OBJECTIVE:

• A senior level leadership position in technology providing excellent customer communication and experienced network design leadership to enhance a company’s competitive edge.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Security: Enterasys SIM, NAC, Dragon IDS, IPS, and HIDS, PKI using SSL s.

Networking Hardware: HP switches, wireless, and routers, Cisco routers and switches, Enterasys routers and switches, Nortel/Bay switches and routers. Network protocol analyzers, Network Instruments Observer, Smartbits, Wireshark

Platforms: Windows Server 03, 08, VMWare, Unix, MS SQL, IBM, HP Blade Server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Network redesign project for healthcare provider. All Cisco environment including NXOS, ASA, F5 load balancers, and security monitoring for essential FDA and HIPAA compliance. Redesign includes LAN/WAN optimization project to review existing provider connections and make changes to ensure essential traffic is prioritized and secure. Network segmentation on LAN to isolate traffic and create network environment that’s secure, scalable, and complies with regulatory requirements.

Director IP Services

Finley Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Created IP Services group within a technology consulting company. Finley Engineering is a technology consulting company supporting utilities including ISPs and services companies requiring technology leadership for design, implementation, and support of their multi service networks. Reported to CIO and maintained all facets of the IP Services group including staffing, budgeting, projects and direction for Finley Engineering. Staff included Project Managers, engineers, and contractors with specialization and s in Cisco, HP, Brocade, Dell, Microsoft, VMWare, Linux, F5, Calix, Adtran, Cambium, and many others. Developed project management system for complete tracking of projects.

Systems Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed customer networks utilizing HP high performance and high value networking products. Products include entire HP networking portfolio including wireless, switches, routers, network management, and security using HP IOS, H3C IOS, and Colubris. Integration with infrastructure including Cisco, Extreme, Alcatel, Bay/Nortel, F5, and Checkpoint. Customers include healthcare, government,, and service providers in the midwest. Technologies include wireless utilizing IDS/IPS security, network management, NAC, NTA, application monitoring, SDN, wifi 802.11n/g, 802.1x auth, Radius, AD, site surveys.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported network infrastructure supporting Medtronic Carelink Confidential t management application. Carlelink provides Confidential t diagnostic information from implanted medical devices. Network infrastructure includes entire Cisco switch product line, and Cisco routers, ACE and F5 load balancers, PIX, FWSM, and ASA for perimeter security, and Cisco 4200 for IDS/IPS. Maintained SSL s for external facing load balancers (F5 and Cisco ACE). Network Instruments Observer, Opnet, and Wireshark.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported network infrastructure for a pharmacy benefit solutions provider utilizing Cisco switches and routers, F5 load balancers, PIX and ASA for perimeter security, and Cisco 4200 for IDS/IPS. IBM Blade Center running MS Server 2003, VMWare, and Linux. Projects included VPN migration from PIX and routers to Cisco ASA, IDS deployment for internal monitoring, and load balancer migration to F5 from Cisco CSS.

Senior Security Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed security solutions for customers using Confidential security products. Utilized NAC, IDS, IPS, HIDS, and WIPS as well as policy management, Trapeze wireless utilizing thick and thin APs, and network intrusion detection utilizing Dragon and DSCC for SIM. Supported resellers of Enterasys products through product and design, enterprise security management, and policy networking.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported the Confidential enterprise network with over 100,000 members utilizing Cisco routers, switches, and F5 load balancers. Deployed Cisco VoIP with QoS in the enterprise and WAN including over VPN for seasonal remote offices. Utilized Cisco MDS9000 SAN switches utilizing Cisco Fabric Manager.
• Supported an enterprise network with B2B and C2B VPN connections. Utilized Cisco routers, switches, F5 load balancers, and DNS management. Utilized Cisco PIX, Checkpoint firewalls, F5 for load balancers and Hitachi SAN for storage.

Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Engineer in the Minneapolis office supporting resellers and enterprise customers network document management solutions. Solutions included device consolidation, document workflow analysis through the enterprise, device utilization, and secure document management solutions.
• Presented Lexmark solutions to fortune 50 customers. Products included server based document management solutions to automate paper documentation processes. Platforms included MS Windows Server 2003, Sun Solaris, Linux (Red Hat, Suse, and BSD), and AIX.

Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented security solutions for customers and resellers based in the midwest. Products consisted of stateful packet inspection firewalls utilizing VPNs, IPSec, secure wireless WiFi (WiFiSec), attack detection and prevention, intrusion detection, content filtering, SSL, and Anti - Virus.
• Instructed Confidential resellers and customers in hands on on internet security design, configuration, and troubleshooting. Platforms included Windows 2000, Solaris utilizing database engines Microsoft SQL and Oracle 8i and 9i. My classes had the highest instructor ratings in the country with a 100% pass rate.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked as the network project manager in the Macromedia Sitespring development office. Managed all aspects of the office infrastructure including Cisco Catalyst 6500, 7200, 2600, 2500, 1700, Cisco PIX, Confidential, MS Windows Server, 2000, XP, Macintosh, and Unix.

Channel Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead engineer supporting Qwest Communications in the use and resale of Cisco products. New technologies included Voice-over frame, VoIP, Firewalls, security monitoring, VPNs, Wireless, DSL, and Storage Area Networking. Products included PIX, Altiga, Catalyst Switches, and Cisco Routers, Aironet wireless, IP Telephony products including Call Manager, Cisco Phones, and gateways. Supported Qwest principle technical engineers (12 CCIEs) on post sales and pre release beta products including improving unreleased Cisco products with Cisco design engineers. Assisted Qwest marketing in developing marketing strategies for new Cisco products. The marketing programs helped us to double our sales every year until 2001. Provided Cisco for Qwest Sales Engineers.

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented data, video, and voice solutions to fortune 100 accounts located in the Midwest states. in network protocol analysis, ATM, Voice over X, OSPF, and Cisco, 3-Com, and Nortel networking systems. Lead Engineer in the Minneapolis office coordinating the activity of five Systems Engineers, sales promotions,, and conferences. Products utilized included - Nortel (Bay) Networks, Sun Solaris, Confidential s, 3-Com, HP, and H3C IOS. Network Management, Network Associates Sniffer, Optivity (Solaris based and MS Windows platforms).