DOUGLAS E SEVERSON

***** **** **.

Omaha NE *****

402-***-****

abi3mb@r.postjobfree.com

Highly Experienced IT Network and Security Executive with a US Gov. Secret

Clearance

SUMMARY 20+ years of extensive network management and security systems

experience. Acquired a number of certifications (CISSP, CEH, CCNP, CCDP,

and MCSE) and possess in depth experience with managing and directing

global telecommunications networks and teams. Very strong and diverse

executive management background and is an exceptional team player. His

knowledge and work ethic would make him an excellent addition to your team.

Doug has been recognized for superior leadership as evidenced by his

nomination for Computerworld Magazine's Premier 100 IT Leaders award twice.

EXPERIENCE

Pentagon Federal Credit Union

March 2010 - Present

Network Services Manager

. Lead a team responsible for the cost-effective design, support and

operation of the credit union's enterprise network.

. Ensure that the enterprise network performance and strategy are aligned

with PFCU

. Works closely with telecom (voice) services manager on common network

technology issues and projects

. Lead efforts to develop a reliable, robust network security

infrastructure.

SAIC

September 2008 - October 2009

Manager, NASA Security Engineering

. Responsible for Network Security Engineering for NASA at Goddard Space

Flight Center, Md.

. Led network efforts for US Government Compliance and Accreditation

processes.

. Responsible for security systems protecting NASA networks including IDS,

Firewalls, Internet Filtering and vulnerability scanning. This included

responsibilities for capacity planning and management of security systems

protecting NASA IT assets.

. Supervises, evaluates, and directs the work of NASA Security managers,

engineers, COMSEC custodians and other employees; Responsibilities

include: interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning,

assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and

disciplining employees; addressing complaints, and resolving problems.

SITEL Corporation

August 2004 - June 2008

Vice President, Global Network Operations

. Achieved 99.999% uptime for network connectivity for the corporation

which has resulted in numerous new opportunities and business from

clients and customers.

. Led network efforts for PCI and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.

. Responsible for global voice (VoIP) and data network operations which

include over 130 sites, call centers and customer connections supporting

an employee base of over 42,000 employees.

. Supervises, evaluates, and directs the work of global WAN managers,

engineers and other employees; Responsibilities include: interviewing,

hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work;

appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing

complaints, and resolving problems. This included support teams in Omaha,

Washington DC, Manila and Brussels.

. Oversee worldwide system planning, capacity management, development,

installation, service, and asset management

. Responsible for analyzing, planning, and forecasting the Global WAN

department budget and expenses.

. Responsible for developing and implementing strategic network systems

hardware and infrastructure planning for over 130 sites with approx

40,000 total systems.

. Provides ongoing support and improvement suggestions to existing systems

. Responsible for making procurement recommendations; implementations and

the maintenance of network systems, the infrastructure, and other related

sub-systems to provide efficient resource utilization and performance

. Responsible for all global network security, functionally performing as

the Network Security Officer.

Member Works Inc. (Now Adaptive Marketing)

February 2003 - August 2004

Network Engineer/Manager

. Provided level 2-3 technical network support and network management for

the Member Works Corporate Infrastructure.

. Designed, engineered, managed, supervised and implemented numerous

network infrastructure equipment installation projects

. Provided technical leadership assistance to desktop, server and network

support personnel

. Provided technology mentoring for Member Works technicians

. Designed and then implemented network management systems utilizing HP

OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM), Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG)

and other tools and systems

. Provided network management expertise in the support of a Siebel 7.5

system roll out

. Redesigned and engineered the Member Works corporate E-Commerce

infrastructure

. Engineered, implemented, administered and then managed network security

for the Member Works corporate infrastructure utilizing CheckPoint NG on

Nokia firewalls, Iprism content filtering devices, intrusion detection

systems and router access control mechanisms

University of Nebraska at Omaha

August 2000 - June 2006

Adjunct Faculty Member, Computer Science and Technology Department

. Teach college level computer networking, office automation and

programming courses

. Developed course syllabuses, class lectures and tests for numerous

computer courses

. Delivered lectures and hands on demonstrations of computer technologies

to students

Qwest Communications

February 1999 - August 2002

Lead Network Technology Engineer/Management Consultant

. Provided level 3 technical network support to numerous Qwest customers

. Managed, supervised and supported Customer Premise Equipment installation

projects

. Technical leadership assistance for account teams on pre-sales design

efforts

. Provided technology mentoring for Qwest technicians, and sales account

teams

. Network consulting, engineering and project management for numerous Qwest

customers

Utell International

April 1997 - February 1999

Manager, Worldwide Area Networking Group

. Managed Utell's worldwide area network - 32 sites worldwide, 1000+ nodes

. Managed and supervised worldwide area network support group

. Designed, engineered and managed the implementation of new worldwide

TCP/IP network

. Built a world-class network support, implementation and network

management team

. Completed performance and salary reviews and all normal personnel

management functions

. Developed and managed departmental and network budgets

. Provided second and third level support for all local area and wide area

network issues

. Negotiated with hardware/software vendors and carriers on contracts,

pricing and availability

. Developed corporate network security policies and practices

* Began as a consultant and was hired full-time after 6 months.

