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ROBERT BROWN
XYZ Inc.
1234 First Street
Suite 567
Anycity, Anystate 85245
OBJECTIVE:

To apply my fourteen years of network architecture and engineering experience toward designing networks that will improve operational proficiency and reduce total costs of ownership.
EDUCATION:

1996 and 1997 - Pine Mountain Group - Las Vegas, USA
Network Analysis and Design Forum
Certificate in Advanced Network Analysis
1994 - Data General Training -USA
Certificate in Advanced TCP/IP Network Theory and Design
Certificate in Advanced System Administration
1987-1989 - WSFC Career Center - USA
Industrial Electronics
EXPERIENCE:

Feb. 1999 Present
America Online, Inc. - Reston, VA
Chief Architect, Internal Computing (2001-Present)
Network Architect, Internal Computing (2000-2001)
Sr. Network Engineer, Internal Computing (1999-2000)

• Responsible for overall secure enterprise design of the worldwide internal infrastructure serving more than 25,000 nodes/18,000 employees for the AOL, Inc. division
• Directly responsible for mentoring and assisting fourteen Network, System, and Application Architects; assist in mentoring of over fifty engineers and operators
• Lead Core Network Infrastructure Team of cross-divisional network architects and engineers throughout AOLTW merger activities
• Responsible for wide area network design of the worldwide internal network serving more than 10,000 nodes for Warner Brothers and Warner Music Group divisions
• AOL, Inc. representative to the AOLTW Network Oversight Group facilitating cross-divisional connectivity for more than 100,000 nodes
• Review and sign-off authority of all architectural designs for network, system, core services, and application frameworks
• Designed and implemented Internal Computing network infrastructure including Gigabit Ethernet backbone, 100mbs desktop switching, OC12/48 Packet Over SONET ATDN (Internet) peering, primary remote office DS3/OC3 ATDN peering, remote offices tunneled over IPSec .

Nov. 1998 - Feb. 1999
Williams Communications - McLean, VA
Sr. Network Engineer/Consultant

• Re-engineering of enterprise network designs to meet increasing customer demands
• Trouble shooting and problem resolution of elusive customer network difficulties
• Evaluation of new network technologies, management, and analytical tools
• Preparation of new network technology strategies and implementation recommendations
• Tool based design verification utilizing network simulation tools

Sept. 1995 - Oct. 1998
Perot Systems - Dallas, TX
Sr. Network Engineer/Consultant

• Prepared white papers for customer briefings of emerging technologies
• Pre-sales technical expertise provided to sales team .
• Technologist charged with evaluation, design, and implementation of enterprise network solutions for customers within the healthcare industry
• Responsible for outsourced 35,000 user enterprise network serving a major hospital chain
• Prepared proposals for wide variety of network projects

Feb. 1994 - Sept. 1995
Frye Regional Medical Center - Hickory, NC
Network Manager

• Responsible for all aspects of 700 user metropolitan area network
• Installed and managed multiple Novell and Unix hosts
• Examined new technologies and made recommendations directly to hospital CFO
• Analyzed and corrected network troubles and performance issues
• Fulfilled role of Network Coordinator for HBO&C project
• Primary technical advisor throughout HBO&C implementation

Aug. 1988 - Feb. 1994
Eastern Data, Inc. - Kernersville, NC
Network Engineer

• Designed and implemented local area networks for multiple customers across the Carolinas
• Evaluated customer needs and proposed solutions for those needs
• Assisted in management of various contract customer networks
• Performed various pre-sales technical duties including assistance at industry trade shows

Breadth of Knowledge:
Technologies –

TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, AppleTalk, SMB, NetBIOS, some ancient protocol knowledge as well, IPSec, GRE and L2TP tunnels, overall VPN solutions, OSPF, RIP/RIP2, BGPv4, IPX RIP, AT RTMP, DLSw, switching/bridging, spanning tree, Ethernet (10/100/1000), OC3/12/48 POS, FDDI, Token Ring, ISDN, frame relay, leased lines and provisioning, copper and fiber physical cabling plants
Network Analysis and Management Tools –
Network Associates Sniffer Line, Shomiti Surveyor, Microsoft NetMon, RMON and RMON Probes, HP Openview, Cisco Works, various SNMP packages, Visual Networks PAC, various auto-discovery tools, network documentation methodologies and tools, Dragon and Snort network intrusion detection systems (IDS), network penetration testing tools
Network Operating Systems and Vendor Knowledge
Extensive Cisco, Foundry, Nortel, Netscreen, and other network vendor familiarity
Multiple Unix variations, Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, HP/UX, AIX, DG/UX
Novell Netware 2.15a 4.11, and Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, 4.0, and 2000
Accreditations and Affiliations:
IEEE Member, 1998 - Present, Standards Association, Communications Society, Computer Society

ACM Member, 1998 - 2000, Communications SIG
Certified NetAnalyst - Architect Level, 1997

References:
Available upon request