Dan Ross Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

Dan was responsible for implementing a Greenfield Network Infrastructure project through NBN's leased Multiplexer's (DWDM) and Layer 1 Muxponders (MXP). These isolated QSPF+ uplinks are coupled into the Metro SONET/SDH-based Optical Network between two main capital cities. Through utilising Multi-homed BGP announcements and Policy Based Forwarding (PBF) for the hot and cold potato routes, Dan was able to successfully increase bandwidth to unprecedented levels within Australia over multiple leased lines. Integrated into a /24 DMZ both Network and Server 1+1 Redundancy with High Availability and IPFailover in order to prevent any Single Point of Failure for PCI-DSS Compliancy under a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the contractor. Installed and configured a Palo Alto Networks PA-4050 Application Level Security Appliance with Bi-directional & U-Turn NAT, QoS Packet Shaping, Security & Zone Policies, IPSec Site-to-Site VPN Tunnels, GlobalProtect, SSL Decryption, LDAP UserID Policies, Virtual Routers and many more options.✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩

Http://Vaperwave.Com/Au/

Dan established an online presence for selling specialised mid to high-end electronic cigarettes. This required him to integrate a PCI-DSS compliant network, undertake the market research, creating a strategic business plan, invest venture capital, and develop the e-commerce platform. By selectively targeting a niche area within the Australian marketplace and offering competitive magic quadrant price points for a range of specialised products from around the world, the Company has positioned itself within a newly forming and exciting growth industry.✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩

Thailand

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Richmond, Vic. Australia

Maintained and integrated the Network Infrastructure while doing all the general IT Troubleshooting. Liaised with the Managing Directors on a daily basis in order to manage a team of 14 with all the ongoing Industry campaigns. This required Dan to work on up to 3 contract briefs at any given time as the senior Project Manager..Key clients of Visual Purple included Ansell Healthcare, Cadbury, Carter Holt Harvey, Crown Ltd, Foster’s, Honda, Mobil Oil, NEC, Orica, Siemens, Telstra and Govt. and non-government organisations including Business Channel, CSIRO, Curriculum Corporation, Health Insurance Commission, Law Institute of Victoria, NGV, RACV and VECCI.These clients won many awards for innovative work created by Visual Purple including: London International Advertising Awards, Finalist Best website for Ansell Condoms, Macromedia site of the Day (twice) for Sorbent and Ansell Condoms, Phillip Island Nature Park, inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Victorian Tourism Awards, Health Insurance Commission, awarded the Prime Minister’s Platinum Awards for Excellence NEC Aust. Maxi multimedia, awarded ‘Best Infrastructure in the World’ by Microsoft and ‘Best Use of E-Commerce' (Australian Information Industries Association, November) AIMIA award for best educational title Melbourne Art Directors Club Award - best interactive for Honda.✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩

South Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Dan was responsible for developing several 3D Playstation games using SOFTIMAGE and Alias Wavefront. The potentiometers were completed using the Playstation Games debugging module. Managed a team of 10 people for all the necessary project requirements. Dan was also responsible for helping the company list on the Australian Stock Exchange.Key clients for Beam Software Ltd. were SONY Playstation & Interplay under NDA.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Vikings✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩

Hawthorn, Vic. Australia

Commissioned together with the SFX Supervisor for Terminator 2 under an International Trade Relations Agreement with the Malaysian Government. This was to develop a series of Touchscreen Kiosks for the Malaysian Science, Arts & Technologies Expo. Dan was required to work every day for over 3 consecutive months due to time restraints in completing the contract.✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩

Unreal Pictures Pty. Ltd.

Worked together with David Nelson who was the Senior SFX Supervisor for the recent MadMax film. Together we where both responsible for most of the Post Production utilising Australia's first 6-Degree Motion Control Rig while working in with Australia's Film, Television & Advertising industries.Advertising Campaigns:Village Roadshow, Batman, Warner Bros., Seaworld, Movieworld, Garuda and Palace Entertainment Cinema N-Titles, Telstra/Foxtel's PayTV, Visionstream, Frequent Flyers and Aust. Airfreight First Media Campaigns, Michelin, Lark (Mickey Rourke), Gas & Fuel Corp. and Walt Disney with Bugs Bunny Billboards, Radox, Yakult, Mazda Eunos, Suzuki, Hart's Natural Spring Water TV Commercials, Hedy Lamarr Penguin Books and Reeds Heinemann World Atlas Covers, D&aD Annual International Art Directors Awards InviteKey clients of Unreal Pictures included Penguin Books, Mazda, Cadbury, Aust. Multi Media Magazine, Hartz Mineral Water, RPScherer Aust, Michelin, Seaworld, Radox, Gas and Fuel Corporation, Reeds Books, Guruda Airlines, Movie World, Hienneman, Phillip Morris (Lark), Telstra, Frequent Flyers, Palace Entertainment, Warner Brothers, Ansett Airlines✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩

Sec401, Sec560, Sec580, Information Cyber Security

Bachelor Of Design, Multimedia Systems Engineering

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