SUMMARY:

To utilize my many talents to manage information infrastructures on all levels. Plan future expansion needs both hardware and virtual. Maintain and act quickly to evolving threats from failing hardware to cyber - attacks. Make mission critical decisions to maintain maximum uptime. Lead and dispatch others as well as provide technical support for on the spot situations that may arise. Communicate with vendors to coordinate necessary needs are fulfilled and on schedule.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

Chief Scientific Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Proper network design/installation, cable management, network infrastructure documenting
• Troubleshooting using cable testers and tracers, and other test equipment
• Deployed/maintained various firewalls Rules, ACL’s, IDS/IPS 
• Deployed/maintained/Migrate Virtual Machines (VMWare, VirtualBox)
• Deployed/maintained Windows Workstations (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10)
• Deployed/maintained Windows Servers (NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2)
• Deployed/maintained various file systems (DOS, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Active Directory, NFS, XFS, Linux Ext)
• Deployed/maintained Linux/UNIX Servers (Slackware, Gentoox, Red Hat, Suse, CentOS, Busybox)
• Deployed/maintained Server Daemons. (Apache, Bind, iptables, Crontabs, Sendmail, SASLAuth, InetD, MySQL, IIS)
• Deployed/maintained Big Data Modules (Hadoop, HDFS, MPP Applications & Databases)
• Deployed/maintained Managed networking Switches & Hubs (10 meg, 100 meg, Giga-Bit, Fiber)
• Deployed/maintained Load Balancers & ADC, CSU/DSU’s (F5, Cisco, Adtran, Astrocom, TX Port)
• Deployed/maintained Routers (Cisco, Linksys, D-Link, Livingston)
• Program in Basic, Assembly, HEX, OPCODE, HTML, Shell Scripts (Bash), Perl, C++, Java, Python, PHP, Visual Basic, TCL
• Programed several Perl scripts for web CGI and Unix Shell processes and Unix/Linux start-up/shutdown rc.d deamon support.
• Deployed & managed various network delivery methods (Point to Point, Frame Relay - Static & Dynamic, Cloud, Etc)
• Managed & maintained various networking circuits thru CLEC & iLEC (OC24, T3, T1, Frac-T1, 56K, ISDN, DSL, Dial-up, VPN’s)
• Maintained Multiple Data Centers (Physical CO-LO’s, Virtual CO-LO’s, On-Site)
• Deployed/maintained Battery Backups @ 110, 208, 220 volt (APC, Cyber Power, Trip Lite, Belkin)
• Deployed/maintained Power Distribution Units @ 110, 208, 220 volt (APC & Trip Lite)
• Provided support for TCP/IP and NetBIOS networks and topology design for WIN32/16, Unix
• Deployed/maintained wired TCP-IP/IPX/NetBIOS networking Hardware (Linksys, Cisco, D-Link)
• Deployed/maintained wireless TCP/IP networking Hardware (Aruba, Linksys, Cisco, Ruckus, D-Link, Air-Link)
• Maintenance of VLANS, OTV, VSS, VRF, VPC, HSPF, VRRP, VSRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, EIGRP
• Installed/Evaluated (A.K.A. “Proof of Concept” tested) Cisco Nexus Series devices for CO-LO upgrade.
• Early adopter of IP6 on local networks with tunneling to IP6 brokers worldwide.
• Network Protocols (SNMP, HTTP/HTTPS, NTP, SMTP, LDAP, FTP, SFTP, DNS, POP, SSL, TLS, PPP, NNTP, IMAP, MTP, TCP)
• Secure coding, Identity management & authentication, Threat modeling, security & authentication protocols, Network & System security
• Respond quickly to issues and provide temporary solutions if situation requires

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and Developed High compression video technology applications
• Ported technology to various hardware platforms, Proficient with Installshield for packaging..
• Designed/Deployed backend server farm to support video delivery while maintaining DRM

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Design and Developed Java Apple iOS & Android Apps for video delivery to device
• Knowledgeable & Proficient in X-Code for iOS & Eclipse for Android Development

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Proficient in logic board repair to chip level and single point board soldering
• Proficient with signal tracers, logic probes/pulsers, oscilloscopes, and other test equipment
• Trained in proper grounding and anti-static handling of logic components
• Designed and Built computers using VLSI Technologies
• Troubleshoot and repair digital technology down to chip level

Confidential, Tulsa, OK

Chief Design Engineer & Network administrator

Responsibilities:

• Designed/Deployed/Maintained a small Linux & Novell Network that supported end-user and several hardwired local users.
• Designed method to Ethernet cable a 3 story home converted to an office in historic downtown.
• Designed/Programmed Confidential CODEC’s for both Windows & Mac iOS.
• Developed/Designed Fractal Image video technology applications
• Oversaw software programming team & transfer of knowledge
• Filed several intellectual property patent-pending applications
• Designed/Installed Wide Area networks, cable management, network infrastructure documenting
• Troubleshooting using cable testers and tracers, and other test equipment
• Deployed/maintained Windows Workstations (95, 98, 98SE, XP)
• Deployed/maintained Windows Servers (NT, 2000)
• Deployed/maintained UNIX Servers (Slackware, Red Hat)
• Deployed/maintained Novell Servers both dedicated and non-dedicated (2.2, 3.10, 3.11, 4.0)
• Deployed/maintained un-managed networking Switches (10 meg, 100 meg)
• Program in Basic, Assembly, HEX, OPCODE, HTTP, Shell Scripts, Perl, C++
• Deployed & managed various network delivery methods (Point to Point, Frame Relay)
• Managed/maintained various networking circuits (T1, Frac-T1, 56K, ISDN, DSL, Dial-up)
• TCP/IP, IPX, and NetBIOS network support and topology design for WIN32/16, Unix, Novell
• Managed/maintained wired TCP-IP/IPX/NetBIOS networking
• Proficient in logic board repair to chip level
• Knowledgeable with signal tracers, logic probes/pulsers, oscilloscopes, and other test equipment
• Trained in proper grounding and anti-static handling of logic components
• Designed and Built computers using VLSI Technologies
• Troubleshooting and repairing digital technology down to chip level
• Proficient in single point board soldering

Confidential, Tulsa, OK

Customer Support

Responsibilities:

• Provided support to customer about current concerns
• Communicated information to customer in everyday language
• Respond quickly to issues and provide temporary solutions if situation requires
• 20 + years’ experience in data recovery within PC, MAC, UNIX, Novell Bindery
• Disaster recovery experience from natural and man-made disasters
• Excellent in maintaining confidentiality of data