS. As an executive engineering mana ger in telecommunications systems deployment, he contributed to the operations of modern telecommunications and information technology systems. He has experience that addresses many facets of telecommunications and requirements necessary to architect large telephone networks including the Telecommunications Network Management standards based network management operations and Information Technology Network Management SNMP based network management and help desk operations. Internet and data communications systems experience include a wide variety of IT protocols and operating systems. In performing these tasks, his experience and expertise was recognized by representing his clients in a distinguished manner in worldwide standards and technical committees. Mr. D'Alessandro is a FAA Certified Flight Instructor and has a replete knowledge of the air traffic control system as both a user and implementer. In addition, Mr. D’Alessandro is now an Instructor of Information Technology at George Mason University at the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering.