Chad Hurt
Liberty, MO *****
ablo62@r.postjobfree.com
PROFILE
Leader, architect and problem solver capable of developing unique and
innovative solutions to business problems. Excels at building strategies
and comprehensive programs for long-term success.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a focus on
relationship building and integrity. Strong team leader and change
initiator, capable of delivering on commitments and driving product
roadmaps.
Over 14 years of industry experience in the service provider, enterprise,
banking and university sectors. Extensive experience in information
security, network and security architecture, with strong knowledge of
Checkpoint, F5 Networks, Juniper, Netscreen and Cisco products.
EXPERIENCE
IT Manager - Data Security Engineering, UMB Bank - 2003-Present
Responsible for all aspects of information security at a financial
institution, including engineering, operations, incident response, fraud
prevention and data integrity
Built a comprehensive security program that complies with various banking
industry regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley and GLBA
Works closely with Risk Management to identify, mitigate or eliminate risk
using a combination of policy and technical controls
Management responsibilities for a staff of highly technical information
security professionals
Primary decision maker in all matters related to vendor and product
selection
Responsible for creating and managing yearly capital and expense budgets
Responsible for architecting and implementing a formal multi-tiered web
hosting environment utilizing F5 Big-IPs, identity management appliances
and web application firewalls. This online infrastructure is responsible
for the movement of approximately 10 billion dollars per day in commercial
and consumer funds
Network Design Engineer, Sprint E-Solutions- 2000-2003
Founding member of the engineering team that architected and implemented 10
large-scale web hosting data centers across the United States
Replaced Arrowpoint and Cisco load balancing infrastructure with F5 Big-IPs
in 10 large web hosting data centers. Customers in these environments
included names such as Barnes and Noble.com, Yahoo, and the Department of
Justice
Honored as the only engineer chosen to speak at sales seminars with
potential customers, conduct customer tours of data center facilities, and
participate in customer meetings and other pre-sales activities
Served as lead engineer on multiple projects with highly sensitive
government customers
Architected large-scale OSPF and BGP network design used at the core of
each data center network
Served as IP Routing and Internet Security subject matter expert for the
Internet Center Engineering team
Network Security Engineer, MedNA, LLC - 1999-2000
Engineered, implemented and maintained F5 Big-IP load balancers for large e-
commerce customers generating over 1,000,000 hits per day. Customer list
included ubid.com, pcmall and macmall.com, toytime.com and others
Responsible for all aspects of network and security design for an ISP and
application service provider
Designed and managed Checkpoint and Netscreen firewall infrastructure and
Intrusion Detection Systems
Implemented and maintained all routers, firewall, switches, load balancers
and other network devices
Programmer/Analyst II, University of Missouri - Kansas City - 1996-1999
Responsible for LAN/WAN and desktop computing environments at the UMKC
School of Nursing and the Institute for Human Development
Managed a file and web server farm which hosted sites for more than thirty
organizations
Responsible for managing a staff of five lab support technicians
CERTIFICATIONS
Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist (JNCIS) - Enterprise Routing
Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate (JNCIA)
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) - NT 4.0
References available upon request