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Monrovia, Ca, Us

Woonsocket, Ri, Us

Oversee a team of skilled network engineers in operational support of data centers, headquarters, branch office, retail stores/pharmacies and distribution centers network infrastructure. Covering technologies that include: routing/switching, WAN and Metro connectivity, DNS, DHCP, SDWAN, remote access, wireless, load balancing, firewalls/security.Oversight of a team of engineers responsible for implementation of technical debt remediation to refresh aging technology.

New York City, Us

Senior networking engineer overseeing the networking technology evolution of the historic Warner Brothers lot in Burbank, CA. Driving modernization, growth, operational reliability and flexibility. Coach and mentor a team of engineers.

Hyannis, Massachusetts, Us

Provide networking technology solutions and expertise.

Hyannis, Massachusetts, Us

Lead a team of network engineers in the delivery of technology solutions .

Hyannis, Massachusetts, Us

Azusa, Ca, Us

Coach and mentor a team of network engineers and administrators. Provide technical expertise and guidance in the support, development and growth of the university network, telephony and infrastructure.Identify and implement infrastructure cost savings opportunities.Evaluate and observe the existing network infrastructure. Architect changes to remediate growth areas and provide a positive user experience for both students and staff. Secure buy in from university leadership to move forward and implement. Scope includes: routing, switching, data center, load balancing, redundancy, DNS, DHCP, VPN, WAN connectivity.Evaluate and architect a robust data security model for publicly hosted university resources as well as toprotect internal applications. Provide a migration plan and implement with minimal impact on student life and faculty/staff workflows.Develop and manage budget to maintain, grow and stabilize data and voice network throughout theuniversity. Engage vendors and manage relationships to provide optimal support for university initiatives.Define security governance procedures.

New York City, Ny, Us

-Promoted to Director of Unified Communications to lead teams supporting local access network, telecom infrastructure, and voice services.-Oversee telecom infrastructure team supporting fiber and copper connectivity covering the 450-acre Universal City Campus including offices, sound stages and theme park. Providing support for ~10000 telephones and fiber connectivity to ~450 switches.-Lead project to deploy guest WIFI connectivity to Theme Park including wireless controllers, 600+ access points, Cisco ISE for authentication as well as internet gateway to provide access for 20k+ Park Guests per day.-Lead teams in architecting and implementing the refresh of the aging Universal City campus network from access layer through distribution core while providing minimal impact to end users. -Evaluate and manage vendor relationships and technologies to meet business needs and growth.-Create and track budgets for capital growth and refresh to meet the growing and changing needs of the business.-Direct the 2 year vision of IT growth for studio, theme park and IT Operations in the campus environment providing technical architecture guidance as well as budget forecasting.-Manage workflows of telecom, network and infrastructure teams to meet the needs of multiple business units with varying priorities including vacating of the Burbank Lot, build out of the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter Attraction, relocation of Broadcast clients from the Wilshire offices, deployment of ~600 wireless access points within USH for guest WIFI access, seasonal changes in Production Companies utilizing the campus.-Provide technical expertise in deployment of all network projects including routing, switching, wifi and security.-Ensure the teams meet and exceed established service level agreements and ensure 99%+ compliance.-Mentoring of team members both technical and career navigation.

New York City, Ny, Us

-Provide L2 and L3 escalation and support to 14 network engineers and analysts in the daily operations and troubleshooting of LAN, WAN, DMZ, Internet connectivity, Proxy servers, VPN Remote Access Systems, Firewalls, WIFI, Data Center switching and routing.-Implement network-monitoring systems for the global enterprise network providing both reactive and proactive monitoring of 4000+ network devices. Utilizing HP Network Node Manager for proactive polling and reactive trap response and notifications to all network operations staff. Utilize syslog-ng and Splunk to provide access to syslog information to all network operations staff. -Designed and implemented Internet hosting connectivity and DMZ for public facing web hosting as well as Workplace connectivity for corporate clients.-Designed and co-led team of engineers in implementing gigabit Ethernet network on the Universal City campus to replace ATM LAN infrastructure. This included 14 distribution points covering 450+ acres with locations ranging from a 35 story building to Bungalow offices and retail sales kiosks through out the Universal Studios Theme Park and including approximately 350 switches. -Designed guest network to provide Internet connectivity to guest production companies while securing NBCU corporate network. This guest network provides connectivity over the 450 acre Universal City Campus and is extended to remote locations across the West Coast United States and has been replicated by our international teams to provide service to offices through out Europe and Asia.-Led Universal Studios network separation from Universal Music in designing IP addressing scheme, routing policies and security during transitional period to establish a stable environment for merger with NBC.-Designed framework for global NBCU MPLS network to comply with GE design and security policies to provide WAN connectivity to regional offices in 33 countries and led team of engineers in its deployment.

New York City, Ny, Us

Design, implement and support Campus ATM Network at Universal City, CAProvide on-call support for network issues for the global enterprise network

New York City, Ny, Us

-Lead a team of seven network specialists and engineers in the operational support of a global network providing service to business units covering theme parks, motion picture development and production, broadcast television, Internet hosting and content development and retail sales/distribution.-Ensure the teams meet and exceed established service level agreements and ensure 99% compliance.-Lead team in managing critical network outages ensuring proper communication and notifications are made to senior executives. Provide root cause analysis to prevent or minimize future outages.-Design and implement technical solutions to meet evolving and emerging business requirements.

Universal City, Ca, Us

Universal City, Ca, Us

Provide and implement marketing plans for various independent and major labels to promote sales primarily in the jazz and instrumental music genre.

Ba, Entertainment Management

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