Derek Cantrell Email & Phone Number

Grand Terrace, Ca, Us

Grand Terrace, Ca, Us

IT Director for Colton Public Safety. Responsible for the operations of everything used by our agency.

Chandler, Arizona, Us

The National Training Center (NTC) provides U.S. military units and personnel with realistic pre-deployment training scenarios in all aspects of armed conflict.• Lead Project manager for all NTC related equipment and training cycles directly to the customer.• Instructs monthly classes of up to 40 personnel on proper installation and operations of SIPR/NIPR Access Point (SNAP) SATCOM network.• Managed the dynamic network between the Region Hub Node, divisional hubs, visiting elements and the individual terminals on Cisco routers and switches.• Repairs SATCOM equipment in the field during and post military maneuver training cycles • Delivered instructional presentations on equipment use, focusing on efficiency and safety.

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

LOGCAP was Army Project consisting of civilian contractors who performed services supporting the U.S. military in the warzone.• Deputy Director of IT, assuming the role of Director during months the Director was not in theater.• Regional IT Manager of RC South, the largest region in Afghanistan containing 16 different remote sites.• Managed the IT department for Kandahar Airfield, NATO's largest Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan, servicing over 11,000 multinational military and civilian customers.• Managed VSAT provider transition of 40 sites and installation of 20 new sites• Managed staff of 150 personnel and subcontractors• Developed new policies and procedures within IT Governance.

Corona, California, Us

Corona Regional Medical Center is a 238-bed community hospital network comprised of a 160-bed acute care hospital and a 78-bed rehabilitation campus.• Managed IT Infrastructure campus upgrade consisting of Cisco networking equipment for main site and remote locations.• Designed and deployed Microsoft Terminal clustered servers to provide thin-clients inside the hospital, saving thousands in new technology requirements.• Managed Cisco ACS and ASA security technologies, providing top notch security for patients and doctors.• Oversaw the entire network with related policies covering use, maintenance and infrastructure.• Led planning and technical design activities for routine operations and special projects.• Monitored network activities to quickly detect and resolve operational and security issues.

An operating business of Starwood Hotels Corporation, designs, builds, manages and maintains resort properties under the Westin and Sheraton brands. • Managed more than 85 million dollars’ worth of projects, all completing under prospective forecasts. • Spearheaded inventory control measures to replenish and maintain IT equipment.• Managed a team of twelve Desktop Administrators and Project Managers located in remote areas throughout the continental US and Hawaii.• Supported network infrastructure of HP servers and PCs, IBM Laptops, Cisco WAN/LAN, VMware, Blackberries, VPN, SANs, Citrix and UNIX servers • Directed and performed training classes to customers and IT support personnel for all related new technologies.• Designed and created databases to track hardware inventory, which expanded to track all capital assets, a total of 8,000+ units. System allowed for purchase and project planning, eliminating extended warranty costs and increasing productivity.• Spearheaded upgrade of call routing systems, which repurposed more than 300 telephone numbers that had not been properly utilized.• Developed plan to migrate disjointed departments into single site, relocating 300 users, while maintaining 1% abandonment rate and causing minimal service disruption.• Coordinated temporary relocation of 300 users during site renovations, meeting unexpected challenges during move, and ensuring continued uptime.• Provided direct support to over 250 physical servers and 110 virtual servers located across the US and provided support to Starwood Hotel's regional assets associated with our brand.

Milpitas, California, Us

World's leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for semiconductor and related technologies.• Managed network infrastructure of Dell servers and PCs, Cisco WAN/LAN, VMware, RSA Security, VPN, CheckPoint, SANs, and UNIX servers. • Built secure network on which engineering teams could support customers without compromising confidential data, improving customer experience.• Worked with multiple vendors and customers networks to provide the best solution to fit their needs.• Developed and implemented support plans and training curriculum for support staff. Supported technological issues in product divisions. Promoted through progressive positions as Installation Engineer and New Product Engineer.• Monitored network capacity and performance to diagnose and resolve complex network problems.• Troubleshot complex multi-vendor network service provider issues.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Operated and maintained NT Servers, Novel NetWare, HP, and UNIX servers as LAN Administrator.• Developed state-of-the-art security infrastructure to protect vital information against breeches of national security. • Supervised 25 crew members. Created training plans and maintained training library.• Built network infrastructure, migrating from Novell to Windows NT. • Analyzed multiple data inputs across active and passive acoustic, Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) and tactical oceanographic.• Figured range predictions for targets and real time propagation changes.