Current Project Load- Working as a lead network engineer on an AWS project to connect Beijing and Oregon regions to speed up applications used in China- Cleaning up and making recommendations/changes on a large warehouse network. Aruba WiFi, LAN, and IP Subnetting- Working as a lead network engineer on a new VOIP phone provider rollout. Using Direct Connects to tie into the VOIP providers DataCenters directly over our managed MPLS WAN network

• Promoted to Infrastructure Manager in 2016. • Manage a 100% remote team of highly skilled Network, Security, Storage and Virtualization engineers• Negotiated with our Carriers to not only increase our bandwidth 10x but also cut our costs in half saving the company over $500k a year.• 100% production uptime on the network since 2015• Working closely with DevOps to come up with containerization project that fits best for Prosper• Team was able to show huge savings by moving services out of the cloud and into our datacenters• Ran weekly team meetings and bi-weekly one on ones

Responsibilities: 24/7 support, Cisco (Switch/Router – IOS/NX-OS), Palo Alto Networks (3000/5000 series), F5 LTM, VMware ESXi, Documentation, Vendor management (VAR, Datacenter, VPLS/DIA circuits), Project Management, iSCSI/Fibre Channel SAN (Tegile), PagerDuty• First major project was to rebuild the entire network, server, and storage infrastructure due to EOL equipment. Palo Alto, F5 LTM, Cisco UCS, EMC VNX, HP Servers. The outcome of this project saw a 5-10% increase in revenue and was an integral part of our rapid growth.• Built/Support multiple datacenters in three different US states. Switch SUPERNAP, IO and Digital Realty.• Lead the build out of new office locations as well as expansion of current ones. Installed Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco NX-OS/IOS network gear. Installed Aruba and Meraki Wi-Fi.• Configured and managed multiple IPsec VPN tunnels to partners and Cloud portals (Amazon AWS, CenturyLink, Five9)

Responsibilities: 24/7 support, Cisco (VOIP, Switch, Router, ASA, Call Manager, Unity, MDS), VMware (ESX, Recover Point), Solaris, AIX, Linux, NetBackup, Windows, Exchange, Disaster Recovery, NetBackup 6.5, Data Center Environmental Systems, AD, Documentation.

Responsibilities: VMware, Windows server, Exchange, SharePoint, project management, documentation, compliance, backups

• Administered a Digium Switchvox VOIP phone system based off Asterisk. System used Polycom SoundPoint phones.• Setup and managed a Quantum SuperLoader 3 tape library with Symantec Backup Exec 11d software. Created and documented new rotation with Iron Mountain.• Administered multiple servers; Exchange 2003, AD 2003, file/print server, Blackberry, SharePoint, VMware

•Designed and built multiple servers; Exchange 2003, AD 2003, file/print server, Equity Edge, VMware ESX, BlackBerry 4.1, Kaseya and QAD.•Worked with multiple vendors to upgrade our global WAN infrastructure to an MPLS Network.•Working with Avaya and Cisco to upgrade our phone systems to VOIP and video conferencing to help lower costs and improve project collaboration.•Worked with multiple vendors to decide on an iSCSI SAN solution. Went with Dell’s PS5000XV because of cost ease of use and expandability.•Managed the day to day helpdesk support for the headquarters as well as all field users.•Converted the entire company to Verizon BlackBerry’s which improved company email response times and lowered our monthly cellular bill by 35%. Ran training classes for employees as well.•Designed and supported the tradeshow booths AV & computer systems as well as helped inform doctors about our product at the tradeshows.•Documented policies and procedures to prepare for SOX.

• Lead Cisco support for entire manufacturing plant. Performed all upgrades and maintenance.• Responsible for patching all desktops and servers using Microsoft SMS 2003 server.• Designed and built multiple servers; Cisco ACS, Cisco Works, Compaq CIM, Symantec Antivirus, file, print, FTP.