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United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

SYKES ENTERPRISES TAMPA, Florida 2000 - 2022Manager/Director, Global Infrastructure 2006 - 2022Oversaw all aspects of design and maintenance for the Sykes global data networks consisting of over 55k nodes and 80 sites. Managed 15 engineers ranging from entry level to senior engineers as well as senior managers• Directed meetings with internal and external clients to lead coordination, design, and implementation of network projects. These designs were instrumental in getting clients connected and agents working to meet timelines and revenue forecast.• Led team's efforts in maintenance, repair and troubleshooting of Sykes global network to meet the 99.9% SLA. Maintaining the SLA insured network uptime and revenue protection as well as client satisfaction. • Created, forecasted, and administered yearly budgets totaling $3M+. Accurate budgeting and forecasting were integral for proper financial reporting to stockholders and Wall Street.• Collaborated with other teams on IT site monitoring audits each year as well as SOX and PCI compliance. As a publicly held company maintaining compliance with all audits was crucial to avoid penalties and fees. • Developed yearly performance plans and evaluations of those plans. Setting and reaching goals had a direct impact on yearly merit increases for direct reports.• Instituted training plans for engineers and managers to improve technical and managerial skills. Proper training allowed for better designs by engineers and decisions by managers. Investing in training also built a stronger team as individuals feel valuable when the company invest in their future.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Senior Network Engineer 2000 - 2006Interacted with internal and external clients to design, configure, and establish client and internal connectivity. • Designed and connected over twenty new locations for Sykes internal network globally which allowed for agent and revenue growth.• Repaired issues completed capacity planning to ensure network uptime.• Developed on-call rotation to cover for outages on a 24x7x365 basis allowing engineers to have a better work life balance.

Bradenton, Florida, United States

TROPICANA PRODUCTS BRADENTON, Florida Telephony/Network Engineer Maintenance of telephony and data network systems. Tropicana facility is over 300 acres with 5k phones and 3k end users. • Evaluated maintenance tickets for repairing defective phone and PCs to restore and establish end users’ connectivity.• Managed and led team that designed and installed a new global WAN using Cisco equipment. A new WAN was required to establish intra-company communication when Tropicana was sold to Pepsico and removed from the parent company’s global WAN.• Ran projects with cabling vendors doing RFP's and overseeing large projects including remodel of a corporate facility as well as building a Research and Technical Services building.