Technical lead consultant providing network and communications design and delivery to a number of industry sectors including education, utilities and mining.

Deployment of Cisco technologies with a redundancy focused methodology on multiple projects for RioTinto Iron Ore sites in WADesign review and approval of all designs for the teamDesign guidance for engineers on the best way to deliver solutionResponsible for updating standards for equipment procurement and configurationResponsible for mentoring engineers on RioTinto standards and proceduresWorking on the following projects:Nammuldi and Greater Paraburdoo LTE/4G Deployment• RAN MPLS design• EPC (Evolved Packet Core) design review of vendor design• P-GW (Packet Data Network Gateway) to RTIO Network Integration• Inter-core communications design and redundancy over MPLS WAN• Production security/firewall designTelstra IPMAN Migration and WAN Architecture review• Migration of RioTinto Pilbara WAN services from legacy ATM to IPMAN including Corporate, Production and Rail networks.• Migration from a single OSPF domain to MPLS Layer 3 VPNs using MP-BGP • Deployment of Cisco ASR1001-X’s to all RioTinto Pilbara Iron Ore sites• Deployment of Cisco Catalyst 6880-X and 6840-x layer 3 switches• Network Resign and integration to RioTinto Perth Data Centre’s• Riverbed reconfiguration/realignment to best practices• Liaising with the Iron Ore business for outage planning and risk assessments per migrationNammuldi Below Water Table (Technical Team Lead)• WAN Design and integration (including redesign and existing neighbouring sites)• Process Control Network - Three physically separate fully redundant networks using REP with 150+ industrial range edge switches• Catalyst 6500 Quad-Supervisor VSS • Firewall design for multi-context Transparent Cisco ASA’s• Nexus 5548UP vPC pair in each data centre for production server switching• Power systems design to allow remote HV switching from the Remote Operations Centre for 220kV and 33kV substations.

Marandoo Mine Phase 2 Expansion• Migration from existing server/communications room to new server/communications room• Upgrade and migration of all network equipment with minimal downtime/outages available• Corporate network• Catalyst 6500 Quad-Supervisor VSS • Analogue Voice to VoIP upgrade/replacement• Refresh of WLC’s and Wireless AP’s• Production networks• Redundant power systems deployment for 220kV substations and 33kV substations.• Process Control Network - Three physically separate fully redundant networks using REP • Modular Mining switching and wireless mesh• RBS management and VMR switching• In-Pit services• Corporate communications and VoIP• Mining systems fleet control networks (WiFi Mesh)Koodaideri Exploration Camp• Multiple offices to assist exploration drilling• Cisco 3750 redundant core switch stack• Layer 3 - WAN link back to Yandicoogina mine (70+km away) via 4 microwave segments• RBS equipment managementMultiple small to mid-size deployments• Cisco 6500 VSS core switching• Cisco 3750/3850 edge switching• UPS install and commissioning • International On-Net Dialing• CUBE/SIP Gateways• VoIP rollouts/upgrades

Support and maintenance of Cisco Switching, Routing and Telephony for ANZ, Africa, Middle-East, Asia and Europe• Cisco Router Configuration• Cisco Switch Configuration• Cisco Unified Communications Manager administration• Cisco ASA configuration (Firewall, inter-site ipsec VPN)• Cisco ACS configuration and upgrade• Cisco Wireless LAN Controller deployment and administration• Cisco Wireless Control System• Riverbed Deployment and configuration• Riverbed Central Management Console configuration• Riverbed Steelhead Mobile configuration• Riverbed Cascade configuration• On-Call for after hours supportGlobal riverbed upgrade project (150+ riverbeds upgraded with intermediate versions required)Multiple acquisitions requiring full integration into existing corporate network• Re-address to standard ip allocations of acquired networks• New WAN/MAN links to existing WorleyParsons infrastructureMicrosoft ISA Forward and Reverse Proxy (Build, Configure and Maintain)Websense deployment and maintenance