David Bright

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Sept 1998 - Aug 2009

  • Program Manager/QAE – Led 30 personnel; managed multi-million dollar voice and data install projects/contracts for classified and unclassified networks across nine Main Operating Bases and 13 Geographically Separated Units• Developed the creation of a network equipment account worth over $6M; supervised accountability of 800 Cisco networking devices, eliminating a four year equipment liability deficiency and identifying excess worth over $2M • Directed daily management of 500 node MAN supporting 9K users; upgraded six core Cisco 6500 supervisor engines from Sup II to Sup IIIG and 100 Cisco Catalyst 1900/2500 access layer switches to 3750 series Show less • Supervised 28 personnel; established operations maintenance and customer service standards for classified and unclassified enterprise data networks valued at over $200M and supporting 9,200 customers across four diverse sites• Established seven operating instructions, directed use of four monitoring systems; targeted key resources for Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations; secured reliability of commercial and military long-haul data trunks• Isolated and repaired Cisco 5500 series switch servicing base network server farm; pinpointed power supply intermittent failure; restored e-mail, mission-critical applications and file transfer capabilities to 9K base users Show less

  • Senior Network Planning and Implementation Advisor

    Sept 2006 - Aug 2009

  • Operations Manager, Network Operations

    Aug 2003 - Aug 2006

  • Director, Communications and Computer Systems

    Aug 2002 - Aug 2003

  • Network Management Supervisor

    Sept 1998 - Aug 2002
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  Clover Park Technical College

  Jan 2000 - Aug 2002

  Cisco Certified Academy Instructor

  • Part-time course instructor for the computer/networking component of Clover Park Technical College, an Authorized Academic Training Provider for Cisco and Fluke Corporation. Duties included preparing course material, classroom/laboratory setup and student instruction to educate candidates for industry required CCNA testing and future careers using hands-on lab exercises, realistic network simulation and classroom/online curricula• Trained over 400 students in Cisco Networking Academy Semesters 1 – 4. Topics included: Networking Fundamentals, Routers and Routing Basics, Switching Basics and Intermediate Routing and WAN technologies Show less

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  Apptech Inc

  Jan 2001 - Aug 2002

  Senior Network Engineer

  • Part-time network consultant responsible for small/ medium sized businesses network solutions; router, firewall and switch configurations, network analysis and troubleshooting, documentation and network security• Designed, planned and implemented all aspects of an ISP dial-up network solution; configured and installed Cisco 7200 and 4000 series routers and 2600 and 1900 series Catalyst switches

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  I2X Technologies

  Aug 2009 - Oct 2013

  Senior Network Design and Implementation Engineer

  • Responsible for design and implementation of LAN/WAN network systems supporting a dynamic, mission-critical data enterprise. Integrated network and storage technologies from Cisco, HP, VMware, NetApp and Microsoft supporting over 10,000 users spread across globally diverse sites• Technical and management Site Lead for seven employees under the multiple contracts; functions as primary company interface between employees, management and MDA customer• Lead network engineer supporting service and database consolidation spanning two data centers; designed and implemented network solution supporting the migration of 250+ physical servers to a virtual environment; reduced data center power consumption 20% • Managed implementation team for SAN upgrade solution supporting 100 servers/6000 users; migrated legacy SAN from single to dual fabric; ensured high availability for critical data stores• Designed redundant network solution supporting email storage and replication two geographically separated sites; supported 12,000 users and ensured 100% backup of enterprise electronic mail Show less

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  Gluware, Inc.

  Mar 2014 - Dec 2014

  Senior Network Engineer

  The role of Senior Systems Network Engineer is responsible for network design and technology innovation for Glue Networks. Responsibilities include, create high level and detailed network designs for customer WAN environments, architected with the gluware platform, support sales efforts with pre and post sale consulting services to optimize customer network installations using gluware, validate and engineer/re-engineer solutions, working with customer and partner technical support organizations ensuring adherence to standardization and supportability by the gluware platform, and provide post-sale customer support for Tier-2 and Tier-3 escalated issues during network validation phases of WAN roll out. Show less