Nat Montha

Experience

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  Be Media

  Jun 2001 - Jul 2006

  Programmer / Systems Engineer
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  Tri-Signal Integration

  Jun 2007 - Mar 2011

  IT Manager

  - Manage the daily operations of Tri-Signal voice and data network infrastructure for 9 offices with the staff of 300- Proactively monitor the health of all network devices including all Cisco switches, routers, firewalls, IDS and IPS systems- Manage network implementations including the configuring, installation, relocation, testing, and production turn up of network infrastructure- Design and manage the Active Directory Migration project from server 2000 to 2003 platform.- Deploy and manage a Citrix Metaframe server infrastructure to support remote offices and mobile workforce.- Deploy and manage a Citrix XenDesktop farm to support core executive group.- Design, implement, manage, maintain, troubleshoot and perform analysis of a VMware Vsphere infrastructure- Successfully engineered a VPN solution for Tri-Signal Utilizing MPLS and SSL VPN- Lead the engineering and implementation of companywide VOIP system upgrade project- Manage and maintain all telecommunications services including PRI, T1s, and MPLS services- Monitor the health and performance of all telecommunications and networking devices, identify communications issues, make recommendations and takes corrective action to resolve issues- Monitor all networking systems, review outage, performance and capacity reports; identify and analyze trends and issues with service levels, costs and efficiencies- Redesign the Tri-Signal network IP schemes to a more logical grouping base on organization, group and functional VLANs- Lead Programmer for all Audio/Visual Projects (AMX, Crestron, Symnet, BSS, Peavey, Biamp, etc.)- Lead Engineer for all Audio/Visual Projects (Pre-sale and Post-sale) Show less

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  Skyepoint Decisions, Inc

  Mar 2011 - Oct 2011

  Senior Systems Engineer
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  Convergence Technology Consulting

  Oct 2011 - Jun 2012

  Senior Consulting Engineer

  • Implementation of numerous XenDesktop 5 and XenDesktop 5.5 projects of various sizeso Utilize both VMware vSphere and Citrix XenServer Hypervisor infrastructureo Utilize both Citrix Machine Creation Service and Citrix Provisioning technologies• Implementation of numerous large scale XenApp 5 and XenApp 6 infrastructureso Utilize both the traditional installed application method and Citrix Provisioning technology methods• Implementation of a complete Virtualized infrastructure environmento Integrate XenApp infrastructure within XenDesktop infrastructure to provide role bases delivery of applications to the user’s desktopo Integrate and Manage multiple XenApp versions within the same infrastructure to provide legacy application availability• Implementation of VMware View 5 infrastructureso Implement View virtual desktop for standard and Kiosk mode operation• Build and configure Windows Server 2003 and 2008 R2 infrastructure• Implement various Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy Management configuration• Provide training and technical support for clients with varying levels of IT knowledge and competence• Provide Tier III support for various Citrix and VMware products for clients of numerous sizes Show less

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  Gotham Government Solutions

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

  Citrix Integration Architect/Consultant

  Citrix Consulting Service - Contractor• Develop system design documentation for FBI Next Generation Virtual Desktop infrastructure (8000 Seats)o XenDesktop 5.5 utilizing PVS 6.0o VMware vSphere 4.1 Hypervisor infrastructureo Nutanix Platformo Develop Bill of Material (BOM) spreadsheet to automate the calculation of the project cost estimate base on a scalable achitecture• Build and Configure XenDesktop POC infrastructure• Develop Group Policies and Active Directory infrastructure requirement for the XenDesktop infrastructure• Provide Tier III support for various Citrix product deployed in all classification level Show less

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  Georgia Tech Research Institute

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2015

  VDI and Virtualization Architect

  • Develop system design documentation for US Navy Command and Control (C2) Application Virtualization project utilizing both Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop – 3000 seatso Multiple globally distributed sites ashore and afloato Provide a platform comparison brief to compare the Nutanix Converged Platform architecture with the existing NetApp/Dell architecture• Provide Engineering support for the Virtualization platform (VMware vSphere 5.5) deployment to various data centers• Provide Technical briefing to various US Navy and DoD executives• Build and Configure POC infrastructure consisting of two ashore sites and two afloat sites (Citrix XenApp, Windows Server 2008 R2, NetApp SAN, VMware vSphere, Dell PowerEdge Server)• Provide the Engineering support in developing and deploying the Windows Active Directory infrastructure across multiple sites globally• Perform system security configuration and report generation base on DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGS) for all components within the architecture. Show less

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  Nutanix

  Jul 2015 - now

  Sr. Systems Engineering Manager for Nutanix Federal team - Based in the Washington DC metro area, responsible for the Federal Civilian business.

  • Director Systems Engineering - US Federal

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Sr. Manager Systems Engineer - Federal Civilian

    Feb 2020 - Apr 2023

  • Systems Engineer Manager - US Federal Civilian

    Oct 2017 - Feb 2020

  • Sr. Systems Engineer

    Jul 2015 - Oct 2017