• Created and led team of system engineers tasked with building new automated IT infrastructure. This was a new team at Dataminr. The team was instrumental in modernizing the IT infrastructure as well as ensuring compliance with strict security protocol.• Led effort, creating automated ticket system using Jira to automate request/allow/deny privilege escalations to Dataminr's products and systems. Cut down on hundreds of hours of work, eliminated manual mistakes, and created an audit trail for each user and their privileges.• Technical lead /designer - migrating AWS infrastructure to use Transit Gateway and Global Accelerator to deliver content to our clients and users - worldwide.• Team absorbed into another group following 25% layoffs.

• Worked closely with different departments to migrate IT and production infrastructure to AWS whilemaintaining 99.999 remote access uptime.• Single engineer designing and supporting operations for 8 international production locations.• Promoted to Engineering Manager, IT Systems

* Acted as primary network architect and engineer - managing 2 datacenters (active/active) in a hybrid hardware (Cisco, Juniper) environment. While maintaining our corporate office network(s). Approximately 200 switches, routers, firewalls load balancers, etc* Completed full infrastructure merger with acquired company under budget and before deadline.

* Led a 5 person team of infrastructure engineers to migrate internally hosted infrastructure from vmware to a custom Kubernetes Cluster in AWS. This effort took over 1 year and involved working closely with all stakeholders from all departments.• Designed and enacted plan to replace aging infrastructure (physical and software) to ensure 99.999 uptime. This included 2 full datacenter rebuilds based around HA multi petabyte architecture. (approx 60 racks of equipment) • Worked closely with our Security team to design and implement a FedRAMP presence in AWS. • Moved to new role in 2018 following merger

Methodically modernized a network saddled with over a decade of tech debt. Upgrades included core, distribution, and access layers. As well as all edge devices (routers, firewalls, IDS/IPS). Spent time collaborating with multiple departments to make sure we were meeting their needs without over spending.Part of a security team that brought company standards up to state and federal levels in order to bid on state held contracts.

Worked closely with internal departments to ensure planned network infrastructure changes were able to support high bandwidth applications while working around sensitive customer uptime requirements.Designed, configured and maintained network services for 3 west coast data centers.Migrated/combined two customer sensitive data centers that required 100% uptime and high security.Monitored network performance, built custom scripts to help automate network recovery, and worked with vendors to improve discovered SLA failures.

Designed, implemented and optimized two datacenters running active/active in order to maintain “five nines”. This was achieved through the use of Cisco VSS, Radware App Directors, globally load balanced DNS, and Cisco ASA/FWSM solutions.Built, grew, and maintained firewalls and security policy. HPS/Chockstone processes millions of credit cards daily. We were compliant with all PCI and Sarbanes-Oxley recommendations and auditors.Worked closely with developers to ensure their projects would fit into the existing network infrastructure and security policies. If it did not, we would work to find a way without incurring cost.Maintained methodical documentation for both network and security. Implemented change control policies that increased communication and productivity.

Implementation and design of a network infrastructure focused on spam and virus prevention as well as seamless site to site communications.Migrated the company from an unorganized windows management system to a multi-homed Active Directory solution which included windows, ios, and linux systems. This system replaced 15+ Domain controllers in different offices with a central management system.Responsible for company wide information technology needs. WAN, LAN, end user support, and employee management. Worked closely with dozens of site managers to ensure their IT needs were met and exceeded.

Acted as primary WAN engineer for high pressure HQ serving over 50 remote sites and over 1500 users - including state and federal offices - where security is a top priority.Duties included designing new sites, ordering data circuits, ordering firewalls, routers, switches, configuration of hardware, hardware installation and 24/7 monitoring of completed installationsDesigned rule bases for multiple firewalls at multiple sites and monitred firewall logs - acting upon any suspicious activity.Configured and maintained a Cisco VPN 3000 system incorporated with RSA SecurID and Cisco Access Servers (digital modems) that served over 500 users.Worked closely with vendors and always searching for the best price. My ability to cut costs allowed Concera to bid lower on contracts thus winning multi-million dollar deals.

Designed, implemented and monitored (24x7) a redundant network that grew to support over 150 machines and 70+ users in three locations and an Internet data center. 3rd employee when Geotrust was in its infancy.Worked with Vendors and contractors to configure and troubleshoot the company’s DSL, frame-relay, T1, and ISDN network connectivity.Maintained current network documentation including network architecture maps, outage reports, CPU/RAM usage per router, etc. Created weekly reports detailing network uptime and other critical metrics.

Reorganized the Portland IT department’s structure and policies to insure user requests were filled and IT duties completed while minimizing cost.Worked closely with vendors and sr management to organize/optimize all hardware/software/service purchases for the Portland site.Responsible for all aspects of operations for 200+ computers and users.Maintained WAN connections, routers, switches, firewalls, mission critical servers, mail and web servers, backups and all other duties of a company wide network administrator