Profile

Experienced IT manager supporting large corporate and military networks.  Highly skilled in a wide variety of network, computing and communications technology.  Strong focus on customer satisfaction while ensuring corporate objectives are met.

 

Positions Held/ Experience

Company: STS International

Work Location: St. Petersburg, Florida

Systems Engineer III/HLSS CAMS/PS3 Contract – May 2004 – Current                                                            

n Lead for CAMS-P project, MS Project schedule development and implementation

n Design and engineering of communications systems for mobile surveillance platform

n Advanced Military Development contract for Night Vision Laboratories

n Design of high availability multicast network architecture for transporting video

n Installation/Configuration of Cisco Aironet series and Harris SecNet wireless bridges

n Installation/Configuration of Cisco Catalyst Layer 3 Switches

n Implementation of communications in compliance with FIPS-140 security requirements

 

Company: Kellogg Brown and Root, a division of Halliburton, Inc   LOGCAP

Work Location: Kaposvar, Hungary

IT Manager - April 2000 – Oct 2003                                                                                                                   

n IT/Communications Manager for Balkans Support  Contract (military logistics contract)

n Responsible for data/telecommunications network serving 4500 users in 5 countries (Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia) with over 4-9’s reliability. (99.9999%)

n Managed department of 65 Engineers, Technicians and Help Desk Staff

n Developed Theater IT budget, audited all IT/communications costs and expenditures

n Managed and configured Cisco Routers (20) in the Balkans theater of operations

n Managed multiple Windows NT/2000/2003 servers (60+) and Linux servers running RAID5, WINS, DHCP, DNS, RAS, SMS within a multiple Domain Enterprise.

n Theater Configuration Manager for Balkans Support Contract – maintained detailed equipment configuration drawings and maintenance databases

n Developed IT Disaster Recovery Plan, member of Business Continuity Planning Board

n Developed and Maintained Theater IT Policies and Procedures

n Ensured IT compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations and other DoD Policies

n In charge of planning and implementation of all IT/Radio/Telecommunication services with rapid turnaround and under volatile military conditions.

n Planned and Implemented Windows 2000 AD, Exchange 2000 rollout and network wide workstation rollout of Win2K Pro/Office XP

n Managed database servers running MS SQL 2000 and mySQL

n Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5/2000 – Managed five of 62 Exchange sites in corporate organization with multiple X.400 connectors and IMS.

n Implemented Web based Help Desk/Trouble reporting system with real-time network status and trouble request status available to users utilizing PHP and mySQL

n Provided Training Classes for network users to ensure optimal use of system

n Maintenance of Nuera Data/Voice multiplexing units utilizing Frame Relay network

n Maintained Mitel PBX phone system with 5500 subscribers across satellite connections

 

Company: Houston Associates, Inc subcontractor to Sprint, DISA contract

Work Location: Taszar Air Base, Hungary

Senior Network Engineer /Team Lead – June 1997 – April 2000

n Technical Team Leader of 6 Engineers/Technicians and 11 local national help desk personnel supporting the military NIPR and SIPR networks.

n Ensured network compliance with DoD security regulations and requirements

n Cisco Router Engineer – specialized in Cisco IOS 10/11/12 on series 7500, 7200, 4000, 3600 and 2500 routers including Access Servers (EIGRP, BGP, IBGP, OSPF)

n Design/Implementation of Class C and Class B IP networks using VLSM

n Windows NT Engineer – managed multiple Windows NT servers set up in a single domain model.  Included RAS users, WINS, DNS, DHCP, RAID level 5

 

 

Hardware Competencies:

·   Cisco 2000, 2600, 3600, 4000, and 7000 routers

·   Cisco Catalyst 2900, 3500, 3700 switches

·   Cisco 1400 wireless

·   802.11a/b/g

·   Harris SecNet NSA classified 802.11

·   Multiprocessor Network Servers (HP, Dell)

