James Tolliver

Experience

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  U.S. Army

  May 1983 - Jun 1990

  Senior Computer Operator

  Honorable Discharge; Army Good Conduct Medal; Top Secret Security Clearance.

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  Insight

  Mar 1999 - Jun 2013

  Senior Consultant

  Selected Experience:Royal Caribbean International – Casino Switch Upgrade ProjectWas deployed aboard cruise ships around the world to assist in casino network upgrades. Configured and installed slot machine switch banks and verified increased bandwidth for new casino game deployment.LifePoint Hospitals – Cisco Switch Upgrade ProjectConfigured and deployed new Cisco 3750 series switches to hospital IDF closets.State of Florida – Router Refresh ProjectConfigured and deployed Cisco 2900 series ISR routers to the State of Florida offices of the Circuit Clerk. This was an equipment upgrade attached to new telecommunications circuits running BGP routing protocol.Regions Bank – Bank branch and ATM Router Upgrade ProjectPart of command center team that remotely deployed Cisco 3845 series routers with switch modules for user connectivity nationwide. Remotely deployed Cisco 1900 series routers into ATMs. Over 1,200 bank facilities serviced within six months, two months ahead of schedule.American Water – Voice Router and IP Phone Deployment ProjectTraveled to water utility locations in Pennsylvania to deploy Cisco ISR Voice routers and install IP phones. Connected preconfigured equipment to new circuits; tested communications. Deployed new IP phones and tested.Held Cisco CCNA, CCNP during performance of these duties. Show less

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  Insight Technology Solutions, GmbH

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2015

  Systems Engineer

  Systems Engineer, Internal Sales Support Created networking Bills of Material (BOMs) in Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW). Planned and designed Cisco solutions with the sales team and customers during sales process. Performed remote installs of Cisco Meraki Cloud Managed Wireless installs. Completed required orientation and integration courses for German work permit; passed Level B1 German language exam.Held Cisco CCNP and Meraki certifications during these duties.

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  Insight

  Nov 2015 - Jan 2018

  Engineer

  Selected Experience:For HCA (large hospital corporation) – Core Refresh ProjectPerformed network upgrade planning and built switch startup configuration and configurations for port-channels and trunks for upgrade from 1G to 10G in core and IDF locations. Installed new Cisco 6800 core switches and 3800 access switches in MDF during network cutover; migrated all cabling from old to new core switches; verified all services were running and available for customers.For HCA (large hospital corporation) – Bluecat Deployment ProjectApplied initial configuration to Bluecat IP management devices; installed into the network. Re-cabled and cleaned up cabling infrastructure. For Swire Coca-Cola USA – Data Center Core Network Integration ProjectAssisted in bringing up two sites. Upgraded Cisco 4351 series ISR router 4-port T1 card to an 8-port T1 card. Verified connectivity and assisted in troubleshooting LAN and WAN connectivity issues during cutover.For Carnival Cruise Lines – Network Discovery ProjectPerformed network discovery and troubleshooting for cruise ship using Wireshark and CDP lookups. Compiled resulting data into Visio diagrams. Show less

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  Gogo Business Aviation

  Jun 2018 - now

  Field Network Engineer

  Ability to be flexible and to maintain a positive attitude.