Jason Taggart Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Architect, budget, implement and maintain engine test cell network. Test Cell network is a very complex IoT OT network. Working with test cell engineers to understand their system within a networking environment. Work on how to make all devices play well together within the network.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

West Chester, Oh

Asked to return:Mentor Jr. Network EngineerArchitect infrastructure of new sites and manage vendors to wire and install equipment for those new sites.Re-architect data center connectivity with more QoS.Plan, implement, and manage new projects to refresh network equipment within company headquarters and multiple remote sites to meet new bandwidth requirements.Implement more security measures in several aspects of the network - i.e. new authentication, new wireless… Show more Asked to return:Mentor Jr. Network EngineerArchitect infrastructure of new sites and manage vendors to wire and install equipment for those new sites.Re-architect data center connectivity with more QoS.Plan, implement, and manage new projects to refresh network equipment within company headquarters and multiple remote sites to meet new bandwidth requirements.Implement more security measures in several aspects of the network - i.e. new authentication, new wireless implementation, and new firewalls.Administrator of Cisco's OpenDNS with company.Manage data center and over 70 remote sites network WAN/LAN infrastructure.VPN/Firewall management - Cisco ASA 5510/5525-X/5545-XWireless LAN management - Cisco WLC 5508. Design, and implement Hybrid Remote Extended Access Points (now called FlexConnect) at remote sites. Implementation of new and replacement network equipment in Cisco environment.Implement routing for all site using BGP, EIGRP, and site-2-site VPN connections Show less

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Certified as Global Incident Commander for Fortune Top 50 company.Reduced amount of downtime by 5% with higher level technical skills equating to saving GE millions of dollars in lost revenue.Command and Control outages to quick service restoration Provide support and leadership for all incident tickets, especially high priority incidents Maintain control, ownership and operational authority of an outage triage during high pressure situations Leveraged technical skills to… Show more Certified as Global Incident Commander for Fortune Top 50 company.Reduced amount of downtime by 5% with higher level technical skills equating to saving GE millions of dollars in lost revenue.Command and Control outages to quick service restoration Provide support and leadership for all incident tickets, especially high priority incidents Maintain control, ownership and operational authority of an outage triage during high pressure situations Leveraged technical skills to work with L2, L3, and L4 resources to develop an incident mitigation and restoration plan; guide technical resources to service restoration Actively directed and prioritized all aspects of the high priority incident bridge line and chat, with sense of urgency, and ensure effective resource management and service restoration Ensured timely engagement of essential technical support teams/personnel Provided updates to high level management as needed Performed ITIL analysis and apply ITIL best practices Mentored junior level technology specialists. Show less

Mason, Oh

Project Management of complete redesign of network. Recommended, priced, and implemented all aspects of network redesign during divestiture from a larger part of the original company.Implementation and project management of third party vendors to assist with Sourcefire IDS, and Cisco CUCM/Unity products.Implementation of new Cisco 2504 Wireless LAN Controllers and Lightweight APs.Implementation new Cisco ASA Firewalls with Sourcefire. Managed Okta - cloud based user… Show more Project Management of complete redesign of network. Recommended, priced, and implemented all aspects of network redesign during divestiture from a larger part of the original company.Implementation and project management of third party vendors to assist with Sourcefire IDS, and Cisco CUCM/Unity products.Implementation of new Cisco 2504 Wireless LAN Controllers and Lightweight APs.Implementation new Cisco ASA Firewalls with Sourcefire. Managed Okta - cloud based user authentication.Setup of new Hyper-V machines and networking within the Hyper-V environment. Architected, and built out Windows Hyper-V Servers and SDNs for new VMs during divestiture.Lead company to a Data Center Infrastructure with SAN and clustered Hyper-V machines. Show less

West Chester, Oh

Manage data center and over 70 remote sites network WAN/LAN infrastructure. Was the lead Network Engineer for Contech. WAN optimization management - Riverbed Steelhead optimization VPN/Firewall management - Cisco ASA 5505/5510/5525-XWireless LAN management - Cisco WLC 5508. Design, and implement Hybrid Remote Extended Access Points at remote sites. Implementation of new and replacement network equipment in Cisco environment.Implementation of re-IPing of entire network… Show more Manage data center and over 70 remote sites network WAN/LAN infrastructure. Was the lead Network Engineer for Contech. WAN optimization management - Riverbed Steelhead optimization VPN/Firewall management - Cisco ASA 5505/5510/5525-XWireless LAN management - Cisco WLC 5508. Design, and implement Hybrid Remote Extended Access Points at remote sites. Implementation of new and replacement network equipment in Cisco environment.Implementation of re-IPing of entire network including remote sites. Implement routing for all site using BGP, EIGRP, and site-2-site VPN connectionsProject management for vendor change of company's MPLS circuits.Managed project of planning and implementing vPC on Nexus 5k devices and Cisco UCS unto companies environment. Show less

* Provide 24-7 coverage in a large node, multi-site environment for a Fortune 50 company.* Work with several organizations, business units, and management.* Manage site survey projects across multiple vendors. * Coordinate logistics for mission critical equipment configuration and replacement. * Development of project management and leadership skills.

· On site desk side support in a multi-site environment for a Fortune 100 company. · Project lead on several projects. · Performed multi-site migrations from Lotus Notes to MS Exchange/Outlook. · Received Star Hope Award by company ­ given to one person per quarter corporate wide. · Received numerous commendations by customers to management about excellent customer service · Provide hardware support for Dell, HP, and Toshiba… Show more · On site desk side support in a multi-site environment for a Fortune 100 company. · Project lead on several projects. · Performed multi-site migrations from Lotus Notes to MS Exchange/Outlook. · Received Star Hope Award by company ­ given to one person per quarter corporate wide. · Received numerous commendations by customers to management about excellent customer service · Provide hardware support for Dell, HP, and Toshiba workstations and printers. Certified with manufacturers. · Hardware and software support for Blackberry, iPad, iPhone, and android-base phones. · Provide on-board training to new hires. · Troubleshoot broad scope of software applications (MS Office 2003 and 2007), Lotus Notes, SAP, VPN. · Backup Server Administrator for NT, 2000, and 2003. - Experience with Veritas, Citrix administration, Big Brother, Service Manager, Service desk, and Marimba tuner software. · Installation and reinstallation support of imaging PC's. Show less

· Responsible for all aspects of managing youth program, mainly coordination and training of adults to lead children and youth. · Coordinator of large church wide events and trips for community and international projects. Helped create and plan major area wide events including Jr. High Convention for Northwest Ohio. Trained and managed adult sponsors.

· Trained coworkers and customers in television, mobile phone, computer-system setup and operations. · Experience in corporate operations and various types of new hardware and software. · Received Corporate Award for going above and beyond great customer service. Customers mailed in letters to corporate about my excellent customer service.

· Supervised Lab Technicians. · Helped create new products for company, such as new floor waxes.

· Desired by partner EMT's to be in back of ambulance with patients due to excellent abilities. · Coordinated mock accidents for students with Dispatcher, Sheriff, OSP, and Fire/EMS.

· Created a corporate wide overtime worksheet for supervision to keep track of union employee's overtime work. · Supervisor for over 50 union employees in 3 departments.