John Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Performance driven Network Manager / Engineer with 15+ years experience in mission critical 24/7 network design, implementation and operations in the financial markets. As the Data Communications Manager for the New York Board of Trade I managed a budget of four million dollars and a staff of 5. I was responsible for all aspects of a mission critical, trading floor network; as well as, business continuity design and testing. I am experienced in applying new technologies to gain a competitive edge and or cost reductions. I am known for completing projects on time and on budget. I have recently aquired my CCNA and have passed the routing and switching portions of the CCNP (BCMSN, BSCI).I am currently looking for a position that allows me to use all of my experience to help your company increase its network performance within todays budgetary constraints. This could be either a management or hands on type of position.Specialties: Hands on Data Communications Manager.Negotiated contracts.Billing approval.Negotiated salaries.Assigned projects.Configured Cisco routers and Switches.Configured NetScreen Firewalls.Configured Juniper SSL VPNs.Designed optical networks using OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192, DWDM.Integrated VoIP with existing PBX.Actively participated in change control meetings.Responsible for network DR testing.

Listed skills include Network Engineer.

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  Stevens Institute Of Technology

  Materials Engineering