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Location:
Ardsley, NY, 10502
Posted:
March 17, 2017

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ANTHONY J. TANDOI

914-***-**** mobile

aczcmo@r.postjobfree.com

linkedin.com/in/anthonytandoi

Senior Network Engineer/Systems Administrator & Consultant

Skilled, proven professional with a history of accomplishment researching, recommending, implementing, managing and trouble-shooting emerging technologies that supported the fiscal and business needs of a major global insurance company and other highly regarded firms.

Responsibilities included total network design and implementation of:

WAN Acceleration Technologies Cisco Router Technology (WAN) Cisco Switch Technology (LAN) Wireless Technology DMVPN Technology MPLS Technology SONET UVN Technology

EXPERTISE

Business Continuity Technology Integration Large Scale Rollouts Campus Data Centers and Branch Offices Standards and Best Practices Vendor Management Audit Cisco Routers Cisco Switches (LAN Technology) Cisco WAAS Strategic Planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / PROJECT LEADERSHIP POSITIONS (1989 – 2016)

Tiffany & Company, Parsippany, NJ

An American luxury jewelry and specialty retailer, headquartered in New York City, employing 12,000 employees worldwide. Company assets of $3.79+ billion.

WAAS Engineer/Consultant

oImplemented Cisco virtual Wide Area Application Service (vWAAS) technology. The technology installed consisted of one virtual Central Manager (vCM), two AppNav 594 appliances, two Headend vWAAS servers and remote vWAAS servers for accelerating both internal applications and Akamai Connect internet services to 16 retail stores, globally.

oWCCP was configured in the Data Center to redirect data traffic between Nexus 7K routers, the AppNav Controllers and vWAAS.

oWCCP was also configured at the remote site on the store’s DMVPN internet tunnels for accelerating internal data and Akamai Connect traffic between the 2951 router’s UCSE server and vWAAS server.

ovCM was used to monitor and generate TCP connection statistic reports to analyze and compare application acceleration of TCP sessions with data gathered from SolarWinds and SOASTA mPluse, network monitoring tools and local testers using Chrome browser Development Tools. Accelerated data captures were analyzed and compared to baseline testing to verify that applications were accelerating.

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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, New York, NY

A global provider of Life, Dental, Disability, Annuities and Auto & Home Insurance, employing 65,000 employees. Company assets of $885+ billion.

●WAN Acceleration Proof of Concept (PoC)

oConducted PoC tests to centralize Network Access Servers (NAS) in 2 data centers serving 400 branch offices.

oEvaluated vendors including Cisco, CITRIX, Riverbed and Silver Peak, to select the one best suited to improve application performance over high latency links (evaluated on ease of installation, performance, management and support, and adherence to budgetary and scheduling constraints).

oPresented findings to upper management and received approval to contract with CISCO,

the vendor that effectively met all test criteria while adhering to budgetary requirements.

oNegotiated a 60% discount to purchase 800 WAN Accelerators resulting in a company cost savings of approximately $10 million while increasing productivity/ lowering network costs.

●Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Assessment

oWorked with Cisco Network Optimization Support (NOS) and AT&T Solutions to analyze current Cisco WAAS environment and implement changes to improve performance and eliminate vulnerabilities (i.e. single points of failure).

oThe assessment included a review of approximately 100 International branch offices and

21 U.S. locations (2 data centers, 7 call centers and 12 large offices with 500+ users).

oRecommended a migration schedule that required software upgrades in multiple U.S. locations. Managed all technicians to ensure successful implementation.

●Voice Over IP (VoIP)

oServed as data network resource responsible for assisting the voice networking team in researching/recommending VoIP technology for 8 domestic call centers by utilizing SIP trunking for 1-800 service.

●Lead Data Network Analyst, Network Transport RFP (Request For Proposal)

oServed on a seven-month-long research panel comprised of lead engineers from MetLife’s Voice, Video, Vendor Contracts and Finance departments.

oCompared multiple vendors to determine which would be the single provider for both voice/data networks for MetLife’s 400 domestic and 100 international sites, with the target of achieving company savings of $12 million annually.

●Lead Data Network Analyst, North Carolina Relocation

oWorking with AT&T (outside vendor), managed the relocation of 2,000 employees from MetLife’s NY/NJ headquarters to new headquarters in Charlotte and Raleigh, NC.

oRecommended a Cisco WAN acceleration with MPLS/Gig E Metro Ethernet design; secured management approval for its use, to facilitate the move.

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PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

Prudential-Bache Securities, Senior Hardware Analyst

I.T.T. Courier, Senior Field Engineer

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Cisco Routers/Switches 2951, 3400, 3500, 4500, 3600, 7200, 6500, Nexus 2K, 5K and 7K. Cisco AppNav Controllers, vWAAS Central Manager, vWAAS, WAAS 294, 594, 694, 7541, 7571, 8541 and WAAS-SRE. VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXI), SOASTA mPulse, Solar Winds, Cisco Wireless WISM, WISM2 6500 controller cards, 5508 wireless controller, Wireless Access Points 1200 and 3600.

Network Protocols and Services

TCP/IP, DHCP, EIGRP, BGP, PPP, ISDN PRI/BRI, Frame-Relay, T1, DS3, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, ATM, MPLS, Metro Ethernet, Gig E, DWDM, UVN, SONET and WCCP.

Expert-Level Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of Products

EDUCATION

Hunter College, C.U.N.Y., New York, NY

B.A. Degree in Health Education, Cum Laude

Control Data Institute, New York, NY

Degree in Computer Hardware



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