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SUMMARY:

  • Innovative, results oriented management professional with 20 + years visible achievements providing leading edge technology solutions. Extensive qualifications in all aspect of network administration, management and maintenance, network/server operations and hardware/software solutions.
  • Exceptional skills in implementation of teams and systems to provide business solutions which increase operational efficiencies. Deliver bottom - line results through effective design, development, and execution of systems to reduce or save costs.
  • Merge hands-on leadership style with excellent communication skills to continually drive focused teams towards performance excellence. Proven track record in streamlining operations, relating technical information to end-users and leading projects to full fruition.

CORE MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES:

  • Team Leadership Problem Resolution & Troubleshooting
  • Strategic Planning Staff Training & Development
  • Productivity Improvement Project Development & Management
  • Client Management Vendor Management
  • Change Management Policies & Procedures

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

  • Network Design Cisco Technologies
  • MPLS TCP/IP
  • VOIP IP Telephony
  • Network Security Wireless Networking
  • BGP/OSPF/ Confidential Routers/Switches
  • VPN/IPSEC Disaster Recovery

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Manager, Network Operations

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Managing Confidential ’s International network to ensure optimal operation of all network hardware equipment, including Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, WAN accelerators, etc.
  • Create strategic Confidential architectural road-map to deliver high quality design solutions for converged Voice, Video and Data, within a high-availability infrastructure using Cisco, Polycom and Citrix technologies.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for network resource administration and appropriate use.
  • Design and deploy a MPLS backbone with Confidential protocol redistributed into BGP-4 to meet high-availability and disaster recovery requirements.
  • Design and deploy a video infrastructure with Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS), Cisco MCU and Polycom Group Series endpoints utilizing SIP and H323 protocols.
  • Build out new fault tolerant Data Centers globally with Cisco Nexus switches, routers and firewalls.
  • Develop and deploy methodologies for testing network performance and providing network performance statistics and reports.
  • Translate business and customer needs to introduce innovative technical solutions that grow the bottom line and or speed time to market.
  • Drive technology and process improvements to better deliver flexible platforms and processes that support product development and facilitate the transformation of customer insight into customer value.
  • Head all vendor and service provider relationships including selection and implementation for all infrastructure components and ensure high availability with strict adherence to SLA’s
  • Establish Change Control Board to ensure conformity of best practice standards.

Consultant

Confidential, NJ/NY

Responsibilities:

  • Provided engineering services to government agencies including Confidential and the Confidential in support of tactical operations in South West Asia.
  • Provided networking solutions to complex business requirements utilizing Cisco and Juniper layer 2 and 3 network devices and firewalls.
  • Design and implement double encrypted network solutions utilizing KG-175 TACLANE, KG-340, Cisco 7600 routers, Cisco 6500 switches, Brocade Netiron MLX series switches and VoIP telephony in accordance with appropriate MIL-STDs and Army regulations.
  • Deployed fully redundant MPLS backbone with OSPF protocol redistributed into BGP-4.
  • Utilize T-1s thru OC-3s and Metro Ethernet technology to transport VOIP and data applications over the backbone for Call Center operations.
  • Implement class of service across (CoS) across the MPLS infrastructure and quality of service (QoS) on the egress of the CPE devices for optimization.
  • Provided Engineering expertise on the global design and implementation for Credit Suisse MPLS Network, URENCO Campus Area Network and UASC MPLS Network.
  • Programmed and deployed Cisco 7000, 3600, 2600 series routers and Cisco 6000, 3700, 2900 series switches with TCP/IP, Confidential and BGP-4 protocols.
  • Design networks utilizing GRE Tunnels for transporting multicast traffic and supporting dynamic routing of Confidential protocol across the backbone. .

Vice President, Network Operations

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

  • Managed the infrastructure team of Network Engineers and System Administrators.
  • As a technical manager, responsible for designing, strategic planning and implementing an international network to support connectivity to stock exchanges, brokers and clients that are using the FIX (Financial Information Exchange) protocol to facilitate trading in the emerging markets.
  • Created strategic architecture road-maps and deliver high quality solutions and designs for converged, virtual, high-availability infrastructure using Cisco network and complementing technologies
  • Published IP CIDR specification defining the rules and routing within the OSPF backbone.
  • Deployed a fully redundant MPLS backbone with Confidential protocol redistributed into BGP-4. The core network at each regional and domestic locations consist of Cisco 6500, 3500 switches, Cisco ASA 5500 firewalls and Cisco 2800 series routers.
  • Drive technology and process improvements to better deliver flexible platforms and processes that support product development and facilitate the transformation of customer insight into customer value.
  • Required superior project management skills, ability to evaluate various technologies and interface extensively with upper management, vendors and end users.

