Brandon Olds

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Naples, FL *****

512-***-**** cell

ad0l9o@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

I am seeking the Network Engineer position where I can use my knowledge and expertise of technologies to help facilitate company profits. Using my personality, I plan to cultivate new alliances as well as retain existing ones to elevate customer quality and satisfaction.

EXPERIENCE

ConvergeOnes, Minneapolis, MN, April 2022 – Present

Senior Network Solution Architect - Enterprise Accounts NY, NJ, PA

Promotion: Recognized and promoted to the role of Enterprise Solution Architect, entrusted with overseeing strategic Enterprise accounts across New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Regional Leadership: Spearhead solution architecture efforts as the Lead Solution Architect for the Southeast region, encompassing states from North Carolina to Mississippi, with a primary focus on the dynamic Florida market.

Client-Centric Solutions: Innovate, develop, and deliver bespoke solutions and services to clients, aimed at accelerating product migrations, seamless deployments, increased consumption, and delivering transformational value throughout the customer lifecycle.

Cross-Selling Proficiency: Proficiently cross-sell solutions and services across diverse pillars within client accounts, ensuring a holistic approach to addressing client needs and driving business growth.

Sterling Computers, North Sioux City, SD, Sept 2021 – April 2022

Senior Network Solution Architect

Strategic Leadership: Led the engineering efforts in establishing and expanding the Cisco Customer Experience (CX) practice, contributing to the company's growth and expertise in this crucial area.

Team Development: Played a pivotal role as the lead engineer in the development of the Cisco Commercial team, fostering talent and knowledge within the organization.

Exemplary Performance: Achieved outstanding results by surpassing Q4 2021 goals, demonstrating a commitment to excellence and contributing to the company's success.

ITsavvy LLC, Addison, IL, Sept 2019 – Sept 2021

Senior Solution Architect

Exceptional Sales Performance: Consistently exceeded quarterly quotas, earning the prestigious recognition of "Presidents Club" in 2020 for outstanding sales achievements.

Strategic Team Leadership: Demonstrated leadership as the team lead for Managed Service Provider (MSP) offerings, playing a pivotal role in bringing innovative solutions to the market.

Complex Project Leadership: Spearheaded the engineering efforts for a substantial project involving the design and implementation of wireless solutions for over 800 restaurants. Additionally, secured a significant 36-month MSP commitment for continued service, showcasing the ability to manage large-scale and long-term projects successfully.

SHI International, Austin, TX, Aug 2015 – Sept 2019

Inside Network Solution Engineer

•Strategic Collaboration: Collaborated closely with Strategic Account Managers and Sales Teams to discern and define customer wireless network requirements, fostering strong customer relationships.

•Architectural Expertise: Developed high-level network solution designs and architectural plans, presenting them effectively to customers to address their unique needs.

•Client-Centric Communication: Crafted customer-facing presentations for Strategic Account Executives, ensuring clear and persuasive communication of technical solutions.

•Technical Documentation: Produced detailed Bill of Materials (BOMs) and created Visio drawings to provide clients with comprehensive solution documentation.

•Project Facilitation: Assisted in facilitating Professional Services projects that were initiated as part of the sales process, ensuring seamless project execution and customer satisfaction.

•Continuous Learning: Demonstrated commitment to professional growth by attending the Aruba Mobility Bootcamp, further enhancing expertise and contributing to increased sales and services.

Telequality Communications, San Antonio, TX, Aug 2011 – Aug 2015

Network Operations Manager

•Lead all strategic initiatives for Telequality Communications

•Lead Network Architect for all Service Provider designs and builds for Telequality’s telecom carrier division consisting of Network-to-Network, Wireless backhaul, and fiber optic networks

•Lead Network Architect for all Enterprise Customer network installs including Data Center designs and build outs.

•Designed and built Telequality Communications NOC maintaining over 600 nodes

•Maintained an annual budget of $750 thousand for equipment and expenditures

•Maintained a customer base of over 360 independent MPLS/Wireless/Point-to-Point customers – sizes varied from 2 sites to 160+ sites (including the state of Georgia’s Mental Health network)

•Managed a support staff of four network engineers.

Harte Hanks Inc., Austin, TX, June 2005 – Aug 2011

Sr. Network Engineer

•Lead Architect in the design of two Harte-Hanks Data Centers consisting of 500+ servers operating 24x7.

•Maintained Harte-Hanks 80+ WAN sites

•Lead engineer responsible for all re-IP Addressing within Harte-Hanks to conform to a standard.

•Lead engineer responsible for designing and managing Harte Hanks Wireless infrastructure across 80+ sites.

•Designed and coordinated installation of 2000-seat VOIP call center in Metro Manila

•Maintained dual homed Internet connections supporting Harte-Hanks entire company’s internet access

•Migrated Harte-Hanks WAN from frame-relay to carrier provided MPLS using BGP for redundancy on dual carrier connected sites saving Harte Hanks several thousands of dollars per month

•Designed MPLS connected network for Harte-Hanks Europe operations

•Implemented security measures in order to be PCI compliant on all routers

•Recommend QoS solutions to resolve multi-site quality problems for VOIP

•Implemented SolarWinds network monitoring application to support outage notifications

Trammell Crow Company, Dallas, TX, Sept 2000 - June 2005

Network Engineer

•Designed, installed, and configured many different combinations of Cisco routers and switches using 10/100/1000M Ethernet, T1, T3, Frame-Relay, ISDN, ATM, OC-3 and serial link communications within Trammell Crow Company’s network

EDUCATION

BA Business Computer Information Systems, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX.

CERTIFICATIONS

•CCIE Written (Expired)

•CCNP (Expired)

•CCNA

•CCDA

•CCNA Wireless

•Meraki Master

•Extreme Associate Fabric Connect

•Extreme Sales Specialist

•Fortinet NSE3

•JNCIA-JUNOS

•Palo Alto Networks System Engineer SASE Professional

•AWS Cloud Practitioner

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