Chris Barton Email & Phone Number

Willis Towers Watson, Ipswich

Aldham, Suffolk, United Kingdom

County Broadband is a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) with over ten years’ experience specialising the provision of broadband networks and services into difficult to get to places – especially rural areas.

Emea Headquaters Based In The City Of London

Positioned in the Operations team in Bloomberg NOC. Monitored the Global Bloomberg network. The role was based on a shift rota covering 7am – 7pm and also worked the occasional weekend.Resolved L2 & L3 connectivity issues on the Global Bloomberg network WAN and assisted clients with their LAN issues when connecting to Bloomberg routers either by conference calls, IM chats or emails.Used routing protocols RIP/BGP/OSPF/LDP and failover protocols HSRP and VRRP.Used Bloomberg proprietary ticketing system and remedy to manage work flow.Routers: Juniper models (J2320/J4350/M7/M10/MX104/MX108/MX80/SRX220) Cisco models (1841/1921/2800/3825/3925/7200) Nortel models SR1001 Switches: Cisco Nexus 3048/5010 Nortel models 5510/8000.Servers: HP/Dell (Red Hat Linux O/S)Managed the Paris Node site in a networking capacity and previously, node sites in Budapest/Prague/Moscow and Warsaw. This involved overseeing scheduled maintenance and new installations/upgrades/removals as equipment became EOL.Monitored bandwidth of node site.Managed rack space using proprietary CAD software for capacity planning.Engaged with Networks Engineering group on design/implementation. (Project managed the install of Juniper MX80’s into the Moscow node and MX108’s into Monaco node. Worked with over 20 telco vendors throughout EMEA region on circuit faults and provisioning circuits.Managed MCI -Verizon’s service performance including attending regular service reviews.

London, United Kingdom

Managed over 450 company laptops (IBM Thinkpads T/X/Z series) and circa 400 Blackberries deployed on an Enterprise solution.Dealt with vendors regarding escalation of service issues and met with them on a monthly basis to discuss their performance. R&D new technology that may improve users work experience.Working knowledge of Wi-Fi, VPN, 3G/GPRS.Expert SAP user for checking inventory and movement of equipment in/out of company stock plants and in/out of internal and customer sites.

London, United Kingdom

Handled service effecting, installation and project issues within a team of 10 other users for 1500 desktops.Working knowledge Windows Server 2003.Managed 3 critical corporate remote offices (Houses of Parliament, Office of National Statistics and the Bank of England) including the sites commissioning, maintenance and troubleshooting as issues arose.

London, United Kingdom

Managed the I.T. management of 10 of the 26 European news bureaus including regular travel to sites for maintenance and planning.Provided call support and remote access for 26 European news bureau (200 user base) running Windows 2000 Workstation / MS Office over Bloomberg WAN.Working knowledge of Compaq Deskpro 4000/EN 650’s, 10BaseT LAN’s, Bay Networks ARN routers, Windows 95, NT 3.51/4.0 Workstation and Server, Faxservers, Cisco switches, Compaq hubs, Frame relay networks using Newbridge bandwidth managers; Video conferencing equipment, ISDN, Category 5 cable - termination of both Panduit and Modtap solutions. Planned expansion and relocation of bureaus including appointing and supervising cabling contractors.Designed layout of computer rooms in bureau using Visio application considering equipment space and rack requirements. Worked out of hours and met tight deadlines.

London, Whitehall

Provided technical-support for the running of the Foreign office communications centre, including troubleshooting faults on modems, multiplexers and terminal equipment.Consulted with BT, Mercury and other Telco providers regarding faults on the Foreign Office network.Worked day & night shifts

Cairo, Egypt

Provided technical support for all equipment in the embassy including Communication and I.T. systems, PABX, intruder alarms and CCTV.

Hanslope Park, Buckinghamshire

Worked in a team installing digital exchanges in British embassies/consulates world-wide.

Bsc Honours, Ict

Bsc Open (Open) With Primarily Ict Content, 2.2

Marine Technology, Marine Radio & Radar

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