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Westford, Ma, Us

I work on finding solutions for the challenges our customers face with application, security, and network performance.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Columbus, Indiana, Us

● Manage 30 WAN, Firewall, Load Balancer, and Internet Operations Engineers● Manage 3 WAN Architecture Engineers● Deliver WAN and Internet services globally, including over 700 locations and multiple worldwide data centers● Develop solution design, architecture, strategy, and support that includes technology based on products mainly from Cisco, F5, Fortinet, and NetScout● Improved supplier invoicing and billing process● Ensured that Finance received accurate expense and capital forecasts● Determine multi-million dollar capital and expense budget utilization● Define short term and long term strategy for WAN and Internet services● Completed Six Sigma projects with savings over $2 million in annual expense● Designed and implemented network infrastructure for a new global data center in Chicago including new technologies and platforms such as ASR 9006, FabricPath on Nexus Spine/Leaf architecture, Gigamon GigaVUE Visibility Aggregation, and Raritan out-of-band network management● Guided Cummins to a hybrid network architecture mixing traditional data centers with cloud based solutions for Office 365, SharePoint, Lync/Skype, Azure, and Amazon Web Services● Developed WAN solutions to support expanding collaboration tools including VoIP, Video Conferencing, and Microsoft Lync/Skype● Drove adoption of network automation with network status dashboards, service requests, and F5 URL creation portals● Expanded network monitoring capabilities within the data center utilizing NetScout Infinistream and Gigamon aggregation switch technology● Migrated WAN Acceleration using Cisco WAAS from a provider based managed service to in-house operations to save $240,000 annually● Planned Lifecycle Management of network hardware

Columbus, Indiana, Us

● Earned Six Sigma Green Belt Certification● Developed, tested, and implemented Nexus 7018 core and distribution switches in each global data center. Performed duties of both the project manager as well as the technical lead in working with Cisco, WAN/LAN operations, and data center operations teams. This project required extensive planning to move SVIs to the Nexus Distribution VDC, and core routing to the Nexus Core VDC, as well as hundreds of new cable patches, uplinks, and patch panels to complete this in an 8 hour change window. This was the first Cummins implementation of Nexus and associated technology such as VDCs and VPCs.● Led the project to migrate data center core routers from a Cisco Catalyst 6509 platform to new Cisco ASR 1006 routers. ● Developed the Cummins solution of Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (CUCME) and Cisco Unity Express (CUE)● Managed the NetScout nGenius traffic monitoring tool● Supported products from Cisco, F5. Foundry, and NetScout● Supported network operations for WAN, LAN, Firewall, VPN, and Load Balancer environments● Designed a network application performance review process to provide services including Application Performance Simulation, Application Response Time Prediction, WAN Bandwidth Capacity Analysis, WAN Cost Assessment, and Technical Design

Columbus, Indiana, Us

● Supported products from Cisco, F5. Foundry, and NetScout● Supported network operations for WAN, LAN, Firewall, VPN, and Load Balancer environments● Updated Cisco PIX and ASA ACLs● Configured F5 VIPs, Server Pools, and SSL for load balanced applications● Configured and deployed WAN routers (ISR G1 and ISR G2)● Configured and deployed LAN switches (Cisco Catalyst 6509, 4510, 3560, etc)● Managed and expanded the NetScout nGenius traffic monitoring tool