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Performed within a network engineering role for 2 years designing, implementing, and maintaining an enterprise network consisting of 15, 000 employees extending to hundreds of locations throughout the world.Work directly with the business leaders to design infrastructure solutions that are both cost effective to the business and highly available to the end users**Support, design, and administer the enterprise data communications network to over 170 remote sites in US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Czech Republic, and China using technologies such as Frame Relay, MPLS, Internet VPN, Fiber, and Wireless Technologies**Support, design, and administer the enterprise core routing and switching environments including the distribution layer, aggregation layer, server access layer, and client access**Designed and implemented numerous warehouse wireless solutions for clients such as Wal-Mart, Kohl's, TJ Maxx, and Electrolux utilizing Cisco wireless solutions**Designed and implemented a WAN optimization solution to support bandwidth intensive applications at several remote sites utilizing Cisco WAAS software solutions**Design, support, and test the enterprise communications disaster recovery procedures**Successfully migrated all of the network management applications from legacy Solaris hardware on to Windows Virtual Machines providing for a nearly $30,000 annual savings

Performed within a network engineering role for 6 years leading up to a promotion into management reporting to the Vice President of Information Technology. With this role I facilitated in providing distinct technological solutions to our customers to differentiate us from our competitors. During this time, I facilitated the company growth from $35 million to over $70 million.**Managed the help desk, working to control and maintain client hardware and software as well as end user support**Held authority for an IT budget ranging from $100,000 to $300,000 annually**Held accountability to remain in compliance with enterprise wide IT software licensing requirements**Held authority and accountability over enterprise wide data security and disaster recovery utilizing various firewall technologies, data encryption, and an off site redundant infrastructure of servers and network equipment**Supported, designed, and administered corporate LAN/WAN Data and VoIP infrastructure consisting of 350 users, 6 locations throughout the United States, and 30 servers running Windows and Linux Distributions -Fully redundant Cisco Voice and Data Infrastructure of switches, routers, and firewalls -Two Call Centers and a total of 100+ agents utilizing Cisco Call Manager, Cisco IPCC, and Cisco Unity along with traditional PBX environments -Wireless networks utilizing Cisco Aironet Access Points and Microsoft Windows PocketPC devices in warehouse distribution environments**Supported, designed, and administered Microsoft Exchange 2003 Email Infrastructure**Supported, designed, and administered a redundant data/voice SOHO VPN network for remote TeleServicing Employees utilizing Cisco 871 routers and ASA 5510 Security Appliances

Performed within a network administration role for 4 years responsible for general support and maintenance of the campus wide data infrastructure consisting of over 2000 nodes.**Created, monitored, and maintained backup jobs in BackupExec for both Novell Netware 4.11 and Windows NT 4.0 Servers.**Configured and managed network printers and computers on Novell 4.11 Network.**Created and maintained user accounts for Novell 4.11, Unix, and Windows NT 4.0 Networks.**Installed network hardware such as hubs, switches, Ethernet cards, media converters, and 10Base-T network cabling.**Provided technical assistance to faculty, staff, and students.**Assisted students, faculty, and staff in learning new applications.**Upgraded and built campus owned computers.

Played key role in migration of servers/network from Novell Netware to Windows NT 4.0 throughout North America**Migrated all printers from IPX/SPX print services to TCP/IP services for the Windows NT 4.0 Network.**Built, configured, and installed numerous Windows NT 4.0 servers to run on the KC domain, included in these servers are the following – web servers, file servers, print servers, and primary/backup domain controllers.**Traveled to Knoxville, TN to perform an entire migration of their site from Novell Netware to Windows NT 4.0, including full backups of all network data, creation of access rights and restrictions on the new NT servers, and training the users about the changes.

Associate Degree, Network Specialist

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Information Systems And Buisiness Administration