DENNIS CLARK

Pearland, Texas | Cell: 713-569-7496 | E-Mail: dcisco83@gmail.com

CISCO NETWORK CONSULTING ENGINEER With 11 years in IT, knowledge and expertise in:

• Hands on Engineering/Operational tasks • Mentoring/Leadership • Network technologies and solutions • ISP/Global/Enterprise and Health Care environments • Effective customer service and communications • Meeting Customers’ technical requests and requirements • Attention to detail regarding projects

EXPERIENCE CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. ENGINEER – NETWORK CONSULTANT March 30, 2015 – Present Architectural/Design Reviews, Network Health Checks/Assessments, Expert Software Recommendations, Scheduled Change Support, Knowledge Transfers, Quarterly Business Reviews, Customer Deliverables

• On-site/remote, supporting Customer’s network to maximize availability/functionality that a line with achieving their business goals

• Analysis of complex network designs and providing solutions • Supporting transactional projects in both Engineering and Consulting roles • Pre-Sales activity across a broad spectrum of technologies/platforms • Mentor to customer’s contracting personnel • Projects: End-to-End QoS, EMEA DMVPN Migration, LEAP Second, Configuration Templates,

Software Standardization UT MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER NETWORK ENGINEER II September 16, 2014 – March 27, 2015 Support/Troubleshoot/Design the Nexus 7710 platform environment: Distribution/Core/SuperCore along within our 3 Data Centers. Passed the CCIE R&S Written v5 and now preparing for the lab.

• Lead Engineer on successful hardware refresh of MD Anderson’s Proton Therapy Center (Distribution/Access) • IPv6 and QoS implementation: Nexus 7710 platform Distribution/Core/SuperCore • Continued as a mentor to the up and coming Network Engineers and Operational personnel

UT MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER NETWORK ENGINEER I May 2013 – September 15, 2014 Design, implement and engineer physical/virtual environments for the enhancement of the Data, Voice and Wireless network regarding performance and future technologies. Provide solutions, input and ideas towards network topics such as designs, technologies and customer requests

• Representative for Network Engineering in Change Management process • Mentor to up and coming Network Engineering candidates • Core and Distribution refresh from VSS domain to Nexus vPC domain • Physical and Logical re-design of Campus Core and Distribution layers; Introducing a “SuperCore” to the network • Administrator/Designed Out of Band Network using Digi and UPLogix console units • Supported application owners and department teams:– Radiation Oncology, Cancer Medicine,

Clinic Station, MOSIAC • Security change requests: DMZ/BackEnd Firewall

UT MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER IT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN - OPERATIONS December 2011 – April 2013

Monitor, maintain and refresh network infrastructure assets including: Enterprise Routers, Switches, Phones, Wireless AP’s/LAN controllers. Use of network monitoring and management systems: Cisco Prime & SolarWinds.

• Instructor of IT&S Data Competency course • Lead Technician on multiple L3/L2 network turn-ups • Designed and implemented Metro-Ethernet project – 14 AT&T circuits • Executed Distribution layer refreshes in tandem with Network Engineering • Completed new (PBX) Private Branch Exchange upgrade/refresh for on-site hotel • ASA – Avaya Site Administration programming • Mentor to up and coming IT Support Technician candidates

AT&T Converged Data Network Technician June 2006 – December 2011 Install, configure, and extensive troubleshooting of AT&T’s IPTV product U-verse. Servicing business’s/home: Gateways, Wireless APs, various PCs and laptops along with Apple’s line of technology

• Rated #1 Technician in the Houston market; period of 6 months • Responsible for troubleshooting of AT&T’s WAN along with the customer’s LAN and WLAN • Provided in person customer service, guidance/solutions on Voice and Data networking services • Mentored and trained new employees

EDUCATION Cisco Systems Career Certifications:

• CCIE R&S v5 Written - February 2015 • (CCNP) - February 2013 • (CCNA) - October 2011

Legacy Certifications:

• ETA-I Certified Fiber Optic and Data Cabling Installer – March 2008 • ETA-I Certified Fiber Optic and Data Cabling Installer – March 2005

KNOWLEDGE Cisco OS Platforms: NX-OS, IOS, IOS-XE, CatOS Cisco Technologies: Nexus vPC, VSS, EIGRP, TACACS+, PaGP Experience: WAN, Metro-E, EIGRP, OSPF, HSRP, GLBP, STP, TCP/IP, QoS, IPv6, Multicast Application: Cisco Prime, VMware/vSphere, SolarWinds, NetBrain, ACS, ASA (Cisco), ASA (Avaya) Media: 1/10/40/100 Gig, Wireless, Copper, Fiber Hardware: Nexus 7K/5K/2K, Catalyst 65xx/45xx/38xx/37xx, ASR, ISR-G1 & G2, Virtual/Physical Servers TRAINING CCNA - Houston Community College 2010-2011 CCNP – Houston Community College/Self 2012-2013 UCS Unified Computing Systems – Cisco 10/2013 VMware vSphere: v5.1 – VMware 10/2013 DCNX7K Configuring 7K’s v2.1 – Global Knowledge 5/2014 CCIE R&S v5 Written – INE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS Blood donations Houston Food Bank