History of Mark Szczesniak


My Youth

I was born in Buffalo, New York.

From third grade on my family lived in Liverpool, New York, just outside of Syracuse.


College Life

Sun DialAfter my junior year in high school, I decided to go to Cornell University. I graduated with a BS in electricalengineering in January 1988. I received my Masters in Engineering Management in January 1989.


New York City

My first job after college was in New York City. I lived in on 47th street in manhattan and worked for Enterprise Technology Corporation providing financial institutions (banks and insurance companies) with trading and pension systems. While in New York, I learned to fly at an Lindenairport in New Jersey


Boston

In November 1991, I moved to Waltham, MA and worked for GCC Technologies designing software for postscript laser printers. After two years, I decided it was time to move on and took a job with Lighstream Corporation in Chelmsford, MA. Cisco systems bought Lightstream in January 1995, which is where I currently work developing IOS for routers and switches.  Currently, I am in the MPLS group at Cisco.  I led the software team for the 12008 GSR.  Prior projects have revolved around writing software for the Lighstream 2020, an ATM Cell Relay Switch.

Nancy and I were married on November 9, 1996 in southern New Jersey.

Since then, we have been holding a yearly Independance Bash.