Professional experience and career objectives: 18 Years experience in high level IT infrastructure - WAN/LAN design, implementation and management; Data Center Creation and management; IT Governance; Senior level IT Program Management; Senior Level IT Management; ERP Development Manager (Oracle, SQL and MYSQL).
Skills and areas of expertise: 15 years designing WAN/LAN environments as well as full data center design and implementation; 12 Years in Oracle ERP solution providing; 13 years in IT Management; 8 Years in IT Governance Development; 14 Years in Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity.
Current Employment
Consultant
SNA Logistics
(Manufacturing) - United States
april 2008 - Today (1 year 7 months)
Designed, implemented the complete WAN/LAN infrastructure; designed and developed the in-house ERP Solution (web-based on Linux/MySQL); Train all users on the system and business processes as they relate to reverse logisitcs.
Former Employment
IT Director
A NOVO Americas
(Manufacturing) - United States
may 2005 - march 2008 (2 years 10 months)
Designed, Implemented complete WAN/LAN solution for the company; Spearheaded 3 ERP development projects; Designed complete DR/BC program for company; Designed and implemented Data Center; Instituted complete IT Governance programs including Change Management, Risk Management, and Asset Management.
Manager of Communication Services
CenturyTel
(Telecommunication) - United States
april 2004 - may 2005 (1 year 1 month)
Was in charge of internal WAN/LAN team for the entire corporation. Redesigned the Data Center's LAN infrastructure in a 24 hour period without failure; Stabilized DR/BC plans; worked on enhancing overall reporting of all WAN/LAN activities.
Technical Director
Collegis - Texas Southern University
(Education, Training) - United States
august 2002 - april 2004 (1 year 8 months)
Designed, Implemented and managed complete campus infrastructure which included a GigaMAN link to a remote campus site. Instituted MS Exchange Mail serivces; Implemented a complete Cisco based VoIP solution for entire campus; Redesigned Data Center; Managed Oracle based ERP solution for deployment.
Senior Systems Engineer
Lucent - NPS
(Consultancy) - United States
october 2000 - august 2002 (1 year 10 months)
Designed, tested, implemented and managed complete VPN solution to remove costly Frame Realy WAN links to the Compaq Global Partner Network (GPN). Developed all documentation for this project as well.
Education
University of Phoenix United States (Arizona)
, september 2001 - october 2003
Computer Information Systems/MS, Network Design/IT Governance/Management
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania United States (Pennsylvania)
, august 1985 - december 1989
Management Information Systems/BS, Network Design/Management - Communications
About me
Interests:
Sports (played college football and lacrosse for 20 years), working out, spending time with my daughter, attending sporting events like hockey and football games.
Other:
I hold my Cisco Certifications in: CCNA and CCNP I have my Microsoft Certification (MCSE) in 2000 and am working on the 2003 certification. I am working on my CISSP, CISA and my PMP
Languages:
English
Groups and associations:
Sigma Nu International Fraternity
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