Gregory Scholz Email & Phone Number

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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.
• 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

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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