Director, Network Engineering

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Responsibilities:

  • Hired as the chief Architect to design and implement, from the ground up, a new stock exchange network supporting two datacenters and three regional offices within the span of nine months.
  • Created strategic architecture road-maps and deliver high quality solutions and designs for converged, high-availability infrastructure using Cisco network and complementing technologies
  • Deployed a fully redundant state of the art infrastructure that featured technologies such as MPLS, Metro Ethernet Backbone, VOIP with Cisco Call Manager, VPN remote access and stateful failover firewalls.
  • Implemented core network consisting of Cisco 6500, 3500, 2900 series switches, Cisco CSS 1100 load balancers, Cisco ASA 5500 firewalls and Cisco 7200, 2800, 2600 series routers with TCP/IP, Confidential, BGP-4 and Multicast protocols.
  • Drive technology and process improvements to better deliver flexible platforms and processes that support product development.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for network resource administration and appropriate use.
  • Translate business and customer needs to introduce innovative technical solutions that grow the bottom line and or speed time to market.
  • Required superior project management skills, ability to evaluate various technologies and interface extensively with upper management, vendors and end users.

LAN/WAN Engineer

Confidential, Pennington, NJ

Responsibilities:

  • Provided engineering support on all aspect of LAN/WAN for the Bristol Myers Squibb international network.
  • Responsibilities included, but not limited to, designing/implementing IP over ATM, VoFR, Wireless LAN (802.11x), network optimization and roll out of Cisco’s uRPF security features.
  • Programmed and deployed Cisco 7200, 3700, 2600 series routers and Cisco 6500, 5500, 2900 series switches.
  • Required strong knowledge of TCP/IP, ATM, Frame Relay, Confidential and IPX protocols.
  • Provided tier 2 support to the Enterprise group for monitoring and troubleshooting of these networks.
  • Experience with Concord and CiscoWorks network management systems.

Senior Global Design Engineer

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

  • Served as a Lead Engineer for the manage services division of Confidential .
  • Requires extensive network design experience, project management, researching, evaluating and testing of new IP products and services such as VPN, ATM, VoFR and VoIP.
  • Implemented large complex networks where multiple vendors, routing and routed protocols are prevalent.
  • Programmed and deployed Cisco 7000, 3600, 2600, 1600 series routers and Cisco 6000, 5500, 2900 series switches with TCP/IP, Confidential, OSPF, RIP and BGP-4 protocols.
  • Designed and Implemented Confidential 's Network Management System Network. The network was build-using ATM as the data link transport and OSPF as the routing protocol.
  • Work closely with Project Management team to create architecture project deliverable solutions based on clear definition & requirements adhering to architecture principles.
  • Provided tier 2 troubleshooting support to the Enterprise Network Operations Center .
  • Provide Pre and post-sales support. Also, provided tutelage for inexperienced Engineers.

Vice President, Network Operations

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

  • Managed the Confidential for the Broker Dealer Services Division consisting of Network Engineering and Network Support Staff.
  • As the technical Manager, responsibility included designing, strategic planning and implementing all domestic and international Local and Wide Area Networks (LAN/WAN).
  • Planned and Relocated the Confidential 's Data Center disaster recovery site two months ahead schedule and under budget. This resulted in a savings of over $500,000.
  • Provide networking solutions to complex business requirements utilizing Cisco 7500, 4000, 2500, 1600 series router, Cisco 5500, 1200, 2900 switches, Cisco Pix 500 and Anext Raptor Firewalls to support various topologies.
  • Designed, Planned and Implemented the trading floor network for Everen Securities using layer 3 switching, VLANs, Multi homed Internet infrastructure, PIX firewall, Frame Relay with Confidential and BGP 4 protocol.
  • Required strong Knowledge of TCP/IP, IPX, Frame Relay, Decnet Phase IV, HDLC, Confidential and X.25 protocols.
  • Head all vendor and service provider relationships including selection and implementation for all infrastructure components and ensure high availability with strict adherence to SLA’s
  • Design and implement short and long-term strategic plans to ensure network capacity and reliability meets existing and future requirements.

District Technical Support Engineer

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

  • Served in a technical capacity as the Lead Customer Support Engineer.
  • Responsible for planning, implementing and maintaining Enterprise Networks.
  • Position required extensive knowledge in both Voice and Data Communications.
  • Implemented and maintained networks consisting of T-1 multiplexers, Packet Switches, Routers, Hubs, PBX, Telelabs Voice components, Unix Base Network Management Systems and DCE equipment.
  • Utilized T-1 BERT testers, Analog Transmission Test Sets, Network Sniffers and Data Scopes to Diagnose / Analyze Hardware and or Software problems.
  • Provided tutelage for inexperienced Engineers.

Field Engineer

Confidential, Secaucus, NJ

Responsibilities:

  • Required to plan, configure, install and trouble shoot various networks topologies.
  • Analyze technical needs, requirements, and state of customer’s network infrastructure design, integration, and operations.
  • Provided engineering service on T1 multiplexer, Network Processors, Protocol Processors and Packet Assembler Disassembler (PAD) networks.
  • Required utilization of microprocessor-based equipment to configure and perform diagnostic testing to achieve maximum operating efficiency.

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