Randon Chesnut

abl0w1@r.postjobfree.com

435-***-****

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Smithfield, UT 84335

Network/Server Specialist: 12 years' experience in information technology

field. Experience in designing, planning, leading and implementation of

network, phone and server infrastructures. Extensive history of corporate

Information Systems support. Ability to communicate technical concepts to

both technical and non-technical personnel. Practiced in team and project

management.

EXPERIENCE

Young Electric Sign Company, Logan, UT, 03/2008-Present[pic]

03/08-Present IT Lead Network Administrator Electronics

Division

Technological infrastructure administrator for YESCO Electronics Division.

IT lead in upgrading phone, network, security and server for Logan

division, including multiple disparate sites and locations. Design and

implementation of meshed LAN to allow sharing of common resources between

all sites. Responsible for design and implementation of new contact center

used to monitor over 1,200 digital displays in real-time.

Responsibilities:

. Designed migration path and implementation plan, executing on plan to

migrate from Telrad 400 system to currently administered Avaya VoIP

system including custom contact center skills based vector routing.

. Upgrade legacy Netgear network equipment to HP Procurve core equipment

allowing implementation of VLAN and QoS implementation.

. Implementation of site-to-site VPN mesh utilizing Cisco, Checkpoint,

Juniper and Fortinet equipment allowing for shared local resources

between all buildings.

. Lead security consultant determining security standards for digital

media/signs shipped company wide.

. Designed and created flash drive, antivirus, password and email usage

policies. Facilitated executive committee meetings to gain approval

and sign off before successful implementation.

. Replacement of all pre-existing Linksys, Netgear and Dlink home

routers with Cisco 28xx and Cisco ASA 55xx systems to increase

security levels and customization of network flow.

Environment: Windows XP/7/Server 2003/2008, Cisco 28xx, 29xx, ASA 55xx, HP

Procurve, Checkpoint, Ultrabac, BackupExec, Fortinet, Avaya VoIP, Modular

Messaging, Dell, Bell, HP

Utah State University, Logan, UT, 05/2006-03/2008[pic]

12/06 - 03/08 GIS Analysist Watershed Sciences

Lead analyst for a project using GIS tools to statistically analyze all

watersheds delineations in the Western United States. Data was acquired

from government agencies and private companies allowing us to combine

weather, moisture accumulation, temperatures and several geographical

variants to derive statistically significant data for all Western United

States watersheds.

Responsibilities:

. Acquisition of raw data including satellite imagery, digital elevation

models, hydrographic, federal GPS points.

. Creation of a relational database for watershed project management.

. Pre-processing of all data into standard datum and projections

relevant to the Western United States.

. Custom built models using ArcGIS 9.x to perform watershed delineations

for over 50,000 watersheds.

. Generated over 100 statistical results per watershed for use in

federal, environmental and municipal agencies.

. Compiled all database material into 2D and 3D data for posting on

ArcGIS Server and web-based portal.

Environment: ArcGIS 9.x, ArcInfo, SQL Server 2005, ArcHydro, MS Office

Suite (Excel/Access)

05/06 - 12/06 Data collection/analyst Watershed Sciences

Team member for two separate aquatic vertebrate/invertebrate studies to

determine population sustainability of Bear Lake sculpin and Bonneville

Cutthroat trout.

Responsibilities:

. Design data collection transect for Bear Lake sculpin egg analysis.

. Performed statistical analysis on Bear Lake sculpin data to help

determine most desirable temperature, depth and substrate combination

for reproduction.

. Created strategic plot for substrate sampling based on ancillary GPS

and bathymetric data collected.

. Collected and sorted substrate invertebrate samples in highly

populated Bonneville Cutthroat trout areas and lesser populated areas.

. Identified all substrate invertebrate species located at each

location.

. Analyzed substrate invertebrates with oxygen, depth and temperature

levels to determine potential location of increased Cutthroat trout

populations.

Environment: GPS, MS Office suite (excel, Access), ArcGIS 9.x, Statplus

Sorenson Media, Salt Lake City, UT, 07/2001-05/2004

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07/02 - 05/04 IT Manager Information Systems

Technical lead of Information Systems team that grew from four full time

members to ten team members around the country. Managed the delegation,

design and implementation of VRS infrastructure and offices around the

country.

. Lead project manager in designing and implementing a national

infrastructure to support a VRS (video relay service) translation

service for deaf to non-deaf individuals.

. Managed the opening of ten remote offices around the world to support

the new VRS network.

. Created training program for new Information System team members for

increased initial job performance

. Lead in negotiating contracts with Sprint, AT&T, XO and Akamai

Networks

. Implemented VPN site-to-site connections with remote offices to reduce

overall cost and gained high availability through QoS

Environment: Cisco 65xx, 28xx, Pix, 3000 Concentrator, Aironet, Extreme

load-balancers, Linux, Avaya, Windows Server 2000, 2003, SQL Server 2000,

XP

07/01-07/02 Sr. Network Administrator Information Systems

Lead administrator responsible for transforming startup network it into a

high end, high availability infrastructure. Was responsible for training

current IS staff and proving worth of team to the executive committee.

. Replaced Netgear equipment with Cisco 6500 backbone switch extending

to Catalyst 35xx.

. Replaced Toshiba phone system with Avaya Definity and Audix.

. Renegotiated ISP contract with XO to provide a DS3.

. Successfully managed team responsible for LDS Church internet

broadcasts surpassing 11 TB of streaming data.

. Designed a disaster recovery solution which included the

implementation of data backups with rotation.

. Installed Cisco PIX firewall where there was not one prior to my

working there. All networks were then consolidated down to one.

Security procedures where then written and implemented to protect

proprietary data being developed.

Environment: Cisco 65xx, 28xx, 35xx, Pix, 3000 Concentrator, Aironet, F5

load-balancers, Linux, Avaya, Windows Server 2000, 2003, SQL Server 2000,

XP

emWare Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, 05/2000-07/2001

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05/00 - 7/01 Sr. Network Administrator Information Systems

Responsible for all server, network and phone infrastructure changes and

administration. Established an IS group and delegated appropriate

responsibilities within the organization based on skill level.

. Lead Architect in designing new corporate network from ground up.

Flawless migration to new network over a weekend.

. Organized an IS group within the company to meet support, backup and

disaster recover needs as well as bringing phone, server, ISP,

security back in house for management.

. Implemented cross-training within IS group to remove single points of

failure due to unavailability of team member.

Environment: Cisco 65xx, 28xx, 35xx, Pix, 3000 Concentrator, Linux, Inter-

tel, Windows Server 2000, NT, SQL Server 2000, Windows 2000, NT, 95, 98,

Dell, HP, Quantum backup systems

Peoplesoft Inc., Pleasanton, CA, 12/1999-04/2000

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12/99-04/00 Sr. Network Engineer Information Systems

Member of company convergence team during Peoplesoft's purchase of The

Vantive Corp. Worked with Peoplesoft IS department to merge Vantive's

Windows/Novell server infrastructure along with the 14 remote offices

into one seamless network.

. Individually managed all Vantive servers and networks for all offices

during the transition phase.

. In charge of replacing all legacy network equipment with Peoplesoft

standard Cisco devices as well as all configurations at Vantive

corporate office.

. Transitioned to the Peoplesoft server support group once Vantive

systems were completely merged with Peoplesoft systems.

Environment: Cisco 65xx, 28xx, Pix, Novell, Avaya, Windows Server 2000, NT,

SQL Server 2000, Windows 2000, NT, 95, 98, Dell, HP

The Vantive Corp., Santa Clara, CA, 05/1997-12/1999

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01/99 - 12/99 Lead Network Administrator Information Systems

Team lead for The Vantive Corp Network/Server administration team, new

office deployment and liaison with EDS support group. In charge of

corporate updates to prevent potential Y2K issues for all worldwide

offices.

. Worked as liaison between in house support staff and EDS who was being

phased out as outside support organization.

. Created Y2K preparation plan and traveled to every office to deploy

patches and update designated in the plan.

. Managed the primary responsibilities of the network and server teams

enabling maximum efficiency from team members based on skill set.

Environment: Cisco 65xx, 28xx, Pix, Novell, Avaya, Windows NT, Windows

2000, NT, 95, 98, Dell, HP, Compaq servers.

05/97-01/99 Network Engineer Information Systems

Introduced to networking by assisting The Vantive Corporations lead

Network Engineer in new office deployments. Team member of

infrastructure design for new office deyployments.

. Assisted lead network engineer in new office deployments by configure

servers and network equipment.

. Member of office deployment team which designed server and network

infrastructure.

. Travelled to remote offices and new facilities to for repair and

installation of equipment.

Environment: Cisco 28xx, Novell, Windows NT Server, NT, 95, 98, Dell, HP,

Compaq servers.

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