PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am a motivated, proactive IT Systems/Network/Voice Engineer with 20+ years of experience supporting engineering user communities both local and remote. I have experience working in project oriented, multitasking, results oriented environments which require my strong problem solving and decision making skills. I am highly skilled at relationship building with clients and across organizations and teams and have exceptional writing, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.

EDUCATION

VMware VCP6-DCV Certified Engineer

University of Central Florida

Bachelor of Science: Electronics Engineering

Daytona Beach Community College

Associate of Science: Electronics Engineering

EXPERIENCE

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale AZ

07/2015-Present

Systems Engineering Consultant

Installation, provisioning, management of VMware on Cisco UCS hardware.

Configuration, management of EMC VNX storage and SAN.

Upgrade, Migration of existing in-house applications to Amazon

Web services.

Build out of additional services in the existing environment. Office 365, Portfolio, Sophos.

Evaluation/improvement of existing I.T. environment.

Environment automation.

Aetna, Phoenix Data Center Hosting Services, Phoenix AZ

2/2015-7/2016

Senior Systems Engineer

Build, Configure, Manage VMware servers on Cisco UCS hardware.

Provision, monitor and maintain all deployed devices in a Tier III Data Center.

Update firewall rules, configure switches and routers.

Diagnose issues identified by server monitoring tools (Splunk, SCCM, SCOM, Orion) and determine actions required to resolve these issues.

Work with various third parties (engineers, system architects, infrastructure vendors, customers, and developers) to achieve resolution on service-affecting issues.

Limelight Networks, Tempe AZ

6/2012-2/2015

System Engineer

Primary engineer for one clustered, 600 seat Cisco Call Manager installation.

Replaced aging Asterisk servers at remote offices with Cisco voice routers attached to the Tempe Cisco Call Manager cluster.

Primary engineer for Linux Asterisk PBX servers.

Evaluate, install and maintain all remote office networking/voice hardware.

Managed Brocade Air Defense Wi-Fi infrastructure.

Architected, configured and maintained corporate VPN running on Cisco ASA.

Configuration, deployment, and management of Limelight-wide Lifesize video conferencing and video surveillance systems.

Remote site planning, provisioning, installation, and project management.

Cambridge Silicon Radio, Cambridge U.K.

12/2009-5/2012

Senior System Administrator

VMware provisioning and management.

All day to day IT related issues at U.S. sites (6).

Process automation using Perl, csh.

Linux/Solaris/Windows desktops and infrastructure.

Set up, configured and maintained NetApp SAN storage.

Cisco Call Manager.

Cisco/Tandberg video conferencing configuration and administration.

Building access and security systems administration including video surveillance.

Freescale Semiconductor, Tempe AZ

4/2004-12/2009

RPD IT Manager

Expansion of the previous position (see below) with the additional responsibility for the direction of all IT hardware, software, operations.

Freescale Semiconductor, Boynton Beach FL

3/1999-4/2004

Sr. IT Engineer/Clearcase Administrator/DM-CM Manager

Installation, configuration, management of all DM/CM controlled design functionality and process.

Five regional direct reports.

Multisiting approx. 500 Clearcase VOBs containing SOC design data across Freescale Globally.

User support, Solaris/Linux compute server management.

Storage system hardware, NetApp, EMC Filers.

Remote site planning, provisioning, installation and project management.

Motorola, Boynton Beach FL

9/1995-3/1999

Sr Systems Administrator

Sun Sparc workstations and Sparcenter 2000, e250, e450, e3500, and E4500 servers in an engineering environment spanning the U.S. Japan, Russia, and Ireland.

Windows NT engineering support.

Installation and configuration of Cisco 5500 series switches, 2500 series routers and communication servers.

Daily administrative tasks.

Design engineering user support.

Flexlm license administration.

Disk Suite, Veritas, Sun Net Manager, Netmetrix, INN, NNTP, Perl, DHCP, DNS, SNMP, CiscoView.

Lockheed Martin, Orlando FL

9/1994-9/1995

Systems Engineer

System Administration, Integration, DCAS Acceptance Testing of computer image generation systems for the Military Visual Systems.

Martin Marietta Aerospace, Orlando FL

9/1990-9/1994

Sr. Field Service Engineer

Sr. Field Service Engineer/Site manager.

Site spares, logistics support management.

On-site systems engineer.

Training of customer personnel in the operation and maintenance of all simulator/weapons training system devices.

Extended support tours of duty in Germany (U.S. Army), Japan (Japanese Space Agency), Oman (Royal Army of Oman), and Greece (Greek Army).

General Electric Aerospace, Daytona Beach FL

12/1989-8/1990

Test Engineer

Systems integration of dedicated real-time visual simulators.

Integration of the "frame 1" or host computer.

Systems engineer for all test-berth Unix computer systems.

Generation of diagnostic code for a parallel multiprocessing graphics generation system running in a distributed Multibus II environment.

Spent considerable time on-site with customers, both in the states and abroad resolving post-acceptance system integration problems.

General Electric Aerospace, Daytona Beach FL

11/1987-12/1989

Database Engineer

Designed and implemented real-time visual database for all G.E. Compu-Scene Visual Image generators.

Created special effects (host up-dateable dynamic visual sequences) and traveled extensively to site training customers in the creation, and repair of visual databases, and special effects

General Electric Aerospace, Daytona Beach FL

7/1986-11/1987

Test Technician

Test and debug of Compu-Scene III visual image generators.

M60, M2 Bradley, and M1 Abrams weapons training devices.

Crew compartment integration.

DCAS acceptance testing prior to deliver to the U.S. Military.

Skills/Keywords

Administrative, Windows Active Directory, AD, Basic, C, Calibration, Cisco, ClearCase, hardware, databases, desktops, DHCP, DNS, engineer, FORTRAN, Information Systems, IP, Linux, logistics, machinery, access, office, Windows, Microwave, Networking, PBX, Perl, Personnel, Processes, Real-Time, Routers, Samba, SAN, Servers, Shell programming, SNMP, Solaris, Sun Sparc, Switches, Systems Administration, System Integration, User Support, Telephony, Unix, VAX-VMS, Veritas, Video Conferencing/surveillance, VPN, VoIP, Cisco Call Manager, CUCM, VMware, UCS, PowerShell.

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