Engineer Project Manager

JON STALHUT

*** ***** **** **** , **********, NY 11743 • 631-***-**** • abnrp1@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE and SUMMARY

Senior Network Engineer /Administrator or equivalent management position

Over 12 years of IT industry experience in mission-critical positions with major corporations including

Fortune 500s. Deep knowledge of server and network administration including diagnostics and global

monitoring; architecture/design of WAN/MAN/LAN networks; project management including installation and

configuration; documentation; retail store IT deployment and management; Sarbanes-Oxley compliance;

support/performance analyses; video conferencing and telecommunications setup and maintenance; contract

negotiations.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

AVENTURA TECHNOLOGIES May 2009 – Present

System Administrator

Server Administration – Windows 2003/Exchange 2003/Blackberry Enterprise/Windows DNS/DHCP/WINS

Network Administration – configuration of Cisco 3500 series routers, SonicWall firewall, NETGEAR switches,

3Com switches, Cisco 2600 routers.

Architecture – design of a Cisco 4500 series switch to replace current infrastructure with SUP V and

daughtercard supporting netflow

Support/Performance Analyses – Setup and configuration of Solar Winds Netflow collector on Cisco 2600

series router with full protocol breakdown. Network captures with Wireshark, Languard, troubleshooting LAN

connectivity issues, application issues.

Configurations and installation– RAID 5 server builds, installation and configuration of Windows 2003 server,

WINS, DHCP, complete customization of House on the Hill Support Desk for the industry-specific needs of the

video surveillance industry, assembly and configuration of digital video recorders and network video recorder

appliances.

ESTEE LAUDER April 2001 – August 2008

LAN/WAN Specialist

Architecture/Design of Wide Area and Metropolitan Area Networks (WAN/MAN) including primary traffic Frame

Relay network with Sprint and secondary traffic MPLS network with Infonet. Architecture/Design includes

path/connectivity determination (link sizing based on proactive traffic analysis with Sniffer and Compuware

Application Vantage), and routing control (using manual variation of link metrics with dynamic routing

protocols, route maps to direct traffic based on IP port or source and destination IP address, and distribution lists

controlling route handling between EIGRP and BGP)

Project management of installations including working with the business users to schedule appropriate windows

for cutovers, management of carriers during installation, devising and executing testing schemes to ensure

proper traffic flow before circuit acceptance.

Documentation using Visio diagrams, Spreadsheets, and Word Documents describing detailed standard

operating procedures.

Performance monitoring on global frame relay and MPLS WAN using Visual Networks Uptime, What’s Up

Gold, and Compuware Application Vantage, Network Vantage, and Interactive Viewer. Management,

configuration and maintenance/upgrades of CISCO switches and routers including Cisco 2900, 2948, 4000,

4500, 5000 (RSM), 6500 (MSFC), routers include 1600, 1700, 2500, 3600, 3700, and 7500 series.

Configuration includes IP, IPX, AppleTalk, troubleshooting of Frame Relay, MPLS, Verizon TLS, routing

problems, link performance issues, application performance issues, HSRP configuration (Fault tolerant core

switch redundancy), SAP filters and ACLs.

Solution design and implementation of various wireless LAN (WLAN) platforms including Symbol Access

Points 4131 and client bridges in Estee Lauder’s automated storage and recovery warehouse in Melville, and

also Cisco Access points and Wireless LAN controllers for Techlogix scan gun applications.

Configuration of TACACS and CISCO Secure ACS server. TACACS Configured on IOS based and Set-

Catalyst Cisco Switches. TACACS device groups reconfigured from scratch to enable complete granular control

by individual user ID, and by specific device. Configuration of DNS and DHCP using Cisco Network Registrar

and Windows 2003 server DNS and DHCP, including new DHCP scopes, lease reservations, static DNS entries.

Configuration of Concord Network Health, discovery of elements, group setup, report setup. Used for

diagnostic purposes on link performance issues. Installation and configuration of CWSI – Campus v2.4, and

RME v2.2. Device setup, Syslog monitoring, Change Audit management.

Troubleshooting and maintenance of PictureTel Concorde 4500, i900, VSX7000 and VSX8000 video

conferencing equipment.

