IT professional with experience architecting and supporting LAN / WAN infrastructure. Manage vendor relationships, including contract negotiations for supported telecommunication services, hardware, and systems. Possess strengths in organization, excellent written and oral communication with peers and management, troubleshooting and resolution, and customer service

Specialties: Architecture, infrastructure, acquisition, implementation and administration:

WAN/LAN architectures
Cisco, Extreme, Dell hardware.
Routing protocols, OSPF, BGP
Point-to-Point, MPLS,Frame Relay, via T1, DS3, OC3, etc.
LAN-to-LAN VPN
BIND DNS
Quality of Service (QoS)
Blue Coat Packetshapers
Riverbed Steelhead Appliances
Cisco, Netscreen, and Cyberguard firewalls
Microsoft and Linux server administration
Network hardware and software purchasing.
Working and negotiating with carriers to obtain telecommunications services