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United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Glendale, California, United States

Lead a team of six network administrators and engineers. Manage annual operating budget of $2.5M. Network architect for DreamWorks divisions and operations globally. Oversee network centric technology, vendor selection, and vendor relationships including hardware, software, services, and support for connected devices; wired and wireless. Prioritize and manage projects pertaining to networking for all departments and divisions. Design and deliver complete network refresh cycle every three years or as capital assets require. Integrate external partners locations with DreamWorks’ systems for varied workflows. Manage transition from traditional networking services to Network DevOps CICD focused and cloud operations workflow. Review, maintain, and enforce information security devices, policies, and procedures. Achieve a zero network downtime record for the last four consecutive years. Represent DreamWorks at trade shows and vendor-related customer advisory boards.

network engineering specialist

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Primary network architect for cloud infrastructure services. Designed and implemented all networking aspects for EMC’s online storage and computing services. Managed eight (8) person engineering team during all phases of the ATMOS product rollout. Deployed ATMOS solutions for EMC’s largest strategic partners. Designed and supervised network build out for a High density VMware environment providing CaaS for EMC customers. Evaluated and tested various products and led the vendor selection process for all cloud-related network equipment (e.g., load balancers, firewalls, switching, and routing hardware and software). Primary technical contact for all vendor partners for the Cloud Operations team. Partners include Asankya, Cisco, Dell, F5, Verari Systems, VMware, Vyatta, and Zeus. Technical liaison between Cloud Ops and EMC’s Global Security Operations for network security compliance.

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Lead Engineer for network design, technology review, vendor selection, and implementation for a 25 location self healing fully redundant WAN. WAN technologies consist of MPLS and backup IPSEC VPN. Developed BGP routing design and infrastructure, QOS infrastructure for voice and video distribution, and multicast network broadcast of multimedia streams. Served as consulting engineer for remote access VPN infrastructure. Implemented regionally redundant VPN services for performance sensitive community. Remote access technologies implemented are Cisco based VPN, Juniper based SSL and Microsoft ISA servers. Firewall security policy writer and manager. Systems security team member responsibility for all external access to internal recourses. Trained new system administrators on multiple topics including TCP/IP fundamentals, LAN / WAN design, DHCP and DNS systems. Integrated Macintosh solutions into all enterprise network systems. Lead Engineer for systems monitoring and management. Coordinated evaluation of WAN optimization products. Led six (6) person international staff in all LAN / WAN upgrades and changes. Directed change management efforts for network team, communicated network concerns to company’s central change committee and defend all proposed network changes. Provided top level support for IT organization, packet level debugger for any previously unresolved high-level support issue. Managed full off-site data centers worldwide, led and supervised equipment and service implementations for critical customer-facing network services.

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Managed networking group responsible for corporate productivity networks. Produced corporate network standards and authored RFP’s for vendor response. Evaluated and selected strategic partners. Acquired network hardware, telecommunications infrastructure and connectivity, and Internet connectivity. Designed and implemented fully redundant WAN connectivity solutions for 15 domestic and international corporate offices as well as aided in the deployment of 50 Storage-POPs. WAN technologies include Frame-Relay, ATM, and Virtual Private Networking (VPN) utilizing Cisco Routers. Designed and supervised installation of self-healing LANs in all corporate locations. Oversaw installation of IP management system, DNS servers, and DHCP servers in all locations.

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Designed and implemented WAN connectivity solutions for 35 domestic and international sales offices accommodating a 250% annual employee growth rate. Utilized Frame Relay and ATM coupled with Cisco routers. Lead WAN redesign team to optimize existing infrastructure and provide for self-healing network connectivity worldwide. Designed and implemented LANs enabling 10MB or 100MB switched-Ethernet access to the desktop and Gigabit access to servers using 3Com layer 2 and layer 3 switches. Tested and deployed voice over IP, frame-relay, and ATM using Cisco hardware and software. Implement video streaming to the desktop utilizing RTSP for distribution of corporate news broadcasts and video training on demand. Designed and supervised wiring of 5 new sales offices’ LANs and telephone systems. Managed integration effort with AT&T Wireless services providing cellular phone integration with corporate telephone equipment and voicemail. Provided Internet security using Cisco’s PIX firewall. Aided development of Windows NT workstation standardization and deployment.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Designed and implemented WAN connectivity solutions for 4 domestic and 5 international offices utilizing Frame Relay, private leased lines, and VPN technology through dedicated Internet connections. Designed and implemented LANs enabling 10MB or 100MB access to the desktop using Cisco Catalyst switches. Deployed Internet access to the desktop. Provided network security using Internet firewall and TACACS authentication. Migrated all offices to Microsoft Exchange from Microsoft Mail. Configured and deployed Windows NT Servers throughout organization. Aided development of Windows95 workstation standardization and deployment. Redesigned and supervised re-wiring of 4 domestic offices’ LANs and telephone systems. Wrote RFQ for corporate-wide telephone switching equipment upgrade and voicemail upgrade. Managed vendor relationships for network and telecommunications equipment. Provisioned dial-up access for remote node workstations and users. Enforced corporate Internet policies.

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Directed regional MIS department. Served as project manager for system wide database migration from Mainframe based billing to client server based customer information management system. Managed the design, implementation, and support of LAN, WAN and other data technology for 5 Jones Communications systems in the Washington DC area. Supervised MIS staff's daily operations. Coordinated MIS budgeting.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Developed and maintained strategic relationships with key account decision-makers as part of a sales team. Provided consultation to technology groups in identifying solution requirements. Created proofs of concepts and demonstrated how technology based solutions met customers requirements.

Southport, Connecticut, United States

Designed and implemented computer networks which utilized Novell Netware and AppleShare file serving software with Intel Corporation and Apple Computer hardware. Provided extensive diagnostic support for software users. Trained technicians, system engineers, and sales representatives in use of new software applications. Managed in-store network. Authored and produced multimedia presentations for client and executive briefings.

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