Support for over 400 DSL and Frame Relay retail stores for various brands, including maintaining security

requirements for Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance, and Sarbanes Oxley. Support of Cisco Content

Distribution Manager and Content Engines.

Supervision of junior retail support engineer responsible for upgrade project management of new store openings

and outages related to existing installations.

CHYRON STREAMING SERVICES August 2000 – April 2001

Network Engineer

Network design and installation of streaming media contribution network including configuration of T1 and

fractional E3 circuits on CISCO 2621 and 3660 routers, respectively. Configuration of Extreme Alpine 3808

switch including operating system and boot ROM upgrades, VLAN configuration, routing, quality of service

profiles for bandwidth prioritization, access lists, and trunking between switches and Network Attached

Storage (NetApps).

Streaming server setups and deployment in co-location facilities from installation of Windows 2000 Server,

Installation of Real Server, Windows Media Server, Lariat Reader Client (for capturing statistical information

on streams viewed) on both Dell 2450 and Compaq DL380 server platforms. Setup and configuration of

RedHat Linux 7.0 Web servers (Apache) for custom application.

Configuration and installation of CISCO/Arrowpoint CSS11050 Content Smart Switches which load balance

multimedia content distribution servers based on TCP/IP port. Setup and configuration of White Pine Software

CUSeeMe Enterprise Videoconferencing Servers for Internet based medical patient visits.

Network diagnostics with Network Associates Sniffer Basic. Installation and configuration of HP Openview

Express network management for monitoring of co-location facilities until deployment of Riversoft network

management software.

Training included CISCO/Arrowpoint Content Smart Switches, and Riversoft Network Management

SLEEPY’S MATTRESS PROFESSIONALS, INC. March 2000-August 2000

Director of Telecommunications

Project Manager – coordinate ordering and installs of POTS and Frame-Relay circuits, routers, phones, faxes

and terminals for every new store opening (roughly 15 to date)

Department Manager – Collect, organize, and dispense work to the appropriate individual. Personally installed

and rolled out a tracking system database (Tracker by Merant) to manage outages and projects not only for my

own department but for all other IT departments with customized submission forms and reports.

Telecommunications specialist– performed frame-relay troubleshooting on circuit turn-up, some dial-peer

configuration and troubleshooting in VoIP. Installed and configured corporate messaging platform on MS

Exchange Server 5.5, including Web access, and POP3 configuration. Management of cell phones (contract

negotiation) and pagers.

KEYSPAN ENERGY MARKETING GROUP March1997-March2000

LAN/WAN Administrator

Design of WAN frame relay topology, with PVC connectivity based on bandwidth requirements of each of the

individual companies.

Installation, upgrade, maintenance and troubleshooting of CISCO 2524, 2511, and 7206 routers

Carrier research and pricing, billing review with carrier, verifications of credit for carrier responsible downtime.

Complete setup of MS Exchange Server 5.0 and 5.5 messaging/scheduling infrastructure, including site

connectors and internet mail connectors. Maintenance of Exchange server databases using Microsoft provided

defragmentation and integrity checking utilities.

System administration of Windows NT4.0 servers, including file management, user account management,

security, software installation (ARCSERV with network clients, Timberline accounting), hardware upgrade,

offsite backup maintenance (ARCUS), registry editing for select software removal, etc.

Configuration and maintenance of switched backbone (100 Mbps), research, proposal and implementation of

new standard for server architecture - COMPAQ 3000 rack mount units, 256MB RAM, RAID 5 disk

configuration. Configuration of these machines as application (Primavera, Timberline, Sales Logix) and

file/print servers (HP Jet Direct with DLC).

Client maintenance - Assisted in managing and training help desk in software installation, support,

troubleshooting and upgrade (primarily office 95 and office 97 suite applications, and client components of client

server applications). Hardware installation, repair, upgrade including power supplies, CD-ROMs, memory, hard

drives on both Micron Desktops and Laptops (Millennia Transport series with port replicators).

Maintenance of AT&T Merlin Legend Phone System (PBX) and configuration and maintenance of user

voicemail.

Research, proposal, and rollout of client/server based anti-virus solution for all companies comprised of

InnocuLAN on domain controllers, which pushes the most current virus signatures to clients after

authentication.

