Personal Summary:
With over 10 years experience in the industry and expert knowledge in many areas of the IT industries, LAN/WAN administration, design, engineering, and Implementation. In addition, triple-play, design and implementation using fiber, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet WANs and LAN infrastructure. Hotel & Resort database integration solutions, medical database administration & security implementation according to HIPAA policies & procedures.
In the education sector I am a partner with Microsoft in there Unlimited Potential E-learning development for schools. Designing and engineering of wireless internet service solutions for remote locations & large complexes. Expert knowledge in all Microsoft operating system & applications, this includes Exchange Server and active directory for Windows 2000, & 2003 Server.
Finally, I have 5 years experience with satellite communications specifically with Direcway & Echo Star television and internet Satellite systems. Expert knowledge of all forms of 802.11 a, b, & g WIFI equipment. This includes Motorola Canopy, Cisco Wireless, HGA wireless equipment & MIMO technologies with expert knowledge of hardware troubleshooting, repair, design & manufacturing for all types of PCs, Laptops, & Servers .
Technical Skills
• Operating Systems; Windows Server 2000/2003 SBS, Standard, & Enterprise Editions, Windows Vista, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 9X, DOS 5.0 thru 6.22, Novell 4.0 through 5.0, Active Directory for 2000/2003 Server. Exchange 2003, OS 9 thru X.
• Software; Vertitas Backup-exec 7.0 thru 10.0, Veritas, Net Backup, MS Office all Versions, Lotus 123, Work Perfect, Star, Visio, AutoCAD, Network Associates Anti Virus, Group Shield, and Spam Shield products. Symantec Anti Virus, Ghost, Paragon, HP Open View, Putty, Photo Shop, Print Shop, Asterisk, TrixBox.
• Networking; WAN/LAN, Routing (Cisco, Juniper, Foundry, MicroTek, Extreme, and Linksys), Switching ( Layer 2 and 3 Foundry, Dell, SMC, Nortel, and Linksys), design, engineering, and implementation of Fiber Optics, Ethernet, Token Ring, Bus, Triple Play, WiFi, POS, Telco, and CRT (wired and wireless).
• Protocols; TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, HTTP, HTTPS, RIP, RSTP, VOIP, SIP, RTP, PRI, VPN, POP, SMTP, FTP, RDP, TELNET, SSH, TFTP, NTP.
• Database Administration; IDX, Fox Pro, SQL, Fidelity Hotel Reservations System, Micros POS, Sun Soft Touch POS. and Lotus.
• Reporting and Tools; HP Open View, Visio, Exchange Best Practices, Net Screen, Back Office, Microtek monitoring, Ontrack Data Recovery Products and Crystal Reports.
Education:
Lions World Services for the Blind Office Automation Specialist 01/1994 to 12/1996
A Division of the University of Arkansas Certification
Certifications: CNE Ver 5.0, A+, MCP Windows 2000/2003
• Partner with Microsoft - Unlimited Potential E-learning development
• Fully bi-lingual (Spanish/English)
Experience:
Information Technology Senior Network Engineer 12/2005 to Present
Island Club Resort Development Inc/Davenport, Florida
• Design, and implementation of Network facility multi tiered wired and wireless networks for resort development company utilizing a high bread network with a Metro Ethernet head-in for our back bone, Juniper Router/Firewall which splits our corporate users from ISP and VOIp customers in our 720 unit townhouse community. Utilizing Foudry Big Iron and Fast Iron Routers and Layer 3 switches on our Single Mode Fiber Back Bone that distributes data and voice over a 110 acre campus to SMC layer 3 switches that bring fiber connections to the D mark of every building on the property.
• Windows 2003 Active Directory and Exchange administration, installation, and support.
• PC, and Server maintenance and repair.
• Combining data, phone, and television utilizing various next generation technologies. Multi location V-LANS, Wi-Fi structured networks. VoIP PBX system with servers, and IP TV solutions.
• Disaster data recovery solutions utilizing Varitas Backup Software using incremental, and full backup tape methods, also off site vault storage for monthly and weekly tape backups, also utilizing Ontrack easy recovery pro software for accidental deletions.