·   SNMP hubs, bridges, smart switches

·   Autoloader DLT/SDLT

·   Hardware RAID 1,5

·   Network and Carrier Signal Analyzer/Testers

·   Digi RAS Equipment

·   DTE, DCE modems

·   PairGain HDSL E-1, T-1

·   NAS Storage

·   Promina and IDNX MUX

·   Nuera F200ip MUX

·   Comstream Sat. modem

·   Mitel PBX SX200/2000

·   VoIP

·   Cisco PIX firewall

·   Websense cache/proxy

·   KIV 7 based encryption

·   MPEG4/H.264 encoders

 

OS/Platform

Competencies:

·   Intel x86 processor

·   Digital Alpha Server

·   Windows 2000/2003

·   Active Directory

·   Windows NT 3.51, 4.0 WS and Server

·   DOS/Windows 95/98/ME

·   Novell Netware 3/4/5

·   Linux

·   Solaris x86

 

 

 

Backend Application

Competencies:

·   Microsoft Active Directory

·   Microsoft Exchange Server

·   Microsoft IIS

·   Microsoft SQL Server

·   MySQL server

·   Microsoft SMS Server

·   Cabletron Spectrum

·   Intel LDCM

·   Symantec Antivirus Server

·   HP Openview

 

 

End User Application Competencies:

·   Microsoft Project

·   Microsoft Office

·   WordPerfect Office

·   CorelDraw suite

·   Visio Professional

·   ISS Network Scanner

·   AutoCAD

·   Visual Basic 6.0

·   Perl 5.x

·   PHP

 

n Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 – Managed and upgraded MS Exchange servers in an enterprise organization consisting of 80+ MS Exchange servers connected with x.400 connectors, Internet Mail Connector.

n Cabletron Spectrum Server SNMP Management Software – Created and maintained an SNMP landscape to maintain all SNMP devices in a 1500 user WAN environment

n PairGain E-1/T-1 Configuration and Management – Maintained over 50 Campus WAN connections via PairGain E-1/T-1 CSU/DSU

n Installed and maintained technical support web site for network customers

n Implemented/Configured Perl scripts to query SNMP network devices for creating performance baselines and identifying malfunctions

n Created detailed networking diagrams and maintained configuration database

n Created Visual Basic program to automate e-mail account creation and deletions that numbered approximately 100 per week.

 

Company: National Information Corp./The Computer Authority

Work Location: Spring Hill, FL

Technology Manager - July 1996 – June 1997

n Engineered and administered Novell 4.1 50 user LAN with Internet routing

n Manager/Engineer of computer service company as a division of NIC

n Planned and implemented company wide migration from DOS/Win 3.x to 95

n Maintained company’s Internet connection and SMTP e-mail routing

n Administered classes for users on Operating Systems and software suites

n Maintained and upgraded computer systems (hardware and software)

 

Company: Cornerstone Technology, Inc.

Work Location: Brooksville, FL

Networking and Internet Specialist - July 1994 – July 1996

n Novell 4.1/3.12 LAN set-up and administration for customer sites

n Windows NT setup and administration for customer sites

n On-site networking technician and support specialist

n Hardware and software repair specialist (computers and printers)


Education

1994 – 1997                  University of South Florida              Tampa, FL

Seeking Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science part-time. Currently possess 87 credit hours.

Associate in Arts

1992 – 1994                  Pasco-Hernando Comm. College     Dade City, FL

High School Diploma

1988-1992                     Central High School                         Brooksville, FL

 

Accreditation & Memberships

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) #90377 – 6/1/06

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) #CSCO10033564 – 9/15/99, 3/22/06

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer 2000 (MCSE2000)– 6/21/02

Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)– 6/21/02

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer + Internet (MCSE+I) – 6/22/99

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer NT4 (MCSENT4)– 5/28/99

Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet (MCP+I) – 6/22/99

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) #1322099 – 2/11/99

Certified NetWare Administrator 4.0(CNA4), 5.0(CNA5)  #6592325 – 4/17/96, 11/10/99

CompTIA A+ Certified Technician #E00DUS0491– 10/26/99

CompTIA Network+ Certification – 11/10/99

CompTIA Server+ Certified Technician – 6/15/01

CompTIA i-Net+ Certification – 11/10/99

 

 

 

 

Clearance

US Secret Clearance – Active Final Secret Clearance as of Feb 2006

US/NATO Secret Clearance – 10/1997 – 4/2000 for DISA military contract