Samuel Samara
Network Infrastructure Manager at Scott County, Iowa- Claim this Profile
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Joshua J Wold
Sam was instrumental in my studies at Scott Community College. His advanced knowledge of systems and his ability to convey that knowledge to his students are a couple of his best qualities. Even after I had taken all of the classes Sam taught, he continued to guide me in my career by helping me to sort out the tough decisions. His advanced abilities are well matched with dedication to not only his work, but also to the well being and continued growth of his students and colleagues.
Rick Ahlgren
Sam has been an adjunct instructor since the Cisco Networking Academy was started at Scott Community College. He combines a very in-depth technical knowledge with an outstanding ability to teach and as such is a quality asset to the academy.
Joshua J Wold
Sam was instrumental in my studies at Scott Community College. His advanced knowledge of systems and his ability to convey that knowledge to his students are a couple of his best qualities. Even after I had taken all of the classes Sam taught, he continued to guide me in my career by helping me to sort out the tough decisions. His advanced abilities are well matched with dedication to not only his work, but also to the well being and continued growth of his students and colleagues.
Rick Ahlgren
Sam has been an adjunct instructor since the Cisco Networking Academy was started at Scott Community College. He combines a very in-depth technical knowledge with an outstanding ability to teach and as such is a quality asset to the academy.
Joshua J Wold
Sam was instrumental in my studies at Scott Community College. His advanced knowledge of systems and his ability to convey that knowledge to his students are a couple of his best qualities. Even after I had taken all of the classes Sam taught, he continued to guide me in my career by helping me to sort out the tough decisions. His advanced abilities are well matched with dedication to not only his work, but also to the well being and continued growth of his students and colleagues.
Rick Ahlgren
Sam has been an adjunct instructor since the Cisco Networking Academy was started at Scott Community College. He combines a very in-depth technical knowledge with an outstanding ability to teach and as such is a quality asset to the academy.
Joshua J Wold
Sam was instrumental in my studies at Scott Community College. His advanced knowledge of systems and his ability to convey that knowledge to his students are a couple of his best qualities. Even after I had taken all of the classes Sam taught, he continued to guide me in my career by helping me to sort out the tough decisions. His advanced abilities are well matched with dedication to not only his work, but also to the well being and continued growth of his students and colleagues.
Rick Ahlgren
Sam has been an adjunct instructor since the Cisco Networking Academy was started at Scott Community College. He combines a very in-depth technical knowledge with an outstanding ability to teach and as such is a quality asset to the academy.
Credentials
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CMNO, CCNA, MCP, VCA
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Experience
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Scott County, Iowa
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United States
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Government Administration
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100 - 200 Employee
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Network Infrastructure Manager
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Aug 2003 - Present
Manager of a six member team in the Network Infrastructure Support Division and senior technical advisor on various I.T.related endeavors within Scott County. Senior Network Engineer for many complex datacenter and campus network deployments. Technical Management Responsibilities include: A medium size fiber optic connectivity based Campus Area Network with an additional twenty WAN/Extranet nodes off campus. Two medium sized datacenters with over 200 server instances, on… Show more Manager of a six member team in the Network Infrastructure Support Division and senior technical advisor on various I.T.related endeavors within Scott County. Senior Network Engineer for many complex datacenter and campus network deployments. Technical Management Responsibilities include: A medium size fiber optic connectivity based Campus Area Network with an additional twenty WAN/Extranet nodes off campus. Two medium sized datacenters with over 200 server instances, on VMware ESXi virtualization, and five SAN's with >1PB of managed shared storage in a Metro Cluster based synchronous data transfer environment. A network consisting of fault tolerant core Nexus equipment leveraging vPC technology to >100 edge switches with redundant controller based wireless connectivity with >100 WAP's. Redundant Internet connectivity throught geographically diverse connectivity points. A user community consisting of >1200 users, >500 PC's, > 150 virtual desktops, >200 mobile devices >150 printers >500 IP cameras with >1200 IP phones divided between >30 departments and agencies under the SC I.T. umbrella Cisco switching devices up to NEX7K, routing devices up to 39XX, ASA security, and VoIP in 69XX, 79XX, 88XX, 89XX, 99XX series on UCS Meraki MX, MR, MS, MV equipment small to large currently more than 50 devices deployed in numerous Extranet sites. HP DL series servers, C series blades, 3PAR, EVA, MSA SAN, and approx 95% HP client side devices Microsoft 2K16 server, 2K12 ADS, and a federated hybrid O365 deployment. >100 Third party applications deployed Show less Manager of a six member team in the Network Infrastructure Support Division and senior technical advisor on various I.T.related endeavors within Scott County. Senior Network Engineer for many complex datacenter and campus network deployments. Technical Management Responsibilities include: A medium size fiber optic connectivity based Campus Area Network with an additional twenty WAN/Extranet nodes off campus. Two medium sized datacenters with over 200 server instances, on… Show more Manager of a six member team in the Network Infrastructure Support Division and senior technical advisor on various