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Glastonbury, Ct, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Pre-sales Security Solution Architect• Comfortable and confident in speaking and presenting to small and large audiences, performing product demonstrations, and executing Proof of Value/Concepts to customers• Member of Premier Enterprise segment, covering the largest Cisco customers, including Fortune 10• Primary responsibilities are understanding customer’s security goals and aligning Cisco Security solutions to achieve those goals• Provide in depth product knowledge both in alignment with customer’s current stated needs as well as for future consideration of organizational direction and development• Provide thought leadership with customer and within Cisco teams to not just focus on technical product capabilities, but also alignment to business outcomes• Built relationships with customers and partners as a trusted advisor• Built and maintain a strong reputation as a customer focused team player• Consistently met or exceeded sales goals• Active member of Technical Advisory Group, providing field experience to product management team• Member of Cisco Crisis Response team• Member of Cisco Veteran’s Employee Resource Organization

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Pre-sales Security and Network Solution Architect• Primarily responsible for developing technology solutions to solve business needs• Develop Statements of Work, Level of Effort estimates, Work Orders, and Bills of Materials• Stay abreast of technology trends, predominantly in security, wired and wireless LAN, and WAN• Understand latest technology solutions available from Cisco and other manufacturers• Establish relationships with customers from C-Level executives through individual contributors• Develop familiarity with customers’ business needs, processes, and technical environments• Consult with customers on current and emerging technology and security trends to facilitate business planning, tying today's decision making to future objectives• Demonstrate technology solutions relevant to customer's business needs and security issues they face• Consult with Project Management Office (PMO) and implementation engineers as needed during project delivery to ensure project deliverables are clear and achieved.• Cisco product focuses: LAN, SD-Access, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, NGFW, ASA, Identity Services Engine (ISE), Umbrella, Meraki• Additional product experience: SolarWinds, Splunk, Riverbed, Aruba/HPE

Independence, Ohio, Us

• Responsible for planning, configuring, and deploying network, firewall, and related devices and services to customers based throughout the New England area.• Work with clients to design the appropriate network architecture for their needs and provide an escalation point when needed• Primary product focuses: HPE networking and Fortinet firewall and security devices• Worked extensively with customers using Cisco wired and wireless network devices, Cisco ASAfirewalls and VPNs, Firepower, Checkpoint firewalls, FatPipe, Infoblox, QIP• Significant experience with network analysis and monitoring tools to assess and baseline clientnetwork state and or correct issues: SolarWinds, OpNet, Wireshark, Cisco Prime, AirMagnet• Client base includes: Healthcare, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Education, Municipalities, Warehousing• Client sizes: local, regional, national and international• Experience with Amazon Web Services and familiarity with cloud services in general• Experience with MS Active Directory and related services (NPS, GPO, DHCP, DNS) as needed tosupport network integrated authentication• Protocol experience: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, STP, LACP, IPSec, SSL• HPE product experience: Aruba 29XX, 54XX, FlexNetwork 57XX, 59XX, 75XX, 10XXX, MSM• Cisco product experience: Catalyst 4500X, 6880X, 6509, Nexus 2K, 5K, 7K, 9K, WLC, ASA• Fortinet Product experience: Fortigate models 90 through 1500 in standalone and HA mode,Fortianalyzer, Fortimanager, Forticache, Forticlient

Keene, Nh, Us

• Member of team responsible for all facets of LAN, WAN, and Data Center management - security, routing, switching, design, deployment, integrations, monitoring, cabling, upgrades, repairs• Primary Engineer responsible for firewalls and VPNs - Cisco ASA 5500, 5500x, FWSM, site to site VPNs, remote access, multiple DMZs, HA• Responsible for Load Balancers - Cisco ACE 4710, multi-context, internal & DMZ, multiple HA pairs• Manage 50+ site WAN - OSPF, redundant links, managed MPLS• Manage LANs at all sites - wired and wireless, multiple VLans, MPLS & L2L connections• Wireless management - Cisco WLC, WiSM, lightweight, autonomous, legacy Symbol, Orinoco• Maintain network services systems - SolarWinds Orion NCM NPM IPAM, Scrutinizer, OpNET, Cisco ACS, FireMon, Kiwi, Cisco Prime, SecureVUE• Experience with many Cisco platforms including 3750, 3850, 4500, 6500, 7600, Nexus 2K, 5K, 7K• Experience with integrating networks, accommodating for addressing, routing, and protocol conflicts,minimizing disruption, and quickly and effectively providing for business needs with short notice

