Zach Hohulin Email & Phone Number

Crown Point, Indiana, US

After two years as the Senior Systems Engineer, I was promoted to lead all IT security measures for TCU. My entire efforts went to protecting the financial data and banking information from infiltration and cyber-attacks. I gained a reputation as IT-Security thought leader for successfully overseeing the security protocols for TCU, the largest regional.

• As the Senior Systems Engineer for TCU, I sharpened my technical and leadership skills. I was the highest technical escalation point for the organization and also served as the “Blue Team” lead, a team that analyzed.
• Achieved dramatic results securing an environment with over 150 penetration-test audit findings closing 95% of occurrences within a year with only five additional audit findings.
• Reduced risks due to application vulnerabilities substantially satiating organizational risk appetite for security without burdening end users with diminished functionality.
• Maximized confidence in system restoration capabilities with stronger system stability by completely redesigning backup solutions using EMC Avamar and EMC Data Domain architecture.
• Expanded data storage capacity supervising five engineers during 12-hour storage-refresh project that involved replacing storage in two data centers with 400 servers, six Sans, and 140TB of data.
• Grew data categorization and analysis capabilities enterprise-wide designing and employing security information and event management software for 400+ servers, 50+ appliances, and 100+ network nodes.

• Grand Design RV was the fastest growing fifth-wheel manufacturer in the world with approximately $428M in annual revenues at the time I led the IT team. This was a fascinating opportunity to be involved with the.
• Increased business value authoring IT policies and security control mechanisms from scratch reducing workload of purchasing company during subsequent acquisition.
• Delivered complex ERP improvement project overcoming varying priorities and multiple departmental demands with limited programming throughput with effective cross-team collaboration.

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• Dutchmen MFG is a large RV manufacturer that employs over 600 people across 10 locations in three regions. Their annual revenue at the time exceeded $335M. I presided over a $750K annual budget an supervised four IT.
• Saved company $100K per year successfully negotiating improved cell plans with new carrier.
• Increased storage area network performance and boosted overall storage capacity steering engineering team during redesign, upgrade, and deployment of several SAN configurations.

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• Before my promotion into the Director role, I spent almost three years leading the network systems admin team for Dutchmen. Together we executed several high-profile IT projects including network mergers, backup.
• Extended usefulness of internal end-user and backend systems advancing use of self-designed hardware life expectancy elongation plan.
• Increased transfer rate ten-fold at no cost with robust re-architecting of SAN.
• Created Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) with an in-depth backup architecture capable of a seven-year data-retention combined with a 45-day data retention through a progressive incremental backup.
• Saved organization over $60K by programming a GUI from scratch for TSM environment eliminating need to purchase it via 3rd-party.

Goshen, IN, US

• Supported small to large IT organizations and their equipment
• Designed, implemented, and maintained IT infrastructure for clients
• Configured Cisco switches, routers, Pix, ASAs, WAPs, and numerous non-Cisco networking devices including, but not limited to, HP ProCurve switches, SonicWall edge products, Barracuda spam / firewall, Untangle, and.
• Setup, troubleshot, and maintained multiple N.O.S.’s ranging from Windows Server NT.4 to 2008 DataCenter, as well as various versions of Linux and Netware
• Worked with and troubleshot all Microsoft Client O.S.’s ranging from Win NT.4 to Vista, as well as various versions / distributions of Mac O.S. and Linux and numerous varieties of SAN and NAS environments, using.
• One of two engineers trained on diagnosis, repair, maintenance, and implementation of the Intel / IBM Blade Center and Intel / EMC SAN units

• Troubleshot ERP (CMS AS/400), network, and network node issues on devices such as computers, BlackBerry devices, server errors, and tape library malfunctions
• Led implementation of systems and servers, including a company-wide migration from Novell NetWare to a 2003 A.D. Domain Environment
• Supported all companies’ Windows-based servers and Inter-tel phone system
• Designed and implemented network at medium-size remote facility

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• Assisted the network administrator in a support capacity, oversaw the help desk tech., and was a key holder to the corporate office.
• Was the first responder to most network down scenarios where I troubleshot connectivity issues pertaining to fiber, cat5, wireless, WiFi, media converters, and switches.
• Worked with and troubleshot Active Directory, DFS, DHCP, and other various Microsoft solutions.
• Worked with and troubleshot Cisco VoIP hardware, Cisco Switches, Media Converters and other various network objects.

• Managed a team of computer technicians on build, maintenance, and repairs of personal and commercial computers, networks, servers, and various network nodes.
• Managed all On-site Tech Service calls, including personal and commercial locations.
• Managed sales, inventory (including all ordering), and banking. Balanced the drawers, and was the primary key holder.
• Worked with and troubleshot Cisco VoIP hardware, Cisco Switches, Media Converters and other various network objects.

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• Built and Maintained Personal and Commercial computers.