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Orlando, FL, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Re-hired by my former director after less than three years away.
• Fulfilled many of the responsibilities of the Director of Network Engineering for about ninemonths after his departure in August 2015.
• Successfully managed a large network integration which included numerous offices and twodata centers that HMH acquired in 2016—a project which covered all aspects of networking andtelecommunications.
• Primary network engineer on the always understaffed network engineering team for Cisco ASAfirewalls, vendor site-to-site VPN connections, WiFi implementations, Cisco Merakis, and managing the Cisco Secure ACS.
• Directly performed numerous hands-on upgrades of the network infrastructure—switches,routers, wireless controllers, APs, and firewalls—at various office and warehouse locations.
• Participated in a year-long migration off of MPLS to CenturyLink SD-WAN which included 18+sites in the US, Canada, and Ireland—and I was the primary in several of these site activations.

Orlando, Florida, US

• Provided high-level support and hands-on troubleshooting to the enterprise network.
• Conducted several infrastructure upgrades, including implementing two large switch stacks in the corporate headquarters and two core switches in large customer service call centers.
• Personally migrated numerous site-to-site VPN locations and all VPN client connectivity off of end-of-life Cisco gear to a new Cisco ASA5550 and eliminated a legacy Cisco Secure ACS server.
• Implemented a Lobby Admin WiFi solution to support guest and vendor Internet connectivity.
• Conducted audits of firewall rules and implemented “best practices” across various platforms.

Glen Allen, VA, US

• Provided high-level support and hands-on troubleshooting to the Orange Lake Resorts enterprise network as described above.
• Was eventually hired as a full-time Network Engineer V by Orange Lake Resorts.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Personally justified, planned, and successfully completed an enterprise-wide wireless project which provided standardized and secure 802.11 WiFi access for both guest and internal users at all HMH locations.
• Distinguished by being chosen to lead a “tiger team” during a period of technical crisis in a major customer-facing call center.
• Provided hands-on Cisco IOS, ASA, and CSS Load Balancer configuration and troubleshooting support to several large customer-facing web server farms.
• Managed the implementation, relocation, and removal of network assets during a six week long building relocation in Orlando, which involved hundreds of end users.
• Planned, designed and conducted network infrastructure upgrades and new 802.11 WiFi implementations at two large warehouses.
• Provided on-site support for an office consolidation in Dublin, Ireland, in which all of their network equipment, server racks, and users were relocated to a new office building.

Burbank, CA, US

• Provided primary network engineering support to Disney business units, including ABC Radio, Disney Cruise Line, Scientific Systems, Walt Disney Imagineering, Vista Federal Credit Union and Reedy Creek Energy Services.
• Performed primary network design services and direct troubleshooting on the enterprise network.
• Managed, planned and provided hands-on support in multiple large-scale projects, including the design, equipment selection and implementation of several large 3-tiered high-availability networks.
• Developed a solution for operating participants, which reduced recurring expenses.
• Designed and implemented a secure control network, which was hardened to NERC standards, for supporting the SCADA network on the WDW property.
• Optimized and troubleshot the tedious implementation of four content engines on two Disney Cruise ships connecting over low-bandwidth, high-latency satellite links.

Bucharest, Romania, RO

• Served as the head Network Consultant in the Ministry of Finance Computer Center (MOFCC).
• Lead a staff of three LAN Administrators and am personally responsible for coordinating and performing all LAN/WAN troubleshooting for the Ministry of Finance's computer network, which includes various bridges, routers.
• Provided technical advice and consultation to the MOFCC management in regards to new network designs, new equipment purchases and network Requests-For-Proposal (RFPs).
• Participated in on-site support of a multiple-segment Token-Ring LAN which interconnects six blocks of the Kuwait Ministries Complex and serves as a medium for accessing various systems.
• Responsible for supporting and maintaining a WAN consisting of one central site and over thirty remote sites, which communicate using Cisco routers.
• Researched and prepared technical evaluations on various subjects for the MOFCC management, such as X.25 Packet Switching, ATM Technology and Network Security.

Kuwait, KW

• Personally responsible for the planning, design and implementation of all new LAN installation projects for one of the largest and most renowned systems integrators in Kuwait.
• Managed a staff of five LAN Engineers and one cable technician.
• Led the implementation of several LANs, using multiple hubs, concentrators and switches, as well as gateways and routers.
• Taught classes to customers on NetWare v3.1x and NetWare v4.x.
• Conducted in-house training on internetworking, TCP/IP, and SNA Gateways.
• Managed the successful installation of a 16 MB Token-Ring LAN which interconnected nine buildings at Kuwait Airways, using fiber-optic repeaters and thirteen concentrators.

Burbank, CA, US

• Provided technical support for a mission-critical and rapidly growing Wide Area Network interconnecting over 50 Token-Ring LANs with CrossComm bridges and Cisco routers.
• Regularly conducted WAN/LAN troubleshooting, using various protocol analyzers, on a bridged and routed internetwork which was running the IPX and TCP/IP protocols.
• Successfully planned and implemented a corporate host connectivity plan using 16 254-session copies of NetWare for SAA, as well as RUMBA and IBM PC Support.
• Responsible for all LAN-to-Host connectivity at Walt Disney World, which included providing access to an IBM 3090, a Unisys 2200, a Unisys 1100 and eight AS/400s.
• Personally installed, configured, and managed numerous T-1 to Token-Ring bridges.
• Planned and participated in the implementation of a locally and remotely bridged 17- segment LAN in the Walt Disney World Corporate Headquarters.

US

• Provided technical support for all new LAN installations at Walt Disney World.
• Personally assisted in the installation and implementation of over 30 Token-Ring LANs.
• Configured numerous LAN workstations, bridges, IPX routers and NetWare fileservers.
• Responsible for planning, installing and troubleshooting all LAN-to-Host connectivity at Walt Disney World, which included SNA, AS/400 and Unisys environments.
• Personally configured numerous gateways and workstations for host connectivity.
• Documented our various in-house products and procedures used for host connectivity.

Washington, DC, US

• Responsible for planning and implementing several LANs in support of a Marine Brigade.
• Directed a staff of six network specialists responsible for managing, troubleshooting, and maintaining the Marine Corps Data Network in Hawaii.
• Commended for strong communication skills, leadership, personal relations, and "can-do" attitude.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History

Management Information Systems, General

Information Technology