Senior Management; Director; VP

Kevin Brown

***** ******** • Southgate, MI ***** • *******@*****.*** • 734-***-****

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Senior Level Delivery Manager with 10+ years of outstanding overall leadership competence and 23+ years of infrastructure engineering experience focused in network and network security engineering and architecture.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced environment.

• Capable of full life cycle systems analysis and design.

• Ability to analyze complex situations, draw correct conclusions and articulate clear and focused strategies to wide and diverse audiences.

• 5 years leading and executing network security operations including:

o Planning and execution of firewall rule changes

o Implementation and validation of Security Compliance required configurations

o Troubleshooting and analysis of network communication issues related to firewall

o Technology evaluation and selection of security components and tools

• Experience in strategic planning and tactical execution of plans.

• Proven ability to draw on 20+ years of Network Engineering and Systems background to more effectively lead technical organizations.

• Strong influencing and negotiating, and conflict management skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Service Delivery Manager II-Network Security 2005 - Present

HP Enterprise Services Auburn Hills, MI

• Successfully lead globally distributed diverse Network Security Operations team.

• Developed the organizational structure and defined delivery requirements in line with contract SLA’s.

• Defined delivery methodology, operational budget and gained executive support.

• Led the team in the development and implementation of repeatable processes.

• Successfully reduced operating expenses nearly 22%:

o Increased profitability and contributed greatly to our Director’s overall success.

• Dramatically reduced outages related to change activity and significantly reduced the duration of network incidents.

Project Analyst Senior 2004 – 2005

EDS Auburn Hills, MI

• Performed as Technical Network Lead managing a multi-vendor Wide Area Network installation project.

• Installed WAN circuits to 21 major GM assembly plants in North America creating a new core manufacturing backbone network and allowing for the segregation of data traffic.

Technical Delivery Manager 2000 – 2004

EDS Auburn Hills, MI

• Data Center Premise design and architecture:

o Responsible for Network Infrastructure Engineering at EDS Auburn Hills Data Center.

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o Architectural development of data transport integration technologies utilizing cutting edge automation and patent pending designs to enable greater Data Center hosting capabilities.

o Responsible for the selection, certification, and recommendation of technology and direction for EDS.

o Presented new design concepts to senior VP’s and achieved buy off and budget for continued development.

o Presented working model of design concepts to Department of the Air Force for military application.

o Established presence in Asia Pacific Region:

 Developed work flow processes.

 Interviewed, staffed and managed 7 network engineers in New Zealand.

 Completed two visits to New Zealand as acting manager of complete team of 30.

Infrastructure Network Engineer 1998 – 2000

EDS Auburn Hills, MI

• Lead Engineer for large, complex WAN design and implementation projects for GM and Delphi Corporation.

• Projects include design, implementation and support of international solutions.

High Performance Network Sales Executive 1997 – 1998

Digital Equipment Corp. Novi, MI

• Technical sales position, focused on network design, integration, implementation and consulting analysis.

• Responsible for solution design, proposal development, account management, accurate reporting.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

BACHELOR OF ARTS-BUISNINESS ADMINISTRATION 1996

CLEARY UNIVERSITY, Washtenaw campus, MI

Graduated with Honors

ASSOCIATES DEGREE/TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION-ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

NATIONAL EDUCATION CENTER Livonia, MI

BACHELOR IN THEOLOGY 2008

DESTINY UNIVERSITY Florida

Graduated with Honors

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