Ryan Cummings

Ryan Cummings has extensive work experience in the telecommunications industry. Ryan started their career at Qwest in 2000 as a Senior Network Engineer, where they provided troubleshooting and repair for large enterprise customers. Ryan also managed and maintained SNMP network monitoring tools. In 2002, Ryan joined POPP Communications as Vice President and Lead Engineer/CTO. In this role, they served as the principal network architect for Voice, Internet, and Transport networks, overseeing a datacenter and 35 remote collocations. Ryan was responsible for maintaining data and voice security and quality and also served as the lead Sales Engineer, finding the best solutions for customer needs. Ryan later became the Vice President & General Manager at POPP Communications.

Ryan Cummings attended the University of Minnesota Duluth from 1995 to 2000, where they studied Computer Science. Ryan did not obtain a degree during this time. Additionally, Ryan has obtained various certifications, including Adtran ASP (Adtran Sales Professional), Adtran ASTA/UC (Adtran Tech Support Associate / Unified Communications), Adtran ATSA/IN (Adtran Tech Support Associate / Internetworking), Adtran ATSA/UTM (Adtran Tech Support Associate / Unified Threat Management), Cisco CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), Cisco CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional), MetaSwitch Advanced VoIP Troubleshooting, MetaSwitch Basic Translations, MetaSwitch Hosted PBX Deployment and Troubleshooting, MetaSwitch MCT (Metaswitch Certified Technician), Sonicwall CSSA (Certified Sonicwall System Administrator), and Sonicwall CSSR (Sonicwall Certified Sales Representative). However, the specific months and years in which they obtained these certifications are not provided.