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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. • Provide technical and project leadership, systems expansions that scale as needed, upgrades and validation of computer hardware and software ensuring the most effective use of equipment and human resources. • Provide insight into technical designs to ensure solutions developed are consistent with strategic business plans. • Prioritize, assign and manage department activities and projects in accordance with departmental goals and objectives. Adjust hours of work, priorities and staff assignments to ensure efficient operation, based on workload. • Develop training programs and provide growth paths. Foster positive employee relations. • Develop and foster a team atmosphere that exhibits teamwork within the department and with other departments. • Develop and manage to a plan that promotes a sense of urgency throughout the team when working on projects or tasks with other departments and with our external customers. • Effectively communicate with other departments to determine the network system requirements, develop a plan and effectively execute the plan of the technical support projects. • In conjunction with the Architecture team, manage the deployment of new technologies and provide direction and supervision of the technical support staff.

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 • Evaluate key priorities and provide creative iterative solutions to meet strategic business demands• Educate engineers and technicians new concepts and critical problem-solving skills across various teams• Provide leadership and technical assistance to implementation teams across the organization• Provide regular and ad-hoc reporting to leadership for all projects and activities• Perform network analysis and modelling with emphasis on business drivers and long-term strategy• Direct and foster partner relationships key to the operation and growth of CDW’s network• Integrate Cloud and On-Prem solutions to best serve stakeholders and meet business strategy requirements• Develop technology road-maps applicable to a global organization with varying technical needs• Maintain awareness and applicability of best-practices and industry trends that influence network design • Compose documentation that provides effective communication for the intended party e.g. Technical or Business• Assess vendor developments and determine selection criteria and confirmation via test strategies• Serve as final internal escalation level for technical issues related to or using the network as a service• Analyze complex problems with a multitude of variables and determine appropriate direction

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• Develop and define policies and procedures affecting the entire IT organization

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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

Firefighter II/EMT-B Charged with the responsibility to respond with emergency apparatus to citizens’ calls for help and to mitigate emergency situations.- Authorized to drive emergency vehicles- Serve as acting officer when no officer is present- Assess any emergency situation presented, develop and implement a plan of action immediately.- Quickly coordinate a team effort and direct other members to mitigate and control an incident.- Provide inter-agency support as required and assist on MABAS calls

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.• Monitor, diagnose, and rectify all network issues encountered in daily operations.

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• Coordinate vendor and product selection for licensed wireless backhauls• Secure access to critical network infrastructure and resources using: IPS, ACL’s, SSH, and VPN technologies• Manage construction and turn up of new tower site projects and existing site overhauls.• Author As-Built Documentation to fully document all aspects of network devices and services for fault recovery.

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.- Recommend and assist with implementation of industry best practices with strict adherence to RFC’s.- Provide technical knowledge and product expertise to assist Sales Engineering with infrastructure designs.- Configure Cisco Meraki hardware remotely for high-value customers with strict maintenance windows.- Maintain product expertise for high-availability MX security appliances, MS switch stacks, and MR enterprise AP’s.- Assess technical competency of potential new hires during interview process for our recruiting team.

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 by implementing preventative maintenance to further improve system uptime.

Master'S Degree, Network Engineering And Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Network Security

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