Chris Perry Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

Federal Way, Wa

Design, engineering and delivery of network and security solutions for all Weyerhaeuser locations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia including main and disaster recovery datacenters. Responsibility for Roadmaps, Standards and Documentation of IS solutions. Designed, engineered, procured hardware for and acted as technical lead on a $6.5 million project to build and migrate into two new data centers. Architected a new WAN solution in support of a $6 Billion… Show more Design, engineering and delivery of network and security solutions for all Weyerhaeuser locations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia including main and disaster recovery datacenters. Responsibility for Roadmaps, Standards and Documentation of IS solutions. Designed, engineered, procured hardware for and acted as technical lead on a $6.5 million project to build and migrate into two new data centers. Architected a new WAN solution in support of a $6 Billion merger/acquisition. Network solutions SME and consultation to other Lines of Business within Weyerhaeuser. Providing 3rd Tier support and mentoring to other members of Weyerhaeuser’s Network Operations and Solutions team. Show less

Design, engineering and operational support of network infrastructure and services for 250 offices worldwide including 2 major data centers. Network SME for Enterprise–level projects.* Enabled enhanced services such as QoS, Video Conferencing, and VoIP by migrating from EIGRP/RIP routing to BGP/OSPF routing for Expeditors global network. * Improved datacenter availability and throughput by performing a complete uplift of data center network infrastructure from legacy HP to new Cisco… Show more Design, engineering and operational support of network infrastructure and services for 250 offices worldwide including 2 major data centers. Network SME for Enterprise–level projects.* Enabled enhanced services such as QoS, Video Conferencing, and VoIP by migrating from EIGRP/RIP routing to BGP/OSPF routing for Expeditors global network. * Improved datacenter availability and throughput by performing a complete uplift of data center network infrastructure from legacy HP to new Cisco routers and Cisco Nexus switches.* Supported a Corporate Headquarters VoIP rollout by designing, engineering and implementing an access layer switch upgrade for the corporate MAN.* Performed cost comparison and vendor selection for MPLS WAN services in South America. Show less

Design and engineering of network and security solutions for the Weyerhaeuser enterprise including DMZ, corporate region, remote sites and out-of-region datacenter networks. Oversight of Service providers to ensure SLAs and adherence to company standards. Subject Matter Expert for a variety of technology related projects. * Implemented new internet proxy servers with integrated content filtering that will save $600,000.00 over 5 years. * Designed and implemented a new datacenter in… Show more Design and engineering of network and security solutions for the Weyerhaeuser enterprise including DMZ, corporate region, remote sites and out-of-region datacenter networks. Oversight of Service providers to ensure SLAs and adherence to company standards. Subject Matter Expert for a variety of technology related projects. * Implemented new internet proxy servers with integrated content filtering that will save $600,000.00 over 5 years. * Designed and implemented a new datacenter in support of a six-billion-dollar business unit divestiture. Services included WAN, LAN, VPN, Internet proxy services and load balancing. * Decommissioned legacy VPN, network and firewall services saving the company $140,000.00 per year. * Led a project to increase availability and efficiency and reduce ongoing operating costs by simplifying network and server infrastructure. Show less

Contract position with Boeing on a project for the Federal Aviation Administration to update ground control systems. Responsibility for systems and networks located in two labs (WA and VA) including Windows and Linux servers, Cisco routers DS-3 and T1 circuits. Managed wide area connections to 3rd-party partner companies. * Implemented IBM blade server technology at FAA Tech Center in Atlantic City, NJ.

Design, engineering, implementation and support of network services including routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls and monitoring systems. * Enhanced efficiency and reduced costs by moving five products, spread across three datacenters, into one new datacenter. * Strengthened the security of LexisNexis' Internet-connected networks by implementing web proxy services and URL filtering utilizing WCCP for automated redirection of all web traffic to proxy servers. * Enabled… Show more Design, engineering, implementation and support of network services including routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls and monitoring systems. * Enhanced efficiency and reduced costs by moving five products, spread across three datacenters, into one new datacenter. * Strengthened the security of LexisNexis' Internet-connected networks by implementing web proxy services and URL filtering utilizing WCCP for automated redirection of all web traffic to proxy servers. * Enabled Secure LAN-to-LAN and end user VPN connectivity by implementing SSL VPN concentrators as well as IPSec VPN routers. Show less

Design and engineering of WAN and LAN solutions for the entire enterprise. Evaluation and integration of new technologies. Training of field technicians * Successfully designed and engineered reliable, available WAN and LAN solutions for a network of 600 sites and approximately 10,000 devices in the US and Canada. * Managed a project to design and implement Microsoft SMS 2.0 across 74 sites in the US and Canada.

Design and implementation of WAN and LAN networks as well as Windows NT Systems. * Implemented dial-up ISDN backup links to all remote sites. * Migrated from RIP to OSPF routing protocol. * Replaced 3Com routers and hubs with new Cisco equipment.