Experience

Inscape Data

• United States
• Technology, Information and Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead SRE

  • May 2018 - Present



Vysk Communications

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Architect

  • Jun 2016 - May 2018



Stack Sports

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead Network Architect

  • Jul 2015 - Jun 2016

  Recruited to develop network and firewall services architecture for two startup companies. Designed and deployed all corporate and production network and security solutions including network, security, LAN/WAN, VPN, Wireless, Microsoft/Linux/Apple, VoIP for local and remote offices. Member of a team of senior technical staff that was responsible for design and implementation of production and developmental architectures across the Amazon Web Services (AWS) spectrum. Recruited to develop network and firewall services architecture for two startup companies. Designed and deployed all corporate and production network and security solutions including network, security, LAN/WAN, VPN, Wireless, Microsoft/Linux/Apple, VoIP for local and remote offices. Member of a team of senior technical staff that was responsible for design and implementation of production and developmental architectures across the Amazon Web Services (AWS) spectrum.



Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Network Engineer

  • Apr 2011 - Jul 2015

  Recruited to lead a team of engineers to oversee strategic and tactical direction for network and firewall services. Ensure completion of ongoing network and security transformation to HP Security and Networking devices. Continued implementation and support of complex IT project frameworks, standard operating environments, and data center network architectures. Focal point for establishing global labs network and security policy, standards and processes to increase effectiveness and efficiency. Responsible for the secured services architecture utilizing Cisco Pix and Checkpoint Firewalls on HP, Nokia and Crossbeam platforms. Show less



Fujitsu

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Security Engineer

  • Sep 2009 - Apr 2011

  • Member of a small team of senior engineers responsible for designing and implementing a Managed Security Service for Fujitsu America, utilizing the Checkpoint suite of products (R65 – R75, VPN-1, IPS-1, Endpoint, Eventia, etc.) and Fujitsu hardware appliances. • Primary engineer responsible for integration of 40+ Cisco firewalls, PIX, ASA, and FWSMs, into Fujitsu America after the purchase of an outside IT organization. • Member of a small team of senior engineers responsible for designing and implementing a Managed Security Service for Fujitsu America, utilizing the Checkpoint suite of products (R65 – R75, VPN-1, IPS-1, Endpoint, Eventia, etc.) and Fujitsu hardware appliances. • Primary engineer responsible for integration of 40+ Cisco firewalls, PIX, ASA, and FWSMs, into Fujitsu America after the purchase of an outside IT organization.



EDS

• Network and Firewall Services - Capability Lead

  • 2006 - Sep 2009

  Support network and security infrastructure for Global Enterprise Labs. Design, implement and maintain Cisco network and secured services architecture utilizing Cisco Pix, Checkpoint Firewalls on Nokia and Crossbeam platforms. Support network and security infrastructure for Global Enterprise Labs. Design, implement and maintain Cisco network and secured services architecture utilizing Cisco Pix, Checkpoint Firewalls on Nokia and Crossbeam platforms.



Winstead PC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Sr. Network Engineer

  • Aug 2005 - Sep 2006

  • Engineer responsible for day to day operations and network security for a network spanning 2 data centers and 7 remote offices. These tasks include all routing, switching and firewall configurations using Cisco 2600-3600 routers, Cisco 2900-6500 switches and multiple 515e PIX firewalls. • Architected and implemented redundant WAN and Internet connectivity for the enterprise network. Employing BGP on the edge devices and EIGRP over GRE across the MPLS backbone we were able to accomplish dynamic failover for the data center links and Internet connectivity for all sites. • On a team tasked with designing a disaster recovery and business continuity plan for the entire firm that included requirements for minimal downtime and dynamic recovery. Researched and documented plans to implement VMWare virtual services, EMC SAN replication and Microsoft Clustering services to fulfill needs of the business. • On the project team responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining an enterprise level change control process. We enacted IT policy that would enable us to continue to build on the process while delivering the control over change in the environment that resulted in an increase in performance and system stability. Show less



Bank of America

• United States
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• AVP - Information Security Engineer

  • Dec 2003 - Aug 2005

  Intrusion detection and network security compliance. Intrusion detection and network security compliance.



IP Communications

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Network Engineer

  • 2001 - 2003



PageNet

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Network Administrator

  • 1999 - 2001