Michael Smith Email & Phone Number

Self-Directed Dedicated Professional with 15 years of experience designing, implementing and troubleshooting voice video and data networks. Experience working amongst teams of engineers as well as acting as lead engineer and architect on large enterprise projects. Project management experience consists of running projects from inception to completion, organizing appropriate individuals and gathering pertinent information for the project at hand. Experience working as technical project management lead, as well as architectural & operational lead on many enterprise level projects. Provide consultative services for various clients throughout the world. Act as technical liaison in many areas of IT including systems engineering, LAN/WAN network and data center architectures, and disaster recovery methodologies. Design, document and engineer data center, network security, voice, video, and data networks. Work with external vendors and partners on continued architectural development for enterprise networks. Provide engineering teams with deployment configuration and run books for large enterprise projects, as well as provide training on new technologies. Validate technical accuracy of configurations and proposals including pre-installation planning sessions. Follow through from the technical planning phase to deployment as well as post deployment training. Provide consulting services, including performance analysis and tuning, capacity planning, security consulting, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) and availability planning and consulting, operational assistance etc. Provide post-installation technical support, i.e. typically remote support, as well as knowledge transfer of newly deployed technologies. I maintain an education development plan consisting of both onsite training as well as self-study to ensure I stay on the leading edge of technological advances. Strive to learn from my clients and peers and continue to critique my skill set appropriately. Hold myself responsible for maintaining technical skills as well as keeping certifications in an active state.

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  Devry University

  Engineering