I.T.related endeavors within Scott County. Senior Network Engineer for many complex datacenter and campus network deployments. Technical Management Responsibilities include: A medium size fiber optic connectivity based Campus Area Network with an additional twenty WAN/Extranet nodes off campus. Two medium sized datacenters with over 200 server instances, on VMware ESXi virtualization, and five SAN's with >1PB of managed shared storage in a Metro Cluster based synchronous data transfer environment. A network consisting of fault tolerant core Nexus equipment leveraging vPC technology to >100 edge switches with redundant controller based wireless connectivity with >100 WAP's. Redundant Internet connectivity throught geographically diverse connectivity points. A user community consisting of >1200 users, >500 PC's, > 150 virtual desktops, >200 mobile devices >150 printers >500 IP cameras with >1200 IP phones divided between >30 departments and agencies under the SC I.T. umbrella Cisco switching devices up to NEX7K, routing devices up to 39XX, ASA security, and VoIP in 69XX, 79XX, 88XX, 89XX, 99XX series on UCS Meraki MX, MR, MS, MV equipment small to large currently more than 50 devices deployed in numerous Extranet sites. HP DL series servers, C series blades, 3PAR, EVA, MSA SAN, and approx 95% HP client side devices Microsoft 2K16 server, 2K12 ADS, and a federated hybrid O365 deployment. >100 Third party applications deployed Show less
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Eastern Iowa Community College District
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United States
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Investment Management
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Adjunct Technology Instructor
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Aug 1999 - Present
Cisco Certified Academy Instructor in the CCNA/CCNP program at Scott Community Cisco Certified Academy Instructor in the CCNA/CCNP program at Scott Community
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Long Grove Volunteer Fire Department
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United States
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Past Business President \ Assistant Fire Chief
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Dec 2006 - Dec 2016
Volunteer Fire Fighter / Emergency Medical Responder with fire suppression, medical, rescue, & driver operator experience. Additionally responsible for department finance and budget. Volunteer Fire Fighter / Emergency Medical Responder with fire suppression, medical, rescue, & driver operator experience. Additionally responsible for department finance and budget.
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Sprint
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Network Administrator
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Mar 2001 - Aug 2003
Network design, management, and administration of a multi-state LAN/WAN network (Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia) for former SprintPCS affiliates iPCS Wireless and Airgate PCS Experiences covering: Cisco networking hardware Cisco and Solarwinds NMS solutions Nortel, Mitel, and Cisco VoIP telephony systems Compaq, HP, and Dell server side hardware Microsoft Server side software products HP and Dell client side… Show more Network design, management, and administration of a multi-state LAN/WAN network (Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia) for former SprintPCS affiliates iPCS Wireless and Airgate PCS Experiences covering: Cisco networking hardware Cisco and Solarwinds NMS solutions Nortel, Mitel, and Cisco VoIP telephony systems Compaq, HP, and Dell server side hardware Microsoft Server side software products HP and Dell client side hardware Many Microsoft software applications Show less Network design, management, and administration of a multi-state LAN/WAN network (Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia) for former SprintPCS affiliates iPCS Wireless and Airgate PCS Experiences covering: Cisco networking hardware Cisco and Solarwinds NMS solutions Nortel, Mitel, and Cisco VoIP telephony systems Compaq, HP, and Dell server side hardware Microsoft Server side software products HP and Dell client side… Show more Network design, management, and administration of a multi-state LAN/WAN network (Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia) for former SprintPCS affiliates iPCS Wireless and Airgate PCS Experiences covering: Cisco networking hardware Cisco and Solarwinds NMS solutions Nortel, Mitel, and Cisco VoIP telephony systems Compaq, HP, and Dell server side hardware Microsoft Server side software products HP and Dell client side hardware Many Microsoft software applications Show less
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Verizon Wireless
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United States
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Network Administrator
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Feb 1995 - Mar 2001
Network administration of a regional LAN/WAN network (Eastern Iowa and Northwestern Illionis) for Contel Cellular, GTE Mobilnet, GTE Wireless, and finally Verizon Wireless Experiences covering: Cisco and HP networking hardware Nortel Meridian telephone systems Compaq server side hardware Novell and Microsoft server side software Compaq and HP client side hardware Many Microsoft software applications Network administration of a regional LAN/WAN network (Eastern Iowa and Northwestern Illionis) for Contel Cellular, GTE Mobilnet, GTE Wireless, and finally Verizon Wireless Experiences covering: Cisco and HP networking hardware Nortel Meridian telephone systems Compaq server side hardware Novell and Microsoft server side software Compaq and HP client side hardware Many Microsoft software applications
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Education
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2007 - 2015
University of Iowa
B.A., Applied Studies -
2001 - 2007
Eastern Iowa Community College District
A.A., Liberal Arts -
1998 - 2006
Eastern Iowa Community College District
A.S., Information Technology -
1998 - 1999
Cisco Networking Academy
Certification, Information Technology -
1994 - 1995
Hamilton Technical College
A.A.S., Electronics Engineering Technology
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