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Herndon, Virginia, United States

Vienna, Va

Hanover, Md

Hanover, Md

Silver Spring, Md

Designed numerous Modular Data Centers for SmartCube LLC under contract as Lead ArchitectEarned the Data Center Dynamics Innovation in Data Centers award for SmartCube's standardized container-based modular data center solutionsEngaged with potential SmartCube customers to determine technical requirements and present technical design proposalsDeveloped customized datacenter solutions with optimized cooling stratgeies for specific climate conditions at each installation siteDesigned modular shipping container based data center solutions currently housing Sun Enterprise, IBM Z series mainframes and EMC storage in support of VCE Vblock implementationsObtained patent for "Portable computer server enclosure," a data center design using ISO shipping containers with integrated cooling systemsDeveloped 3D prototypes of data center solutions using SolidWorks modeling and simulation software and produced manufacturing drawings for productionDesigned and installed numerous wired and wireless networks in support of small to medium businesses in the Washington, DC metro area.Designed and implemented Campus-wide secure wireless networks using Ubiquiti and Strix Wireless.Designed and implemented surveillance and critical infrastructure monitoring systems in the National Capital Region.Cyber security consultant to the CTO of the Department of Labor, Responsible for multi-site Splunk deployment supporting SOC/NOC and ISSO.

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Lead engineer for a business campus renovation project, including renovation of all communications, controls, and security systems for over 30 buildings situated on 340 acresDeveloped a modular construction approach which decreased the renovation time for building infrastructure by 50% and included all building infrastructure (cooling, heat, network and telephone system, access controls, building automation)Designed optimal heating/cooling strategies for differing building use cases, developed energy conservation strategies for moving waste heat from IT operations to occupied spaces and domestic hot water applications.Designed and installed campus-wide secure wired and wireless communications supporting video surveillance, building automation and monitoring, and all voice and data network communicationsWorked with customers to understand and accommodate their space and technical requirementsDeveloped a secure, consolidated web management portal to manage and monitor widely-varied vendor products.Developed a distributed secure voice and computing capability to serve the needs of mobile and distributed employeesLonMark certified and familiar with many Building Management systems

Dulles, Va

Responsible for the design and construction of all ServerVault facilities and critical infrastructureEarned the Meta Group #1 ranking for secure data centers for the Dulles, VA data center implementationDesigned custom hosted infrastructure and COOP solutions for premier clients Boeing, Raytheon, Rolls-Royce, Lockheed Martin, Symantec, and numerous DoD agenciesOversight of the continuous development of critical infrastructure and customer solutions, including facilities and network engineering, and new technology evaluation and integrationArchitected numerous Virtual Machine based on demand computing solutions to provide scaling for changing customer requirementsArchitected high end network, and security solutions using Juniper, Cisco, Alcatel, and Foundry devicesArchitected storage solutions with Brocade, Hitachi, and EMC productsDeveloped proprietary transparent bridging firewalls with real-time security alerting and responseEngaged with customers to develop Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations Plans, and perform technology integration and migration servicesOversight of the development of J2EE based Operational Support System with integrated customer viewsDeveloped power and environmental monitoring systems using open source tools and scripting languages

Sterling, Va

Worked with the IT leaders from the Pentagon Single Agency Manager, Secretary of Defense, DISA, and Armed Forces to establish standards and implement changes to the NCR infrastructure through the TEMPO contract ($12B IDIQ)Successfully managed the Pentagon Renovation proof of concept and swing-space projects, including the migration of 5,000 occupants to five outside office locationsLed the Engineering team for the Pentagon Renovation proof of concepts lab, which implemented the largest LANE/ATM network topology to dateIdentified and implemented new technologies and adapted network architecture to accommodate the changing Navy force structure in the National Capital RegionCoordinated with Information Technology leaders throughout the Navy in order to establish Navy-wide standards for Information SystemsConsolidated existing Navy Headquarters networks in the DC metro area into a single enterprise network in support of the Navy Headquarters staffConsolidated disparate Novell 3.x and LAN Manager networks into a single, standardized network with Windows and Unix Servers and centrally managed desktop environmentsManaged 24x7 support to the Chief of Naval Operations staff including Help Desk operations, server and backbone maintenance, and new capabilities integration