SUMMARY

• Information Technology professional with 10+ years Leading IT teams and projects across multiple disciplines.
• Working in a consultative capacity to effect operational data network design, development and deployment.
• Proven ability to resolve conflicts in very diverse environments. Ability to improve business operations, reduce operational costs and increase business performance thru proper deployment of technology.
• Having transitioned from an individual contributor technical role to a technical leadership role to managing the people and processes associated with engineering and operations supporting a global network. Successfully built working relationships with external vendor in all corners of the globe.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Cisco ASA Firewall, Palo Alto Firewalls, SD WAN, Cisco 6500, 9000; VSS, 2800, 3800, 7600 series routers; Cisco Nexus 5500 & 7000 Switches, Fabric Extenders, ACI, Nexus Data Center Switches; Routers, SIP, Modular Messaging, Call Manager; Cisco Catalyst 4500 / 3850 switches, DS3, Metro Ethernet, MPLS Circuits, Cisco Pix,, SONET, ATM; Microsoft, Sun, HP servers, HP UX servers, HP Open View, Cisco Works, VMWare, Nutanix,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal Consulting Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Presentations for all levels from Technical to C suite executives of proposed solutions helping achieve sales success for out fledgling consulting practice.
• Architected Cloud solutions for client including both public and private solutions for ERM, MES, Office 365 and custom applications
• Deployed Private Cloud Solutions including Cisco UCS, Nexus, Nutanix, Oracle and AWS environment.
• Managed SD WAN deployment project successfully deploying 38 SD WAN appliances in under a month. Handling scheduling, resources, Vendor and team issues to ensure smooth transition and a successful project completion.
• Review the performance of IT systems to determine operating costs, productivity levels, and upgrade requirements.
• Redesigned of Data Center Infrastructure, Including the implementation of Cisco Nexus Switches, Fabric extenders, Catalyst 6500 VSS core, Palo Alto Firewalls

Principal Consulting Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead team of 4 Engineers across APAC and India resolving operational and support issues.
• Traveled to sites throughout Asia and Europe to meet with key stakeholders to assess business requirements, design solutions and manage large network roll outs, and system upgrades.
• Designed Local, and Wide Area Networks, IP telephony, Wireless network for growth and expansion of current operations and new sites construction including technology to support Guest access, BYOD and future growth and applications
• Review the performance of IT systems to determine operating costs, productivity levels, and upgrade requirements.
• Redesigned of Data Center Infrastructure, Including the implementation of Cisco Nexus Switches, Fabric extenders, Catalyst 6500 VSS core, Cisco ASA Firewalls
• Supported global sites including circuit turn ups, LAN, WAN and Wireless installs
• Installed routers, switches, Cisco VOIP solutions, circuits, wireless and infrastructure
• Provided routing and switching mentoring to team members, helping with complex solution deployments

Principal Consulting Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Cisco ASA Firewall and network integrations, Configured ASA Firewall, VPN, WAN and LAN connectivity. Cisco Data Center configuration including Cisco Nexus and UCS integration.
• Managed the Network Infrastructure roll out project, this included very complex routing, switching and security at Whiteman Air Force base home of nineteen of the twenty B2 Stealth bombers. Handing the scheduling of resources to rack mount and install equipment, verifying and correcting system configurations. Coordinating with installation of ancillary operational and security support systems. Managing contractor relationships and expectations.
• Interacted with contractors and business peers to resolve technical issues including fiber optic installations issues, Facility Power Issues, switching issues, OSPF to BGP redistribution issues, and MPLS routing issues.
• Practiced network asset management including maintenance and inventory, life cycle management and related documentation.
• Provided “ownership” of infrastructure problems thru to final resolution.

Sr Global Network Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• International company supporting 114 sites in 34+ countries and 11,000+ employees
• Managed team of 11engineers across APAC and India resolving operational and support issues.
• Traveled to sites throughout Asia and Europe to meet with key stakeholders to assess business requirements, design solutions and manage large network roll outs, and system upgrades.
• Designed Local, and Wide Area Networks, IP telephony, Wireless network for growth and expansion of current operations and new sites construction including technology to support Guest access, BYOD and future growth and applications
• Review the performance of IT systems to determine operating costs, productivity levels, and upgrade requirements.
• Redesigned of Data Center Infrastructure, Including the implementation of Cisco Nexus Switches, Fabric extenders, Catalyst 6500 VSS core, Cisco ASA Firewalls
• Supported global sites including circuit turn ups, LAN, WAN and Wireless installs
• Installed routers, switches, Cisco VOIP solutions, circuits, wireless and infrastructure
• Provided routing and switching mentoring to team members, helping with complex solution deployments
• Designed Data Center Switch networks, deployed Cisco 6513 and Cisco Nexus Data Center Switches

Senior Project Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• An International Energy Company 100,000+ employees spread throughout 120 countries
• Met with Senior Site management and key stakeholders to resolve operational issues and manage expectations of project outcomes and timelines.
• Converted sites from legacy phone systems to Cisco VOIP systems including VOIP design, Call routing, Dial Plan, Auto Attendant and Unified Messaging
• Redesigned WAN infrastructure for rigs in Prudhoe Bay increasing network performance
• Installed routers, switches, Cisco VOIP solutions, circuits, wireless and infrastructure at field sites
• Provided training, mentoring, coaching, and leadership for telecom and network engineers.

Team Lead Infrastructure Engineering / Network Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed, built and supported MPLS network connectivity for 54 active sites across the nation, which included 3 large call centers and 2 highly available data centers
• Administered Firewalls and security including Checkpoint, Cisco Pix and ASA Firewalls
• Architected Enterprise Security providing PCI and HIPPA compliance
• Closely communicated with junior network engineers as well as server, database and application teams
• Designed and built high availability data center infrastructure with fully redundant routing and switching using Cisco 6500, 4800 and VSS, 2800, 3800, and 7600 series routers, EIGRP, BGP and OSPF Routing, VRF, ASA Firewalls, Cisco Application Control Engine, Cisco IPS, MPLS, Cisco MARS security System, Solar Winds SNMP, Cisco ACS, Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrators
• Revamped the network infrastructure for the headquarters facility, including routing and redundancy, Including Cisco catalyst 4500 and 3750 switches, DS3, Metro Ethernet, and MPLS Circuits. EIGRP Routing with load balancing and automatic circuit fail over, Cisco Wireless, Cisco
• Updated smaller sites with Cisco 3650 VOIP Switches, Cisco VOIP Phones, Cisco Call Manager and Call Manager Express, Cisco 2800 Series Routers
• VOIP, internal, external, web apps, VPN, security, routing and user friendliness
• Supported Avaya PBX, LSP, SIP, Avaya Session Manager, Modular Messaging, Call Manager
• Fully redundant WAN with EIRRP, OSPF, BGP and multicast routing protocols
• Installed and supported Cisco, Avaya VOIP phones designed networks for growth and expansion of current operations and new sites construction including technology to support future growth and applications
• Operational management of WAN team, supporting Global MPLS WAN