IT engineer with broad interest and experience in all aspects of networking, security and hardware. 16 years in the wine industry with roles in retail, warehouse, tours, wine club and marketing before moving into IT. Recently managed network security for Constellation Brands, responsible for IDS/IPS, web filtering, vulnerability management, policy development and vendor management. Environment spanned multiple global regions and datacenters and 24/7 operating requirements.Network security position was newly created within the company and a lateral move from messaging manager. Managed team responsible for North American messaging initiatives and day to day support. Mixed AS/400 and Windows Server Domino/Notes environment with email, instant messaging, and applications deployed regionally with multiple gateways and overlapping antivirus and spam solutions. Planned and led integration and migration of acquired companies email systems and directories. Found cost effective methods of increasing uptime and availability of systems, decreasing risk and time for migrations and upgrades and minimizing exposure to malware.Sixteen years in the wine industry beginning in 1994 with Columbia Winery in retail, adapting to the needs of the company as it grew through acquisitions until acquired by Canandaigua Wine Company in 2001. During this time, founded wine club, developed wine tasting classes, helped with crush, developed new retail inventory system and became first in-house IT employee and eventually, IT manager.Continued with Canandaigua, responsible for day-to-day support of the Northwest region, consulting on enterprise projects, and upper level support for directory services, WAN network, groupware and security. Maintenance and development of locally branded websites. Projects included: JD Edwards, Zenworks, Nortel telephony, Netware 6, VPN development, Citrix desktop replacement and IP telephony.Specialties: Sourcefire, Nessus, AppScan, Reflex, Domino