Ian R Dodd Email & Phone Number

JLR EMC Wolverhampton

Network Engineer - Supporting the Cisco based network infrastructure at Jaguar Landrover EMC near Wolverhampton & Lode Lane Solihill

Shropshire UK

Took a well earned sabbatical to take advantage of a unique opportunity to study full time in order to achieve my long standing ambition of a becoming a Cisco Certified Network Engineer/Architect. I have purchased my own Cisco lab environment and am currently completing the Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching certification using online CBT resources, I also.

Telford, United Kingdom

• Ministry of Defence DII(F) Project - Responsible for ensuring the project implementation team were provided with the comprehensive technical resources and process documents required to complete a Desktop and Laptop OS.
• Liaised with Network Engineers to troubleshoot and resolve network issues that prevented scheduled implementation of sites to the approved technical standards in a cost effective manner.
• Produced additional technical instruction and supporting process design documentation for device solutions where required to ensure successful installation.
• Introduced project process efficiency savings that enabled the cost effective replacement of over 70,000 managed printers over a Global network infrastructure.
• Completed Live Readiness Reviews of all device solutions presented by the Engineering team and acted as a last line of defence against technical risks for the Implementation Team; liaised with Risk Manager where.

Telford, United Kingdom

Barclays Bank PLC – Project to refresh Barclays IT infrastructure across two separate networks with new PC’s, Laptops & Servers and also installation of 500+ Servers in two separate Data Centres. Role was as Team Lead for 3rd Line Technical support, providing Technical process documents and telephone support for Engineers. In addition the Technical Support.

Telford, United Kingdom

HM Prison Service (Quantum Project) - Greenfield implementation of 40,000+ PC’s and Laptops, network infrastructure comprising mainly of Cisco 2900 Series switches and Dell Server hardware with Windows NT 4.0 Server to all HMPS Establishments in England and Wales. Role was Team Lead for Technical Support Team, providing Technical Process documentation.

Leominster Herefordshire

The company IT infrastructure comprised of 150 PC’s (Windows 95) and 5 servers (NT server 4.0) in the UK HQ and about 5 PC’s for office staff in each of 6 factories located in Eastern Europe. Role was providing comprehensive support for all IT Systems, Phone system and other electronic office appliances (fax, Photo Copier etc.) and Telephone IT support for.

Sandwell Dudley

Role was repair & replacement of PC’s Printers and Servers in branches of Abbey National (now Santander)

RAF Coltishall & RAF Marham

Calendar servicing, maintenance and repair of a wide range of parachutes, oxygen systems, floatation equipment and aircrew clothing used on Fast Jet, Tanker and Rescue Helicopter aircraft.