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Trevor, WI, US

Vernon Hills, IL, US

• Maintain network system integrity and performance by ensuring the design and configuration meet the needs of the entire enterprise.
• Adhere to ITIL framework for change & incident management.
• Inter-ART & Inter-Team collaboration as part of SAFe project planning.
• Negotiates and procures hardware and software from multiple vendors for new implementations and upgrades.
• Coordinate management of all network systems, directing the efforts of the networking team, supporting system infrastructure and planning improvements and upgrades as necessary.
• Provide leadership to individuals on teams through coaching, feedback, development goals, and performance management.

Vernon Hills, IL, US

• Responsible for the design, capacity planning, and optimization of CDW's global data network infrastructure. Assure alignment with CDW's Technology Strategy, Business Goals, and Objectives.
• Manage hardware & software procurement lifecycle with Cisco & other companies in support of the network
• Analyze business requirement through cross-team collaboration to develop technical network solutions
• Lead all change requests and represent approved changes to stakeholders
• Mentor & help engineers in understanding decisions while fostering positive interaction
• Manage the proper handoff of and adherence to designs for implementation by engineers

Vernon Hills, IL, US

• Provide direction and foster team development in the support of global network infrastructure projects to enable and drive a multi-billion dollar sales and service force using multi-vendor integrated solutions.
• Mentor and lead mid-level and associate-level engineers in troubleshooting and project deployments
• Identify specific solutions to address newly defined requirements and points of optimization
• Engage multiple teams across the entire organization to communicate improvements and discover new requests
• Prepare deliverables for Upper Management for current and future projects
• Motivate fellow engineers and assure timely delivery on projects assigned tasks

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Chicago, IL, US

• Introduce undergrad and graduate students to networking in DePaul’s College of Computing and Digital Media in their TDC363 and TDC413 courses.
• Create and present industry applicable curriculum adhering to University requirements for each course taught
• Establish & document success criteria along with quantifiable and measurable course expectations
• Maintain professional decorum with students to foster a productive learning environment
• Understand individual development goals and provide guidance to students for their education and career
• Identify and work with struggling students on new or difficult concepts catering teaching methods to their individualized learning style

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Chicago, IL, US

• Plan, design, implement, operate, and optimize a nationwide, carrier-grade IP network transporting ten billion minutes per month of SIP and TDM inter-carrier voice traffic.
• Work directly with the chief network architect to design the entire data network.
• Guide equipment engineering and local operations teams with installing physical hardware.
• Configure and operate primarily Cisco ASR9K and ASR1K routers throughout over sixty major US markets.
• Maintain and optimize public and private BGP peering sessions with customers for SIP exchange and Internet feeds.
• Closely assist internal IT team with company-wide network and wireless infrastructure design and maintenance.

• Responsible for all network expansion, optimization, and maintenance for a service provider grade network. Complete the entire PDIOO process for all routing, switching, firewall, and backbone wireless links.
• Implement, maintain, and operate a high availability network integrating wired routing, switching, and firewall technologies with a wireless transport medium for trunking and client access.
• Coordinate IP and AS resources with ARIN: request additional resources and maintain accurate records for reporting
• Develop and manage Public and Private IPv4 subnetting schemes for efficient use of addresses with CG-NAT.
• Deploy and optimize EIGRP on routers and RSTP on switches for inter-tower site redundancy.
• Configure and maintain multi-homed BGP with AT&T and Comcast with traffic engineering and load-balancing

• Responsible for daily network performance monitoring, fault mitigation, the establishment of new, and maintenance of existing customer relationships as a rural and suburban wireless Internet service provider.
• Monitor network performance metrics.
• Diagnose and correct network abnormalities.
• Troubleshoot customer issues over the phone.
• Recommend internet plans to prospective new customers.
• Provision customer premise equipment for deployment.

San Francisco, California, US

Provide phone and e-mail support to customers of Cisco’s Cloud Networking Group.- Quickly troubleshoot all magnitudes of networking issues across all OSI layers 1-7- Support common and rare implementations of networking protocols and services.- Use remote tools to identify equipment failures and misconfigurations including live packet capture analysis..

Responsible for system maintenance, equipment installation, performance optimization, and 75 node 24/7 wireless broadband network. Answer company phone, provide basic technical support, handle customer account receivables, sign potential customers.- Improve customer satisfaction by reducing downtime and doubling available bandwidth.- Double subscriber base.

Master'S Degree, Network Engineering And Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Network Security

Associate Of Science (As), Fire Science/Fire-Fighting