Henniker, Nh, Us

• Report to the VP Finance and Administration as senior technologist for New England College• Responsible for technology direction, planning and overseeing upgrades, and network design for all central Information Technology operations (network, email, ERP, Helpdesk, LMS)• Responsible for leading the central Information Technology team - 5 full time, 1-3 part time• Provide backup for and configuration and troubleshooting assistance to all technical staff• Responsible for network configuration, analysis, and design options• Work with IT staff and outside vendors as needed for advancing technology design• Responsible for Microsoft and other software licensing for employees, students and systems• Provide consultative support to departments working with vendors on departmental applications• Prepare annual capital and operational budgets and multi-year forecasting• Responsible for improving security in a traditionally "open" higher education environment (password policies, account creation standards, etc)• Accomplishments: complete wireless network overhaul, MS Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 upgrade, virtual server environment, establishment of routine PC upgrade schedule, video conferencing, numerous processes and procedures for efficient IT operations

Keene, New Hampshire, Us

• Reported to the CIO as senior technologist for Network and Telecommunications departments• Provided technical direction and leadership, to 6 full time and up to 10 part time staff• Responsible for advanced network configuration analysis and design options• Performed as backup and escalation support for all network and telecommunications staff• Responsible for providing secure and usable network computing options in a traditionally “open” higher education environment• Coordinated work among Network, Telecom and Systems staff for advanced troubleshooting support• Performed as internal technology consultant for initiatives outside of direct responsibilities • Responsible for creating process and automation for cost recovery charges to departments• Worked with other campuses for creating cross campus internetworking solutions• Responsible for initiatives for new service options and continued improvement of existing services• Worked with vendors to ensure appropriate support is provide for network, security, bandwidth, telephone, and CATV services• Accomplishments: multiyear complete upgrade plan, migrated Nortel based network to Foundry (now Brocade), firewall default deny, server farm, Cisco Clean Access NAC, Impulse Point Safe Connect NAC, Remote Access

• Determined appropriate technology and/or procedures for achieving business objectives• Designed infrastructure and security solutions for clients to support business objectives; Routing and Switching, Encryption (Network, Mail, Host), IDS, firewall, spam and content filtering, etc.• Provided services, such as security scans, to clients inline with current information security needs• Provided consulting services in areas of security and infrastructure to clients in a variety of markets such as financial, medical, retail, manufacturing, and others• Ensured security audits and other services performed are complete and suitable to client needs• Maintained relationships with hardware and software manufactures, vendors, and service providers

• Performed as the technical lead on the design of wireless LAN solution using 331 Aironet 350 Access Points, 802.11b, EAP, Cisco ACS, RADIUS, IPSec, VPN, firewall, Dynamic WEP• Installed, configured and maintained Cisco switches and routers; 7513, 6509 w/MSFC, 5500, 5505, 4006, 3500, 2900, CatOS, IOS, redundant Supervisor engines, MSFCs, VTP, trunking, redundant fiber links, Spanning Tree, EIGRP, HSRP, VLANs, NAT, ACLs• Maintained security and remote access solution consisting of PIX firewall, content filter, intrusion detection system, Cisco VPN 3030, 3660 router, Cisco ACS using TACACS+, RADIUS and EAP• Used network analyzers, cable testers, etc. to diagnose and correct connectivity problems• Provided technical solutions to comply with information security requirements such as HIPAA• Documented new and existing systems descriptions, usage, general setup, and specific configuration• Used Visual Basic, PERL, and MS Access to create custom programs to scan firewall rules and logs

San Antonio, Tx, Us

• Performed LAN, WAN and RAS support; Windows NT and 2000 at 7 sites with 200+ servers, 3000+ users, TCP/IP, Fast and Gig Ethernet, Cisco switches, Citrix on Windows NT, Compaq servers• Used Network Associates Sniffer, NT Performance Monitor and other analysis and management tools to tools to diagnose and correct network performance and configuration issues• Designed, and deployed Microsoft Clustering high availability solution• Evaluated and provided recommendations for network hardware and software • Created scripts for automating administrative tasks

• Administered a Windows NT 4.0, Exchange 5.0 network• Diagnosed and corrected network and application issues at all levels; cabling through application• Exposure to routing and WAN administration to include IP subnet assignment• Provided hardware and software support to 1000+ network clients• Designed and implemented asset and knowledge management databases

Washington, Dc, Us

• Responsible for complete life cycle of databases used for mission critical operations• Automated reporting and record keeping procedures for maintenance of 3000+ assets• Performed quality control for maintenance department• Troubleshot and repaired electronic communications systems and equipment• Trained personnel in management procedures, computer applications, and electronics repair

Bs, Computer And Information Science, Minor In Management

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