Principal Solutions Consultant

• Jul 2021 - Present

Principal Technical Consultant

• Oct 2019 - Jul 2021

Principal Technical Consultant

• Apr 2017 - Jul 2021

Primary responsibility is to interpret business requirements into a technical solutions framework and to provide technology roadmaps governed by strategic direction, business requirements as well as resourcing and financial constraints. Designing more complex solutions, utilising technical expertise and comprehensive experience.Design Solutions Being a consultative sales, technology and solution focused specialist who has the ability to analyse, develop and recommend long-term strategic plans. Also having responsibility for solution design, business development, and transition of projects from presales to delivery, and sales support. Providing pre-sales technical support and expertise in analysing client requirements, in conjunction with the client’s current capabilities and ensuring technical solutions will accomplish the client's objectives. Working with Solutions Architects to recommend and/or produce a technical specification for the custom development and systems integration requirements for the solution. Develop or produce the technical design document to match the solution design specifications. Design structures and tools for solutions that meet business needs.Implementation SolutionsOn larger engagements, own the proposed solution and transitions the build / implementation to the delivery team. Remain engaged with the client all the way through to the transfer to managed services and returns as “thought leaders” for the next opportunity. Using previous technical project lead experience to guide successful implementation of a solution and manage multiple development designs and projects to meet client and project timelines Show less

Technical Consultant

• Sep 2015 - Mar 2017

Highly experienced Technical Consultant with a track record of designing, leading and successfully delivering large and highly complex projects.Established as a trusted advisor with clients, being sought out based on previous engagements.Mentor to the team for Enterprise Networking.

Principal Technical Consultant

• Aug 2013 - Sep 2015

Highly experienced technical consultant with excellent technical and customer facing skills, coupled with proven ability to serve as a role model to the rest of the team.Acknowledged subject matter expert with appropriate current certifications.Regarded as “trusted advisor” by customers.Track record of identifying and bringing in additional commercial opportunities by being able to quickly obtain an understanding of the customer, how they operate and where value can be added. Consistently developing small initial engagements into larger engagements by building customer confidence.Sought after to lead and deliver complex high profile projects.Authoritative communicator with a consultative style: at ease leading whiteboard sessions with senior technical representatives of customers.Able to convey the role of each network component, in meeting a customers requirements. Viewed as mentor and role model by the rest of the team.Strong project documentation skills.Have led the networking team to become the most successful, consistently performing and profitable team within Oriel. Show less

Senior Technical Consultant - Network Infrastructure Technical Lead

• 2006 - Aug 2013

Strong, experienced technical consultant with good communications skills and a highly professional demeanour.Regarded by customers as a highly professional, accomplished engineer.Track record of successfully managing and delivering complex projects.Demonstrably committed to achieving annual targets through efficient time management and proactively seeking out billable work.Positive “can do” attitude when confronted with new technical challenges.Regular projects include the redesign, relocation and replacement of corporate office and data centre LAN/WAN/Wireless IP Networks, with Cisco switches, routers, firewalls and wireless APs. Highly scalable/available Active/Active data centre deployments, using dark fibre, CWDM passive optical multiplexors and Cisco IOS/NX-OS switches.Provider Independent Internet connectivity with dual ISPs running BGP, advertising prefixes with attributes (community, AS-Path prepending) outbound for inbound traffic engineering using Cisco routers.Perimeter/DMZ Security, site-to-site/remote-access VPNs with Cisco ASAs in Active/Standby.WAN integration with MPLS VPN service providers running BGP, redistribution of IGPs (OSPF/EIGRP), matching the sub-access rate inbound traffic policing (PE router) with outbound traffic shaping (CE router) ensuring the QoS classification, marking, queueing and drop strategy meet the business application requirements on Cisco routers.WLC managed APs deployed in Central/FlexConnect mode, authenticating users with ISE/RADIUS (AD incorporated) managed with Prime Infrastructure.A wireless solution I implemented for a venue in 2011 was remarked as being the best in the country by the AFL. Show less

Network Operations Technical Specialist/Team Leader

• Feb 2004 - 2006

Project Manager

• 2002 - 2003

Field Engineer

• 2001 - 2001

Customer Support Engineer/Supervisor

• 1998 - 2001

Technical Assistant/System Test Technician

• 1994 - 1998