Harvey “Todd” Foster
**** ******** ** ** *******, Alabama 35601 Telephone 256-***-**** (M) Email: ****************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
TO OBTAIN A POSITION IN THE NETWORKING/IT FIELD SO I CAN ASSIST A COMPANY IN MEETING ALL THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
EDUCATION
Virginia College; Huntsville, Alabama
Associates of Science in Network Engineering
MAJOR: Engineering
SKILLS & ACHIEVEMENTS
• PROFICENT AT INSTALLING, WIRING AND PROGRAMMING CISCO ROUTERS AND SWITCHES
• ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE END USERS POINT OF VIEW
• CAN MAKE ORGANIZED PRESENTATIONS TO ALIGN WITH THE PROSPECTS GOALS
• TRAINED IN PUBLIC SPEAKING
• GPA 3.82
• PROFICENT IN ALL MICROSOFT OFFICE UTILITIES
• HIPPA TRAINED
• WORKING ON MCSE+S
CERTIFICATIONS
A+, Network+, Security+, CCNA, HIPPA Training
EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
10/2008-Present US Telecomm, Decatur Alabama, Systems Engineer/Network Engineer II
• Run LAN cabling (CAT5 and CAT6), punch down patch panels, and test connections
• Troubleshooting network device connectivity problems and programming on Catalyst switches, 1800, 2500, 2800, 2900, 3800, 3900, 6500and 7600 series routers using the Cisco IOS software, Juniper Routers, Foundation Switches, Dell and HP Servers and workstations, Riverbend WAN, SolarWinds, ORION
• configuration of hubs, repeaters, bridges, switches and routers to include VPN, VLAN, VOIP and a wide range of protocols
• Designed IP networks to include network configuration of routers, switches, servers and clients
• Upgrade, repair and administer Unix Servers
• Extensive experience with LAN, WAN, active directory, data backup and security, IPv4 and IPv6
4/2008 -10/2008: Consultis; San Antonio, Texas. TEMPO 08 IT (Redstone Arsenal Medical Clinic)
• Assist with network device inventory, staging of equipment
• Install blade Servers
• Run LAN cabling, punch down patch panels, and test connections
• LAN drop surveys in newly acquired buildings and existing buildings
• Troubleshooting network device connectivity problems and programming on Catalyst switches, 1800 series, 2500 series, 2800 series and 6500 series routers using the Cisco IOS software; (DINPACS) Juniper Routers, Foundation Switches, Dell and HP Servers and workstations, Riverbend WAN, SolarWinds, ORION
• Install network equipment in outlying buildings
• Redo patch cables, “clean up” communications closets
10/2003 -12/2007: Datapath Inc; Atlanta, Georgia. Satellite/Network Engineer II
• Designed, installed, retrofitted, tested, and commissioned C, X and Ku band SATCOM systems
• Has an extensive knowledge of operations and configuration of hubs, repeaters, bridges, switches and routers to include VPN, VLAN, VOIP , EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VTP, STP, EtherChannel, CoS, MPLS, MPLS/VPN, MP-BGP, PPP, ATM, FrameRelay, TCP/IP protocol suite, Quality of Service, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, SSL, IPSec
• Designed IP networks to work over satellite to include network configuration of routers, switches, IPCC, servers and clients
• Have an extensive working knowledge of Cisco router (1800, 2500, 2800, 2900, 3800, 3900, 6500, 7300, 7600 series) and switch programming and troubleshooting (4900, 6500, 2960, 3560, 3750 Catalyst series), Cisco IOS, LAN/WAN architecture, T1/E1 digital channel structure and IPCC, SolarWinds, ORION
• Can operate and configure the MRT, Linkway’s and iDirect modems to create a TDMA mesh network
• Can design, configure and troubleshoot Cisco Unified Communications Manager (UCM), Cisco Intelligent Contact Management (ICM) Enterprise Edition and Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise for the Government to work over satellite terminals and links we also designed.