Dalton Bush Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, MO, US

Overland Park, KS

• Lead a diverse organization of 10 cloud architects, system, network, telecommunication engineerssupporting Netsmart’s internal network, collaboration, datacenter, and Azure cloud presence
• Developed and implemented a scalable reference architecture in Microsoft Azure, optimizing cloudinfrastructure design to enhance system performance, security, and cost efficiency
• Conducted a comprehensive cost analysis for migrating on-premises data center hosting toMicrosoft Azure
• Organized third party internal network and Azure public cloud cybersecurity penetration tests,resulting in no critical or high severity security vulnerabilities
• Executed a $6.8 million Microsoft Enterprise Agreement renewal license true-up
• Managed $1 million IT infrastructure budget and $2 million yearly Azure public cloud spend,optimizing costs and ensuring efficient use of cloud resources

Overland Park, KS

• Lead a team of dedicated network and telecommunication engineers supporting Netsmart’sinternal network and collaboration technologies
• Leverage Agile methodologies (Scrum) to lead workflows, resource capacity and road-mapping
• Planned and completed implementation of certificate based wireless and wired networkauthentication, introducing increased network security, and providing capability for a password-less environment
• Completed the deployment of Wi-Fi 6 across the multi-building campus, optimizing networkperformance and coverage by conducting detailed heatmap analysis to ensure optimal placementof access points
• Led the team in successfully executing large-scale conference room refresh projects for high-profileclients, ensuring seamless integration of new technology and minimal downtime
• Planned and completed multi-year refresh plan of datacenter network hardware in-preparation foruplifting end-of-life hardware, resulting in improved bandwidth capabilities for critical services

Overland Park, KS

Overland Park, Kansas

Overland Park, KS

• Design and Implementation of Meraki SD-WAN infrastructure to provide secure, carrier-independent WAN connectivity across the enterprise resulting in near 100% uptime
• Completed datacenter overhaul, integrating BGP with existing network architecture to redistribute routes seamlessly providing increased uptime for mission critical systems and integration of ExpressRoute into Azure.
• Managed, Designed, configured, and implemented refresh of network architecture (Edge, Core, Access, Wireless) to Cisco Meraki at 13 individual corporate facilities
• Implemented network monitoring tools to achieve 99.99% network uptime
• Performed re-design and migration of F5 networks physical to virtual appliances
• Orchestrated the deployment of Microsoft Power Bi at an enterprise level

Remote

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

• Deployment of Office Networks: Edge, Core, Access, and Wireless Implementation
• Configured Cisco NX-OS, IOS, and Meraki networking switches and access points
• Supported daily network operations and user’s needs for various network issues
• Project manager of leased machine deployment – Replacement for 300+ associates
• Troubleshooted associate errors – Resolved 15% of all department incidents

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Overland Park, KS

Quincy, IL