A motivated and driven individual with, with a passion for success. Reacting pro-actively to situations and unique interpersonal skills which allow the integration to many different environments coupled with the ability to adapt to different situations with proven man management and project skills
My wide range of technical knowledge from both Desktop & Server background to Global Network Infrastructure, combined with my innovation and people interaction skills. Means not only do i work in a technical environment but often find my self interacting on a face to face level with key clients and customers from many different regions and leading among my peers.
In conjunction to my civilian career i am also a soldier serving in the Territorial Army. I am part of 37 Signals Regiment We are a specialist Territorial Army unit that provides vital information management and communications support to the Armed Forces, Emergency Services and Local Government Agencies in times of crisis. Prepared to respond quickly to situations such as Terrorist Attacks, Natural Disasters & enhanced security for political summits
Outside of the IT industry I enjoy snowboarding, I have worked as a Snowboard Rep for a company called Ski Alpine. Keeping fit, Music and I have just begun to learn how to rock climb
Some of my skill set include
Proactive Network Engineer role, with advanced troubleshooting and implementation skills in 'Global Enterprise Networks' and Service Delivery. Also working with internal teams and AT&T vendors in order to resolve 'Global Network Infrastructure' issues
• Trouble shoot and resolve problems passed over from Tier 1
• Manage trouble resolution via Access vendors & Internal AT&T Partners
•Co-ordination of Major telecoms providers in the EMEA, US, Latin America and Asia pacific vicinities
• Network, Configuration, IOS, Security or Access problems
• Requires Good problem solving skills
•Requires a knowledge of the methods used for invoking backup solutions such as HSRP, VRRP and ISDN solutions
•Attendance of technical conference calls, representing AT&T to the customer
•Configuration of ACL’s , Troubleshooting COS Issues and working knowledge of routing protocols such as OSPF, RIP, BGP and EIGRP to troubleshoot routing issues
An Incident Management based role that required myself and the team to co-ordinate and oversee to resolution all high severity Network issues in the EMEA region. This role required a pro-active approach in order to manage and control high profile issues
Problem solving in both the Desktop & Networking arena. I was a 'Subject Matter Expert' for one of our key clients and worked on systems that required a high technical skill set and security clearance to SC
Key Engineer on a project for HSBC Bank PLC
Providing local IT support to 500+ end users spread across 3 different offices in the UK
This course gave me a understanding of the technology, security and management issues associated with computing in a network environment. It looks at the design and support of Internet applications, managing distributed databases and designing suitable network architectures, and implementing relevant technologies
Grade C or above obtained in the following subjects at A-Level
Physics
Chemistry
Information Technology
Design Technology
Grade B or above in 9 Subjects at GCSC Level including the key fundamentals of..
English literature and language
Maths
Science
Information Technology
Business studies
Below is a selection of some of the clients i have done work for in my own spare time, snippets of work i have undertaken in industry and recommendations i have received