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San Jose, Ca, Us

Now working in a strategic, technical role with State Government IT teams for the 20 western US states. In this role we analyze government IT spending and security architecture, assess outsourcing opportunities, recommend security stop-gap priorities, and lead cyber security business conversations.

San Jose, Ca, Us

At Cisco I help businesses understand the modern cyber security landscape and provide solutions to help reduce the impact of threats and breaches. As a Cisco CSE, I consult with Public Sector clients in the central US region, review their current security posture, help them understand their security risks, design solutions catered to their specific needs, provide technical presentations, manage Proof of Value engagements, install equipment, and provide general cyber security empowerment.As a security professional at Cisco, I focus primarily on Cisco firewalls, FirePower Threat Defense (Sourcefire), Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Stealthwatch (Lancope), Umbrella (Open DNS), Cloudlock (CASB), Email and Web security (Ironport).

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

As a Channel SE, I provided technical training and enablement to 20 partners over a five state region. Managing these relationships, escalating partner issues, and providing training presentations are among the many duties of a Channel SE at Fortinet. Fortinet is a leading cyber security solution manufacturer with over 40 products and 300 patents. Fortinet is a publicly traded company (FTNT). Most products include appliance, virtual, and cloud offerings.

Addison, Tx, Us

As a security consultant, I work with security teams, assess their security posture, and make recommendations based on their risk and business strategy. I also install, manage, and maintain Cisco Email Security Platforms. I specialize in results based consulting with solutions such as Cisco, FireEye, Fortinet, and Intel Security. In addition, I am tasked with designing and providing materials estimates for Cisco platforms.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

I design medical grade networks and systems. Specializing in infrastructure, my skills involve working with Healthcare executives in determining the best EMR for their situation with consideration of "meaningful use", assessing EMR readiness, HIPAA compliance, virtualization needs, storage requirements, Wide Area Networking design, and construct platforms for enterprise support. I also work with solution products such as Cisco, VMWare, Riverbed, Ironport, Citrix, Juniper, Fortigate and Bluecoat.

Data Backup and recovery solutions for small to mid-size companies.

Provide technical assistance to 20 account executives and five account managers.Help customers directly by designing or updating their network strategies; including firewall, proxy, VOIP, redundancy aspects, wireless components, and server/router components.Gather provisioning details and relay accurate information to the Network Installation Team. This ensured the proposed solution is engineered correctly and the delivery will interface seamlessly with customer equipment.

* Founded this full service mobile IT company and doubled the net growth each of the first five years.* Managed the maintenance of over 300 companies’ networks in Kansas City area.* Migrate with changes in market; regarding high-speed data communication solutions.* Managed a staff of technicians, office personnel, and all aspects of the business.