Configuration of ISDN Internet configuration to PSInet through CISCO 2524 router and configuration of

security in the form of access lists on router. Configuration and installation of MS Exchange server with Internet

mail service connector and site connector. Client rollout. Maintenance of information store and directory backups

through Arcserve.

NSA COMMUNICATIONS March1996-March1997

Systems Engineer

Installation and support of various local and wide area network components including routers, bridges, switches,

CSU/DSU's, voice/data multiplexers, involving over-the-phone technical assistance.

Router configurations included mainly IP, IPX and AppleTalk, and DECnet.

Voice/Data multiplexer configuration involved PCSI CS4100, CS8000, and Access Plus 100 with static

bandwidth allocation, voice signaling configurations, troubleshooting with local loopback testing.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK October1995-March1996

Computer Repair Technician/ Network Technician

Responsibilities include troubleshooting and repair of Apple (power PCS, 7100/8100) and IBM (i8088 - i486)-

compatible computers and peripherals, hardware upgrades, software installation and support,

Ethernet card installation including Novell NetWare 3.X IPX/SPX protocol and or TCP/IP protocol with

Windows support (3.11 and 95).

Macintosh EtherTalk network backup for biochemistry and cell biology dept including server and approximately

eight remotes.

THREE VILLAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT December1994-March1996

Computer Repair Technician/ Communications Engineer

Troubleshooting and repair of Apple (from IIe-LCII and Performa) and IBM (i8088 -i486) compatible

computers and peripherals, hardware upgrades, software installation and support,

Ethernet card installation including Novell 3.X client for token ring protocol (5 users)

TCP/IP protocol, service and upgrade of wide area network hardware (leased line conditioning hardware,

MOTOROLA 6015 statistical time division data multiplexers, V32bis modem racks, terminal servers,

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

KEUSEY, TUTUNJIAN, AND BITETTO, PC, Woodbury, NY August 2008-February 2009

Associate Attorney

Patent prosecution at all phases post filing, including Office Action responses and Appeal Briefs

Litigation research and support

Relevant USPTO art groups of prosecution include 2152, 2164, 2173, 2179, 2443, 2621, 2626, 3656 and others.

NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, Central Islip, NY December 2007–January 2008

Intern (pro bono)

Researched and drafted memoranda of potential constitutional violations related to Department of Homeland

Security REAL ID Act.

Researched and drafted injunction for use against Town of Southampton rental ordinance related to due

process (right to privacy), equal protection, contracts clause, and taking clause issues.

F. CHAU & ASSOCIATES, Woodbury, NY June–August 2007

Intern

Perfected format of international applications for submission to U.S. Patent Office; corrected characterizing

language which could cause estoppel issues and general formatting.

Office action responsive to 35 USC §102 and 35 USC §103 rejections.

EDUCATION

TOURO LAW CENTER, Central Islip, NY May, 2008

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor

GPA: 3.15

CALI Award of Excellence in Contracts, Intellectual Property, Cyberlaw, Securities Regulation

Westlaw Certifications in Advanced Statutory Research, Secondary Sources, Advanced Case Law Research

Annual Bainbridge Moot Court Competition

Dean’s List Spring 2004-2005, Fall 2006-2007, Fall 2007-2008

ABA-BNA Award for Excellence In the Study of Intellectual Property Law, 2008

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK, Stony Brook, NY May, 1996

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)

Areas of Specialization: Communication theory, signal processing, software encoding of voice/data compression

algorithms.

COMPUTER SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Operating Systems: MS Windows (95/98/2000 Server/2003 Server), Unix (HP, OSF1, Linux)

Programming Languages: Fortran, Basic, Abel (PAL/GAL prog.lang.), Assembly for Zilog z80, Intel 8088 and upward

compatible SISC processors, Texas Instruments TMS320C1-5X DSP processors.

Applications: Concord Network Health, Visual Uptime (Fluke Networks), Compuware Application/Network Vantage

Formal Training/Certifications

NUERA AP100, NUERA F100 voice/data multiplexer training

CISCO ICRC (Introduction to CISCO router configuration)

A+ Certified Service Technician - 11/19/97 Verification number B37DTT1633

MCP formerly (Windows NT 4.0 - 3 MCSE exams passed Workstation, Server, and Server Enterprise), MCP ID#

1441966

CCNA & CCNP formerly (CSCO10022390)

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