Dru Albright
7 Markel Road
Malvern, PA 19355
(610) 722-0770 [Home] (610) 728-1208 [Work] (610) 389-0617 [Cell]
Executive Summary
Senior Network Engineer with experience
in network analysis, design and implementation, security policy and hardware
and software maintenance. Results
oriented, with strong ability learn quickly and adapt to new technologies.
Summary of Qualifications
14 years of experience in network
support. 7 years experience in Network
Management and Design. 6 years
experience in Frame Relay, TCP/IP, Telephony, and LAN/WAN equipment.
Excellent interpersonal skills to work
equally well with Engineers, Business Leaders and Customers. 7 years of experience with client proposals
and budgeting, interacting with both technical and non-technical
personnel. 6 years experience in
managing personnel on project-based tasks.
11 years experience preparing technical documentation. 3 years experience designing and
implementing security procedures and design.
Very adaptable to new opportunities and challenges. Information
technology experience performing design, implementation and management of WANs,
LANs and secure Internet systems.
Position History
01/01 to
Present Lockheed Martin Global Telecom King of Prussia, PA
Chief
Architect / Senior Network Engineer
Involved in variety of high-profile
projects for Advanced Business Engineering division. Supported proposals of Broadband Internet Data Center for
multiple large international contracts, including various network design and
documentation efforts. Acted as Chief
Architect for Broadband Lab research and development project. Performed trade studies for Unified
Messaging solution and other services. Responsible for overall design of Internet
Data Center product and decision-making authority over policies and procedures,
equipment selection, purchases and documentation.
Supported multiple network design and engineering contracts for national
Internet Data Centers installed for global customers in China, Kazakhstan,
Portugal and other countries. Worked
with vendors for design and pricing, including Sun, Cisco, Hewlett Packard,
iPlanet, Stalker and Novell. Acted as
business development support with both internal and external clients at various
sites about the U.S., doing presentations and promotions of the IDC and
LMGT. Presented proposals to both
commercial and government contract bids.
Supported engineering of Set-top Box and TV Head-end systems for MPEG-2
Cable/ISP project as both developer and review board chairperson.
10/00 to 01/01 Tek
Systems Plymouth Meeting, PA
Infrastructure
Engineer
Responsible for maintenance of NT
servers across 35+ site WAN Enterprise for large chemical corporation. Developed and documented infrastructure
standards for servers and WAN.
Maintained servers and monitored security and backup procedures. Provided support as central point of contact
for all local administrators at remote sites.
Supported first-level support desk and IT director initiatives.
7/98 to
10/00 Pilgrim Baxter &
Associates, Wayne, PA
Security
Manager / Senior Network Engineer
Responsible
for the development and support of the Data Center and WAN for a $30 billion
mutual fund company. Hardened network
for security and audit purposes, and developed all relevant physical and
conceptual security policies. Met with
vendors and contractors to scope and develop network, software and WAN
solutions. Developed and implemented
Y2K disaster recovery plans. Selected,
configured and maintained network routers, switches, firewalls, servers and
various ISP and WAN solutions.
Rebuilt and rewired networks from 10 Mb
to full-duplex Gigabit with Fast Ethernet.
Utilized VLANs, multiple domains, firewall DMZs and host of networking
technologies to enhance the corporate network, and support the company’s
Internet presence. Coordinated over a
dozen WAN-based research services from outside providers. Developed network and documentation
standards, as well as standard desktop client images. Facilitated weekly I.S. staff meetings, and interfaced directly
with vice-president and company principles.
7/95 to
7/98 DataZed Software Services Inc., Collegeville,
PA
Senior
Consultant/Network Manager
Employed on contract to Rhone-Poulenc
Rorer of Collegeville, PA. Supported
over 200 clients for day-to-day IS issues.
Implemented a variety of Ingres, Oracle and Visual Basic vertical
applications. Documented and developed
multiple corporate desktop standards.
Integrated a variety of in-house applications. Worked on various RPR Intranet projects.
For DataZed directly,
assembled and maintained Internet Service Provider with complete suite of
Internet server packages. Produced
corporate web sites for several clients.
Integrated several Internet solutions, including Microsoft Exchange and
Internet Information Server.
5/93 to
7/95 Softmart Inc., Exton, PA
Team
Leader / Manager
Supervised a staff of 12 regular
employees and 3 part-time employees.
Promoted twice in one year.
Answered 20 to 50 help desk calls daily. Acted as company representative to clients. Performed corporate technical support for a
dozen Fortune 500 companies. Conducted
in-staff training and produced report for client companies. Named Technical Representative of the Year
by peers. Earned two awards for support
efforts.
9/91 to
5/93 Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Phila., PA
PC
Support Specialist
Provided all PC hardware and software
support for 70+ users across 12 offices nationwide. Helped maintain a network of 500+ users. Worked extended hours
for special projects. Developed
solutions and made hardware and software purchase recommendations.
9/89 to
9/90 SmithKline Beecham, Phila.,
PA
PC Support Analyst
Provided troubleshooting for 1000+
users across several sites. Operated
client support lines and user resource center.
Worked with support group on various projects. Installed and upgraded a variety of hardware and software on a
continual basis and in support of corporate projects.
Education
Bachelor of Management of Information
Systems (1991), Drexel University,
Philadelphia, PA;
Training
and Development
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MCSE Certification, September 1997 |
SmartSwitch Routers – Cabletron Systems |
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Microsoft Exchange 5.0 |
Spectrum Element Manager – Cabletron Systems |
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Microsoft SMS 1.1 |
VLAN Manager – Cabletron Systems |
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Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 |
US Robotics Total
Control Enterprise System–3COM |
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Microsoft TCP/IP |
Checkpoint Firewall-1 Security Engineer Training |
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Microsoft Windows 95 |
Checkpoint Firewall-1 Security Administrator |
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Microsoft NT Server 3.51 |
ISDN Provisioning |