Travis Thompson

Travis Thompson

Dir of Data Engineering

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Consulting System Engineer at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company

  • Education

    • University of Northern Iowa

      1986 - 1990
      Bachelor's degree Computer Information Systems

      Activities and Societies: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Order of Omega, VP/Provost of the Student Body government

  • Experience

    • Baker Communications

      Aug 1996 - Jun 2006
      Dir of Data Engineering

      Responsible for design and deployment of large scale networks including content delivery, security, WAN / LAN.

    • LightEdge Solutions

      Nov 2007 - Jul 2015

      Responsible for audit control, security control and data center architecture. Oh and I do Cisco Call Manager integration, Web load balancing, Wide area networking. :-)

      • Chief Security Officer

        Sept 2011 - Jul 2015
      • VP of Engineering

        Nov 2007 - Sept 2011
    • Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company

      Jul 2015 - now

      Consulting System Engineer responsible for technical sales to enterprise and higher education customers across the upper midwest (8 states). Design, evangelism, technical mentoring, sales support, product feedback and testing. Sales Engineer responsible for design, evangelism and sale support for all customers in the state of Iowa.

      • Consulting System Engineer

        Sept 2019 - now
      • System Engineer

        Jul 2015 - now
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert

      Cisco Systems
      Sept 1997
    • Aruba Certified Edge Expert

      Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
      View certificate certificate
    • Aruba Certified ClearPass Expert (ACCX)

      Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
      Jul 2018
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    • Aruba Certified Mobility Expert

      Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
      Dec 2017
    • Aruba Mobility First Expert AMFX

      Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
      Jul 2018
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    • HPE Certification Distinction Program - Expert Achiever 2024

      Hewlett Packard Enterprise
      Sept 2023
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    • Aruba Certified Design Expert

      Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
      May 2017
    • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

      ISC2
      Apr 2023
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