Ellis Thrift

Experience

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  Allwell Company

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2004

  Web Master
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  Western State College

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  Network Administrator
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  SunGard Availability Services

  May 2008 - May 2010

  Tier II Network Engineer on the Critical Incident Management team acting as a point of escalation for production down emergencies. These emergencies can impact single or multiple customers, and can affect both internal and contracted customers. The level of engagement on these incidents is service level agreement driven. Platforms I have to support daily include Cisco PIX/ASA, Checkpoint, Netscreen, Enterasys, Cisco Switching/Routing, Foundry, Juniper Routing, F5 LTM, GTM and 3dns.

  • Tier II Network Engineer

    Jun 2009 - May 2010

  • Network Engineer

    May 2008 - Mar 2010
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  Extropy

  May 2010 - Dec 2010

  Consultant

  Responsible for assessing client needs to provide sound technical advice, designs and implementations. Assigned to work as a member of the network engineering team for a large prepaid cellular phone carrier. Responsible for planning and execution of production service migration between data centers. Designed and implemented standardized network architecture for a variety of production services. Developed familiarity with EVDO bearer network and call flow and PDSN/RAN functionality. Coordinated and executed design work with multiple stake holders from both internal and external entities. Show less

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  Schryver Medical, Inc.

  Dec 2010 - Apr 2012

  Network Administrator
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  DaVita

  Apr 2012 - Mar 2016

  Team lead responsible for design and delivery of network services to over 2,500 sites globally.Led design and implementation efforts for two data center network fabrics. Project value: $5M+.Led the redesign of VPN services producing best in class solution supporting over 20k global, concurrent users.Key contributor in establishing merger and acquisition technical integration practices.Introduced network service standards improving service availability and service delivery efficiency.Established technical roadmap practices providing a model practice referenced by other teams.Sought by peers and management alike for strong technical, communication and leadership skills.Frequently requested to offer guidance in an Enterprise Architect capacity. Show less Supported a nationwide network of over 2,500 disparate sites and over 50,000 teammates.Responsible for design, implementation, incident management, and lifecycle management and on call rotation.Led the design and deployment of data center fabrics meeting 99.9% availability SLA for critical services.Led the implementation and migration of network services for multiple business locations throughout the USA.Established the enterprise network team as a trusted technical and strategic business partner.Improved on enterprise-wide resilience and compliance meeting strategic business objectives.Received multiple accolades for contributions to strategic technical projects.Promoted from Senior Network Engineer to Network Architect. Show less

  • Network Architect

    Jan 2014 - Mar 2016

  • Senior Network Engineer

    Apr 2012 - Jan 2014
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  Dimension Data

  Apr 2016 - Mar 2019

  Technical Architect Consultant

  Client facing role providing architecture assessments, solution designs and proposals, and technology leadership. Promoted to lead a national team of top-tier technology consultants.Responsible for an individual billable revenue target of $300K leading complex, cross-business-unit and multi-stakeholder projects to success.Responsible for client engagement, requirements management, discovery, gap analysis, and strategic roadmap development and project management.Led a multi-national team of technical consultants, UX/UI developers, and partner organizations through a public-sector IoT proof of concept engagement with the intent of global productization. Project value: $500K.Led a multi-disciplinary team of consultants designing a Cisco ACI network segmentation solution for a large Tennessee healthcare provider. Project value: $200K.Led the design and refresh of a multi-campus, multi-merger, New England university hospital network supporting over 40,000 employees and patients. Project value: $1.2M.Consulted with a multinational team transforming voice services for a global manufacturing and retail organization with presence in over 70 countries. Project value: $150K.Completed assessments for clients in the defense, education, healthcare, and real-estate verticals. Show less

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  DaVita Kidney Care

  Mar 2019 - Aug 2022

  Technology Architect

  Enterprise-facing technical architect at a global healthcare provider.Lead a multi-disciplinary team in strategy, design, implementation, and project management of VMWare NSX-T private cloud data center services.Lead infrastructure teams through adoption of Google Cloud Platform public cloud services.Key contributor to cultural and operational adoption of agile and agile-scrum team practices.Provided strategic roadmap development, architectural design, technical leadership, team facilitation, project management, organizational change management and multi-disciplinary advisory.Established a culture of creativity, collaboration, belonging, ownership, and agility for a dispersed technical team.Developed architectural designs and implementation frameworks, and team cultural practices which drew interest from engineers of multiple other teams – people wanted to be on my teams. Show less