To obtain a senior technical management position with a Fortune 100 company or leading technology company.
CERTIFICATIONS
CAPABILITIES
Expert in the design, architecture, implementation and support of enterprise networks in campus, metropolitan, and wide-area environments.
Experienced in configuration and deployment of Cisco switches and routers (2500, 4500, 7000, and 7500 routers and Catalyst switches. Experienced in layer-2 VLANs and layer-3 routing protocols including RIP, IGRP, with some exposure to EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP. Expert in ATM design and configuration, including RFC-1483 (Multiprotocol encapsulation) and RFC-1577 (LANE), ILMI and PNNI routing. Experienced in using and interpreting network management products including Network Associate Expert Sniffer and Distributed Sniffer, Cisco Works, Cisco ATM Director, Cabletron Spectrum, Spectrum Element Manager, SunNet Manager, and HP OpenView. Physical layer capabilities include all phases of deployment in such environments as SONET, Fast-and-Gigabit Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, Frame Relay, async, ISDN, and T-1 / T-3. Protocol experience includes TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBIOS, AppleTalk, and others. Experienced with unbound media including radio, terrestrial microwave, cellular, and infra-red/laser.
EXPERIENCE
Senior Network Engineer, Network Architecture Team
Nov 1996 – Present
Fannie Mae – Washington, DC
Designed and implemented Business Cluster server farms on switched fast-ethernet. Designed and implemented network core FDDI replacement utilizing SONET OC-12 carrying private ATM services through Cisco Catalyst switches and Cisco 75xx routers. Designed and built Year 2000 "time machine" test environment enabling up to five separate multiple-application testing projects using multiple dates and date-sensitive applications to occur simultaneously while still in a fully networked production environment.
Senior Network Engineer
August 1995 – Nov 1996
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency / Computing
Analysis Corp. - Arlington, VA
Contracted in direct support of DARPA network operations. Designed, implemented and managed DARPA operations ATM/SONET backbone using Fore and Cabletron switches. Responsible for second and third tier support to DARPA operations and to DoD Joint Program Offices.
Adjunct Faculty Instructor
August 1994 - present
Strayer University - Ashburn, VA
Courses taught include full Novell CNE/CNA curriculum, as well as general courses in TCP/IP and Data Communications Protocol Theory. Currently on sabbatical while pursuing a Masters degree.
Manager, Advanced Systems Engineering
August 1994 - August 1995
Premiere Systems Support - Fairfax, VA
Managed pre-sales technical management to include five direct reports, responsible for network and systems analysis, design, and integration. Managed implementation and design budgets in excess of $2 million.
Manager, Open Systems
July 1992 - August 1994
PC Plus, Inc. - Reston, VA
Responsible for all technical, sales and marketing activities
of regional systems integrator’s UNIX/ Open Systems activities.
Technical Integration Manager
Feb 1991 - July 1992
Intelligent Electronics, Inc.
Network Marketing Manager
Jan 1990 - Feb 1991
International Computer Networks, Inc.
Account Executive
August 1988 - Jan 1990
JWP Information Systems, Inc.
Circulation Director, Wholesale
June 1987 - August 1988
USA Today/Gannett Corp.
MILITARY
Lieutenant, US Marine Corps
May 1985 - June 1987
Quantico, VA
NAS Pensacola, FL
EDUCATION
Candidate, Executive Masters in Information Systems
To be completed Dec., 1998
The George Washington University, Ashburn, VA
Bachelor of Science, Political Science
August 1981 - May 1985
Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD