Blake Hammon Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles County, California, United States

I am responsible for the data centers networks that service CyberFortress Backup and Disaster Recovery around the world. I manage and design networks based on various vendor products. I work with the director of operations to review ISP and data center contracts to reduce OPEX costs.Accomplishments-- Oversee network architecture and platforms across 20 data centers-- Deployed central network monitoring in AWS with wireguard tunnels to each site-- Consolidated data Center footprint to reduce cost-- Maintained a 99.98% uptime across all sites-- Deployed monitoring with LibreNMS, UptimeRobot, Zabbix-- Sets budget for OPEX and CAPEX expenditures-- Ensures change management procedures are followed on production equipment.

Greater Los Angeles Area

I managed the network and backup systems for KeepItSafe across multiple co-lo’s in North America. KeepItSafe is a VAR that protects 6 PetaBytes of customer data. I managed a team of three senior technicians, assisted with the acquisition of new business, and procured new equipment to ensure growth of the platformsAccomplishments-- Managed production services across five co-lo’s in North America-- Managed Fortinet and Extreme Networks equipment in each co-lo-- Managed the migration of production systems to new co-lo facilities -- Assisted with mergers and acquisitions network and data integration-- Supported Asigra, Ahsay, AppAssure, Veeam platforms-- Submited anual OPEX and CAPEX budget for the North American platforms. -- Works with the internal audit team on SOX compliance

Greater Los Angeles Area

IT Vendor for feature film and TV production offices. Primary technical lead that developed new product, procedure, policy, and support for network and voice installations Accomplishments:-- Managed 500+ networks distributed around the country that service Film/TV productions-- Migrated company infrastructure from consumer grade CPE to enterprise Cisco, Juniper and HP equipment-- Established network and voice installation best practices-- Established network monitoring policies using SNMP and netflow-- Managed Cisco ASA and Juniper SRX Firewall security (NAT, ACL, ALG)-- Qualified SIP carriers Vitelity, Bandwidth, Flowroute-- Interfaced with WAN carriers to troubleshoot issues with service and link quality-- Developed new product for the company such as quick install telephone service, and streamlined network installations-- Provided great customer service

Greater Los Angeles Area

Field technician that installed network and telephone systems for feature film and TV production officesAccomplishments:-- Installed customer office Network and Phone Systems in Los Angeles and remote locations Hawaii and Arizona-- Installed satellite service for remote internet and voice connectivity-- Supported film basecamp-- Provided IT support at customers sites-- Worked with telephone companies to address line quality issues

Greater Los Angeles Area

Managed Linux and Windows server systems that operated the e-payment websiteAccomplishments:-- Managed production system operations of Rentpayment.com that processed $30 Million+ in transactions a month-- Maintained 33 systems across 3 sites comprised of Debian Linux web and Java application servers, Windows 2003 MS SQL Server 2005, and Astaro Security Gateway Firewall-- Fielded Tier 2 customer service requests entailing technical knowledge of import parsing, API connectivity, and general accounting corrections-- Setup and maintained VPN connections between Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orem, UT-- Coordinated move of production server systems at One Wilshire data center that entailed a cut over of internet service providers and granular movement of production environment-- Setup and maintained MS SQL Server log shipping and replication between WAN sites-- Budgeted new server and disk systems, and maintained vendor contact-- Managed Rentpayment application, along with corporate applications SugarCRM, Plone CMS, Wikimedia-- Troubleshot Fonality IP PBX -- Troubleshot check scanning devices and drivers at customer sites

Tucson Az

Performed SAN storage test with multiple OS’s as a systems level testerAccomplishments:-- Tested the IBM DS6000 SAN system through 6 release cycles-- Documented defects and worked closely with development and project management to resolve these issues-- Reported test status to IBM management-- Performed IO stress tests using LINUX, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Windows systems-- Developed PERL scripts to automate testing procedures-- Helped coordinate supported Linux test levels including Kernel and hardware drivers-- Provided technical support for testers and developers on the wide range of systems in test lab

Cambridge, Massechusettes

IT Technician for a start up companyAccomplishments:-- Created IT solutions that supported small and mid-size companies-- Designed built, and managed Windows, Linux, and Apple OS X networks-- Worked multiple facets of company's technical solutions, business development, and customer relations-- Used Active Directory onsite in implementation, migration, and management-- Used Exchange 2003 onsite in installation, migration, and management-- Supported firewalls, switches, and cabling infrastructure-- Configured and supported PPTP and L2TP VPN