Chad Nusbaum Email & Phone Number

Covington, Kentucky, United States

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Having worked for a reseller who sells many manufacturers products, I needed to be well versed and experienced with the technology and capabilities of many products. I worked with customers to find out what issues they needed help to resolve and proposed the best solution based on their needs. As an architect, I was responsible for presenting, designing, demonstrating and implementing the proposed solutions. These solutions included but many times were not limited to: Cloud vendors and their services, HPE/Aruba wired and wireless solutions, Aruba Clearpass, Aruba SD-WAN, Cisco/Meraki wired and wireless solutions, Cisco SD-WAN, Avaya/Extreme network and security solutions, Nutanix, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks firewall and security products, Juniper, NVT Phybridge, Pulse Secure, Barracuda, Avaya IP Office and Avaya CM/UCLead engineer in numerous installation and deployment projects for wired and wireless solutions. Responsible for creating and executing scopes of work for projects and project timelines. Worked closely with the clients from the initial meetings to the final sign-off of the project to guarantee satisfaction of the proposed solution.Consistently met quota and increased revenue by providing customer facing and remote support for sales teams across the USA.Certifications and training include: Avaya ACE-FX #338, Extreme EDS-Switching, EDS-Control, EDS-Management, EDS-Wireless, Fortinet NSE1, NSE2, NSE3, HPE/Aruba ACDF, ACDP, ACMP and CWNA certification classes, Palo Alto and Riverbed

Cary, Nc

Lead engineer and project manager for designs, site surveys and installations of Meru and HPE solutions. Knowledgeable and experienced with Ekahau survey software, SonicWall, Bradford NAC, Bluecoat PacketShaper products.Design, install and troubleshoot HP data infrstructures for the customer base.Certifications include Microsoft OCS - MCP /MCTS, SonicWall - CSSA and Meru Wireless – MCDE, HP-AIS and HP-ASE.

Responsible for selling, designing and supporting enterprise technology solutions including: Voice over IP, Unified Communications, LAN/WAN data networks, Network Management Software, wireless and security solutions from Avaya, Nortel, ShoreTel, Toshiba, Microsoft, Meru, Extreme, Adtran, and HP. Provided network engineering, consulting and deployment services. Managed and maintained relationships with several large enterprise customers by providing monthly meetings, product updates, support and technical guidance for data and voice solutions.

In-Depth knowledge and experience with Nortel’s enterprise voice and data product lines including: CS 1000 & 2100, VoIP and TDM Gateways, SRG platforms, BCM and Norstar platforms, MCS,Unified Communication portfolio, Nortel IP Contact Center, IVR, Symposium, IP Call Recording, Quality Monitoring, UM 2000 platform, CallPilot,Contivity (SSLVPN) routers and clients, Nortel’s Ethernet Routing Switch (ERS)portfolio, Secure router portfolio. Experience with Unix/Linux OS, VMWare, Cisco SSLVPN 5500, TCP/IP, SIP, VoIP, BGP, IGRP, EIGRP, VRRP, MPLS protocols, Nortel, Symbol, Trapeze wireless 802.11x products. Designed and configured Nortel voice and/or data solutions with existing Cisco data and/or voice networks. Nortel Certifications include NCTS, NCTE, NCSS, NCSE, NCDS, and NCDE Integral part of an engineering team that was responsible for the Nortel Sales Studio and lab. Designed, installed, configured and supported Nortel’s Enterprise portfolio, Cisco Call Manager, Nortel and Cisco Layer2-7 data switches, routers, application and security switches, Wireless Mesh solutions, Alteon IP Load Balancing/Sharing, Cisco PIX Firewall, Nortel’s Optical Ethernet portfolio, Microsoft A.D.,Microsoft LCS/OCS servers and clients. Presented solutions and designs to CXO level customers, IT managers, sales representatives and engineers. Supported Nortel’s local channel partners: Sprint, Embarq, Alltel, Bellsouth, AT&T. Managed the design, configuration, implementation, and troubleshooting of various voice and data solutions with the channel partner engineers. Led and trained engineers on how to design, configure, and support solutions in a multi-vendor environment. Created and taught data/ VoIP networking webinars for the engineers and sales force.Effectively helped Nortel Direct and Channel Partner sales force increase sales revenues. Consistently met or exceeded sales quota on an annual basis.

Designed, configured and installed Cabletron's data switches, routers, and VPN solutions. Created presentations and training materials for knowledge transfer sessions with Executives and IT departments. Instrumental in designing and installing a local engineering lab for testing, troubleshooting products and validating configurations of multi-vendor networks. Knowledge of Cisco, Bay Networks, Nortel, 3-Com, WellFleet data switches and routers. Worked closely with State and Local Governments, Colleges, and Universities in North and South Carolina.