Network Engineering

Kerry Vaughan

Lawrenceville, NJ ***** • 732-***-**** (C) • ******.*******@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerryvaughan

Network Operations and Technology Executive with extensive experience in Network Engineering, Compliance, Risk and Budget Management. Demonstrated successes in leading web-based technology initiatives, planning, forecasting and budgeting for network infrastructures, while enabling team development. Performance-driven team leader and trusted-advisor who partners closely with all organizational and external stakeholders including finance technology and business users to enable the successful delivery and stability of network services. Strategic thought leader who anticipates and reacts to major technology changes in the competitive landscape and advises management accordingly to ensure alignment with business objectives and strategies.

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Project Management • Leadership • Operational Efficiency

• ITIL • Innovation • Networking/Telecommunications

• Team Building • Vendor Management • Problem Resolution PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

TD Ameritrade Jersey City, NJ

IT Contractor – Network Engineering CURRENT

Employed by Mindlance Corporation, acting in role of Senior Network Consultant at TD Ameritrade Network Engineering team.

PHH Corporation Cable Mount Laurel, NJ

IT Contractor – Network Operations 2016 -2017

Worked for Insight Global, acted in role of Senior Network Manager at PHH Corporation. Led the financial organization’s network operations as they underwent a network transformation. Duties included:

• Led team of network engineers as they performed both service and project based activities

• Managed Incident/Problem/Change tickets leveraging SERVICENOW portal.

• Leveraged both AWS and Azure environments to build business to business (B2B) VPN connectivity with customers. COMCAST CORPORATION PHILADELPHIA, PA 2012 – 2016

Director of IT – Network Operations 2015 -2016

Led the Network Operations Team for Comcast Assurance and Advisory Team (CAAT). Provided direction, guidance, and reviewed the internal network designs of all Comcast Corporation companies (Comcast Cable, NBCU, Spectacor and Comcast Corporation).

Comcast Cable Mount Laurel, NJ

Senior Manager Network Engineering 2012 -2015

Partnered with Architecture, Product and Business Unit teams to develop and deploy new technology initiatives for Comcast customers. Supported escalations to provide second and third tier technical assistance for Comcast implementation and operational teams. Led a team of seven (7) network engineering professionals supporting Comcast Business network

(utilizing BGP/IS-IS/OSPF/RSVP/LDP/Static and Multicast Routing). Performed planning, forecasting and budgeting for commercial network infrastructure.

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• Directed the engineering, operation and administration of Comcast Cable Business Class Metro-Ethernet network consisting of Cisco Systems, Juniper Network and Ciena hardware and software. MEF 3.0 certified, the network consists of EPL/EVPL/EVPLS circuits which provide Comcast Business customers either point-to-point or multi-point high-speed(Gigabit) network connectivity. The Metro-Ethernet Network also provides Cellular Backhaul (CBH) services for ISPs such as Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile.

• Utilized AMDOCS platform for management and tracking of customer data circuits and network assets. Leveraged METASOLVE for management of Business Class voice circuits

• Served as a member of CABLELABS working group leveraging software defined networking (SDN) technologies to build Metro-Ethernet device configurations using OPENSTACK framework.

• Led program for adoption of AGILE framework within Comcast Commercial Engineering organization resulting in a significant improved team collaboration effort and allowed staff to manage multiple projects effectively.

• Spearheaded development of web based tools within Comcast designed for port reservation, device monitoring and configuration of routers/switches.

• Directed network remediation of Cisco CRS routers to Cisco ASR 9000 and Juniper MX 960 router platforms

• Provided monthly reporting to leadership for resource planning and event trending using tools such as SALESFORCE, BEELINE and RALLY.

• Member of next generation engineering task force which built network services using scripting technologies (PYTHON) Verizon Business Piscataway, NJ 2010 – 2012

Program Manager @ Johnson & Johnson

Supported a global multi-million-dollar transformation project for Verizon Business customer Johnson and Johnson. Scope of the transformation program included remediation of existing LAN/WAN infrastructure.

• Project included enablement of AVAYA IP telephony, voicemail, messaging and mobility services globally.

• Ensured all activities performed tracked in accordance with FDA and SOX regulatory standards.

• Chartered creation of Toastmaster International club to assist the development of staff communication skills.

• Performed Incident/Problem/Change management via Johnson & Johnson REMEDY portal. Ernst & Young LLP – Secaucus, NJ 2000 – 2009

Assistant Director Network Engineering

Led team of ten (10) network engineers; responsible for implementation and service delivery of Internet connectivity, legacy dial-up remote access plus office and client engagement network connectivity via routing protocols (EIGRP/BGP/PIM- SPARSE MODE) for the US member firm (over 220 locations). Reduced OPEX by 40% under my administration via contract renegotiations and technology innovations. Managed data network service providers (Sprint/AT&T/Verizon). Performed weekly meetings with providers reviewing performance statistics (MTBF/MTTR/MTTN) and SLA adherence (uptime/response time). Maintained practice of monthly and quarterly review sessions of overall network behavior. Managed third party provider

(KONTIKI) which provided a global content sharing and file distribution service utilized by Ernst & Young global firm (>130,000 users).

• Spearheaded development and launch of ITIL framework. Developed schemas and worked on implementation of CMDB using REMEDY application. Defined impact and urgency policies for network assets to define prioritization and target recovery OLAs. Improved customer management and reduced incident mean time to repair (MTTR).

• Initiated development and implementation of VPN overlay network at EY LLP for sixteen (16) Caribbean locations which saved over $2M annual OPEX.

• Guided transformation from Sprint based ATM network to AT&T MPLS network which provided a class of service infrastructure permitting end-to-end IP Voice, Video and data with Quality of Service (QoS) at several office locations. Monitored QoS performance via Computer Associates (CA) NETQoS tool.

• Monitored and trended bandwidth and latency using CA CONCORD/EHEALTH platform. Earlier Positions:

- Ernst & Young 1997 -2000: Network engineer/ Supervisory Network Engineer

- Cantor Fitzgerald 1996 -1997: Systems Analyst

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EDUCATION

Master of Engineering: Electrical Engineering

Stevens Institute of Technology - Hoboken, NJ, USA Completion date: May 2017

Bachelor of Science: Electrical Engineering

Northeastern University - Boston, MA, USA

Completion date: June 1997

CERTIFICATIONS

ITILv2 & ITILv3 Foundations

ITIL Advance Operational Support Analysis

Lean Six Sigma (Comcast Corporation)

AGILE Foundations / SCRUM Master

(Comcast Corporation)

Carrier Ethernet Certified Associate

Cloud Computing: The Cloud and DevOps

Amazon Web Services: Deploying and

Provisioning

Understanding Microsoft Azure Core Functionalities

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