Greg Blaha Email & Phone Number

United States

Represent Palo Alto Networks toward Northeast region local governmentResponsible to forward design and implementation of Next Generation firewalls, Panorama, Prisma access, AiOps, Cortex and Expanse.Assist with client operational issuesDocument configurationsTrain Staff.

Old Westbury

Responsible to assure the availability and operational integrity of NYIT networking infrastructure across all campuses including New York City, Old Westbury, Central Islip, Arkansas, and Vancouver Canada.Currently redesigning our infrastructure in Vancouver to support a physical move out of our current offices and into newly acquired space. Plan IDF.

Greenwich CT

Design and implement new Cisco Greenwich headquarters LANDesign and implement new Cisco Meraki Wifi solution at headquartersDesign and implement VPN solution to connect all New Your regional officesDesign and implement Cisco ASA solution to secure and connect five regional officesProvide on call services to troubleshoot and correct any operational issues.

Old Westbury, New York, United States

Design and Implement new Cisco Meraki wired and wireless solution within the the dormitory complexReverse engineer and marry Cisco networking environment with existing Alcatel backboneReverse engineer and completely document campus wide fiber infrastructure

Greater New York City Area

• All of the critical Networking infrastructure solutions operating at FIT for the past 10 years have been designed, implemented and maintained by myself, my team and our partners. Over the past 5 years many solutions.
• Manage team of four infrastructure engineers.
• Insure the Enterprise is secure, operating at peak efficiency and monitored 24 by 7
• Act as lead engineer on all projects, mentor and train staff.
• Evaluate, procure and implement new technology solutions.
• Continually develop and improve enterprise infrastructure

Greater New York City Area

• Manage, mentor and develop staff of 15 individuals. Act in senior engineering capacity, recruit and hire
• Design, support and implement data communication systems in support of IDX and Allscripts TouchWorks solutions Scan, Wireless Dictate and RX with HP iPAQ 550
• Develop and administer change control procedures. Approve and schedule all system configuration changes.
• Design and install Windows 2000 Active directory, MS Exchange 2000 and Veritas solutions in support of enterprise consisting of 20 locations and 2000 users
• Design and implement Server Farm solution utilizing fully redundant Cisco Catalyst 4507R equipment
• Design and implement Cisco wireless network and VPN in support of IDX and TouchWorks solutions.

Greater New York City Area

• Report to the Chief Information Officer and server on the senior management team. Recommend and develop technology strategic plans, initiatives and policy.
• Sit on the institution facilities committee. Strategize development, utilization and construction of all buildings across the five metropolitan area locations. Specify necessary IT infrastructure to be incorporated.
• Responsible for the design implementation and administration of all information systems located across University locations supporting over 25000 users.
• Lead all high profile projects, manage operating / capital budget and staff of 25 individuals
• Develop and manage vendor relationships, procure equipment and software, negotiate contracts.
• Design dual home Internet connectivity for redundancy with BGP4 and Policy Based Routing.

Greater New York City Area

• Project manager for Lufthansa Airlines’ participation in the high profile project of building the new international arrivals building located at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Terminal 1. Participate with.
• Travel extensively to Germany to train on Lufthansa technology and to strategize projects execution within North America
• Responsible to certify and install CUTE point of sale and passenger check in systems with SITA and AIRINC
• Design and Implement OSPF Frame Relay WAN supporting over 30 Lufthansa North American locations
• Setup and support communications equipment such as Kiosk, Nortel routers, bridges, gateways and switches
• Design and install backbone facilities to support a nationwide roll out of SAP R3, and maintain connectivity to both IBM 3270 and Unisys host environments. Responsible for OSPF, DLSW, IP and IPX routing needs