Our Certified Engineers

James Cavin is 31 years old and holds the following certifications in telecommunications: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA), Cisco Wireless Outdoor Design Engineer, and Cisco Outdoor Field Engineer.  

James is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and was deployed from December 2003 to February 2005.  He was with the 120th Combat Heavy Engineers and was involved with security missions during the first ever elections held in Iraq, serving in Ramadi, Fallujah, and Al Asad.  As a result of veteran status, the corporation will qualify for 8(a) set-aside government contracting opportunities.  James is a member of the Cherokee Nation and majority owner of the company (51%).  As a minority-owned company, other opportunities to do business are created, especially with the Cherokee Nation and the federal government.

As majority owner, James Cavin, is President of the company and in charge of the technical aspects of the business.  James has attended supervision class mandated by the State of Oklahoma.  He has vast knowledge in the areas of telecommunications and network administration, has managed an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and serves as the head engineer of product and network design.

Paul Miner, VP Engineering

Paul brings over twelve years of infrastructure design and technical management experience using Cisco Systems products and services.  Paul is a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP).  He leverages his extensive knowledge of national data centers, disaster recovery planning, and wireless technologies to engineer robust, secure data solutions.  Paul has a successful track record of establishing long term network strategies in a variety of environments including Tier I Internet service providers, large enterprise, and healthcare networks.  Since joining DTS Communications as Vice President-Engineering, Paul’s primary focus has been the development of innovative solutions to improve network security, performance and availability for DTS customers.

With several years experience in technical consulting and healthcare IT outsourcing, Paul has designed and implemented numerous fault-tolerant networks for hospital environments.  He has a strong understanding of healthcare-specific networking requirements necessary to support the demands of modern medical services.  Paul has deployed systems such as wireless networks to support mobile applications, giving clinicians real time access to patient information and highly redundant infrastructures capable of meeting the resource demands of Picture Archive and Communication Systems (PACS) and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems. 

One such network was put to the test for a Gulf Coast healthcare facility.  The facility’s data center serves local as well as national clients and was directly in the path of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.  Despite the area’s complete loss of local public utilities, the data infrastructure maintained 100% uptime during the disaster.  This enabled the facility’s workforce to focus on providing much needed healthcare services to those affected by the storm without the serious impediment brought on by losing access to important patient health information and supporting applications.

Dane Dawson, Consulting Voice Engineer

Dane has over 20 years experience in network operations and engineering functions. In the last 10 years he has held several senior technical positions and leadership roles. He is currently employed as a Senior Network Manager/Network Consultant/Convergence Engineer in Tulsa Oklahoma. Prior to this position, Dane worked eight years for NextiraOne, LLC formerly Williams Communications Solutions where he for the most part acted as a design consultant for Networks of all sizes and media types. He has held positions with ISG and Global Data Systems as their IPT Design Engineer from 2004-2006.

Dane's experience includes hands-on network installation, administration, and maintenance of large and small communications networks. He specializes in the LAN/WAN infrastructure, IP Telephony (Call Manager) and is very active in the Optical design market, specifically Optera and Cisco. Dane has been essential in the installation and configuration of various large networks resulting in exceptional client satisfaction. The previous projects include LAN/WAN Wireless at Saint Francis Heart Hospital in Tulsa, IPT Project for Penloyd, IPT design and Implementation for AG Equipment, Cisco Call Manager Design for Johnson Engineering in Ft Meyers, Rogers State University in Claremore, acting as the design and implementation engineer. Finally, the Sarasota County Fiber MAN, where he designed the Optera solution for the County government.

He has held a variety of positions in network integration, technical support fields and has served in the capacity of an IT Manager for Williams Communications. This role as IT Manager has proved to be very beneficial to him in his role as design consultant. The ability to be able to understand the customers network both from an architectural view and financial view, give him many insights into working with customers for the best possible solution for them, given their budget and staffing requirements. He has been responsible for a number of projects that relied on his in-depth knowledge of multi-vendor networks. Responsibilities for project lead required considerable interaction with customers as well as guidance and structure for members of the team. Dane is very capable of assessing a situation and taking independent action when conditions require it. He is confident of his judgment and accepts responsibility for his actions. He is a self-starter who needs minimal guidance and coaching.

In his Role at Intel Corporation, Dane was responsible for the Network side of the Pentium processing plant. His duties their included Network Management, Cable plant Management in a clean room environment and a solid understanding of process manufacturing. Again, all of these experiences have worked to make him one the best design consultants in our pool.