Motorola ISG

June 1995 - April 1997

Staff Systems Engineer

. Designed, engineered, installed and project managed numerous wide area

and local area networks for Motorola ISG customers in pre and post sales

roles

. Designed and led implementation of 1400 site network for Norwest

Financial customer

. Installed and configured digital, frame relay, ISDN, X.25 and analog

(modem) devices

. Installed Network Management Systems for customers

. Prepared and delivered presentations, training and demonstrations of

Motorola equipment

. Set up and installed and configured Motorola ISG equipment for customer

demo evaluations

Computer Task Group Inc.

November 1994 - June 1995

Network Systems Analyst/Consultant

. Provided consulting expertise in all areas of network engineering and

design, including system backup, performance monitoring and analysis,

system security, maintenance and administration to CTG's customer, Mutual

of Omaha, Microcomputer Support team; Mutual's network consisted of

approximately 350 LAN servers of different types, models and

configurations, over 1000 printers, 6000 users and numerous other types

of devices

. Developed custom Lotus Notes applications for administrative and network

management purposes

Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

October 1989 - November 1994

Computer Systems Engineer/Manager

. Managed, designed, engineered, installed, administered and project

managed the installation of Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area

Networks (WAN) for numerous accounts, groups and divisions within EDS,

including cabling

. Installed and configured HP 9000 systems utilizing HP-UX and provided

system administration support on these systems

. Designed, implemented and managed network management systems using SNMP

. Completely redesigned and re engineered the US Silica's account IBM LAN

Server network at the US. Silica Corporate Offices, resulting in 99.999%

availability

. Assisted in the design and evaluation of components for the data network

(9000 Users) for the new EDS World Corporate Headquarters building in

Plano, TX

. Negotiated pricing and availability with network equipment vendors and

cabling sub contractors

. Supervised and provided technical expertise to other team members in all

above areas

. Provided technical Macintosh office automation support to the Marine

Spill Response Corporation Account in Washington, DC

. Planned and implemented an account wide (eight separate sites, over 300

Macintosh workstations) data backup and recovery system

. Planned and implemented an account wide WAN based mail system (8 mail

servers); Planned the account wide Macintosh based operating system

upgrade

. Evaluated and tested Macintosh software/hardware prior to implementation

. Worked closely with account and customer management to determine office

automation requirements and alternatives

. Planned and installed a mobile LAN for the MSRC Mobile Communications

Facility utilizing satellite communications

. Supported a Macintosh wide area network for the EDS Leadership Council

and executives

Police Officer/Deputy Sheriff

June 1981 - October 1989

LaVista NE. Police Department and Douglas County NE. Sheriff's Department

MILITARY

July 1975 - June 1981

United States Air Force

Honorable Discharge, C141 Aircraft Loadmaster and Law Enforcement

Specialist (K9)

EDUCATION

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Bachelors Degree 1988, MA completed in

Communications

Major: Criminal Justice Minor: Computer Science, GPA: 3.45 undergraduate,

3.90 graduate

CERTIFICATIONS HELD

ITIL v3 Foundations

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

CheckPoint Certified Security Engineer (CCSE)

CheckPoint Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)

Cisco Certified IP Telephony Design Specialist

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Windows 2000

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Windows 2000 Server

Passed the Cisco Certified Internet Expert (CCIE) Written Exam

Professional Organizations

Member IEEE

Certified Member ISC2

Member American Management Association

Member AT&T Focus Users Group

Member Computer Security Institute

TECHNOLOGY PROFILE

Cisco Routers Cisco Switches Cisco PIX

Content/Caching Engines Motorola FRADS Motorola Routers

Modems Nortel/CrossComm Routers 3Com Switches/Hubs/NICS

Cabletron Hubs NICS Media Adapters

Nokia Firewall Systems SUN Ultra Workstations Hewlett Packard Workstations

HP 9000 Servers Printers Scanners

Print Servers IBM (clones) PCs/Printers

MAC CPUs/Printers/Scanners Shiva LANRover Blue Coat Net Cache

US Robotics Modems Telebit Dialup Routers Bay Routers

Lantronix Ethernet Print Structured Network Cabling Electrical Systems including

Servers Cat 3/5/6

UTP/STP/All IBM Cisco IOS Catalyst OS

Types/Fiber/COAX

AVIDD DOS Microsoft Windows

3.1/95/98/2000/NT

MS Mail WordPerfect Office Apple Macintosh

AppleShare Server IBM OS/2 Warp IBM LAN Server/Manager

Novell Netware Hewlett Packard HP UX SUN Solaris

Linux Motorola OS CheckPoint/BorderWare Firewall

Systems

Microsoft Office Suite Word Excel

PowerPoint Project Mail

WordPerfect Lotus 1 2 3 Notes

MacDraw Visio AutoCAD

LT Cisco Works Hewlett Packard Open View

KIWI Cat Tools KIWI Syslog Daemon CA eMail

Profs Corel Draw Numerous other PC applications

LAN/WAN protocols TCP/IP VPN

IPSec Voice over IP Voice over Frame Relay

Frame Relay X.25 ISDN

SONET Digital/analog connectivity SDLC

protocols

XDLC SNA LLC

QLLC Bisync ATM

TBOP TCOP RIP

SNMP EIGRP OSPF

BGP IGRP IPX

Appletalk Ethernet Token Ring

FDDI NetBIOS NETBEUI

ASYNC SYNC HP Internet Adviser

NAI Sniffer Fluke LanMeter Etherpeek Wild Packets

XML Perl HTML

Basic Visual Basic Pascal

Cobol CICS ALC

C Lotus Notes Macintosh

Application Blue Coat Security Proxy Symantec SGS Firewall Clusters

macros/scripting

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