• Focusing on Wireless networking to distribute various multimedia broadcast.
• Integrating custom in house reservation system.
• Remote Access using RDP and VPN tunnels between our other office in Central Florida.
• Administration and technical adviser for our Telephone, ISP, and Cable Utilities company Four Points Utilities.
• Telco Administration for residential community managed by Island Club resort.
• Data security policies, design and implementation. Remote connectivity, and fiber optic Ethernet design, engineering, and implementation.
• Made all Budgeting, and purchasing recommendation for all communications projects. Reduced ROI for fiber ring design from 3 million to 1.5 million by reducing amount of distribution switches from 720 to 93 layer 3 switches without compromising the redundancy of the network.
• Project supervisor and manager for staff of 15 consisting of 6 software developers, 1 electronics engineer, 4 low voltage technicians and 2 help desk technicians and 2 subcontracted Network engineers.
• Acted as Technical liaison between vendors and management.
Senior Network Engineer/Owner 09/2002 to 12/2005
Island Hop Computer & Network Solutions/Vieques, Puerto Rico
• Designed & created the first wireless network for the island of Vieques PR. Using Motorola Canopy Technologies a structured mesh array of high gain antennas (Visit the following link for further details( http://www.forbes.com/investmentnewsletters/2005/04/11/cz_nh_0411soapbox_inl.html )
• Helped develop one of the first high speed broadband infrastructures in the Caribbean Utilizing Satellite ISP's like direcway, and Echo Star. Then I built a Point to Point microwave wireless antenna back bone relay that was fed by several Sprint T3 lines going to a cell tower on mainland Puerto Rico, and High Gain 801.11 A/G network APs, and partnered with PRTC to bring DSL to the Island of Vieques which has a population of 10,000 residents, and over 500,000 visitors per year. At this point and time we started with 50 subscribers. Today there are over 1,500 subscribers and growing.
• Started a educational initiative program with the Stone Soup for the World Organization, and Microsoft as education partners, and created Vieques Youth Leadership Initiative. See the following link for further info ( http://www.vyli.com )
• Provided network administration, engineering, tech support and maintenance services for 90% of the major hotels, guest houses, restaurants, and various small businesses on the island of Vieques PR, including The U.S. Dept. of fish and Wild Life. The Central government of Puerto Rico branch offices, and sub contracted for Various Companies contracted by the U.S Department of Defense.
Network Administrator/Owner 09/1999 to 09/2003
Pulsecorp Inc/Sunrise, Florida
• Database administration for the Seminole Indian Tribe's health insurance company using a SQL database product called Health Pac 4 for El Dorado System for processing Medical Claims for third party administrators
• POS and network setup and maintenance for all 79 Mail Boxes Etc. stores in South Fl.
• Maintained and administrated several networks for the Archdioceses Catholic Schools in Broward County
Systems Administrator 09/2000 to 03/2001
Cybear Inc/Boca Raton, Florida
• Maintained, serviced, and monitored WAN & LAN communications for e-commerce health care & pharmaceutical web based company.
• UNIX & Microsoft server repair maintenance and monitoring for Cold Fusion servers.
• Data backup administration using Veritas Backup Software, and database maintenance.
Network Administrator 01/1999 to 08/2000
Health System One/Plantation, Florida
• Network Administration for health insurance organization prepared and upgraded all servers and workstation for 2000 compliancy on all nodes,
• Migrated the servers from Novell 5 to Windows 2000 server.
• Database maintenance, backup, and repair.
• Prepared and implemented various security procedures for HIPAA compliancy.
Technical Support Engineer 01/1998 to 08/1998
The Answer Group/Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Tier 3 Support engineer for Compaq computers commercial clients, trouble shoot and resolve hardware and software issue for commercial clients.
• Documented and updated all issues and resolutions that where not entered into database records. Research and development for solutions of unforeseen issues that could arise with the product.
PC Technician 01/1997 to 12/1997
H&J Electronics/Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Building, configuring, repairing PC's and various peripherals for a computer wholesale company.
References available upon request