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Al Pruitt
Lenexa, KS 66219
913.982.7158
alpruit@gmail.com

Senior Network Engineer/Architect

Talented Network Engineering Architect with over 20 years of extensive senior leadership experience. Talented in driving all planning,
architecture, deployment, and management of network infrastructure. Proven track record of leading teams toward meeting objectives and
exceeding customer expectations. Able to achieve breakthrough results through solid analytical and communication skills. Skilled in leading
cross-functional projects from requirements gathering through final stages of implementation and testing. Outstanding ability to resolve
complex technical issues related to business applications, while communicating solutions to business areas. Background in creating
professional, comprehensive and innovative infrastructure surpassing client expectations.

Skilled in the implementation and support of highly complex network solutions around the globe, which included working with
telecommunications providers, negotiating contracts, managing multi-million dollar budgets, and managing teams of up to 30
people.

Background in providing technical leadership and management of complex networks in data sensitive financial environments.

Communicated with precision and impact to technical staff and senior executives throughout all phases of the project lifecycle
to obtain business requirements, ensure timely issue resolution, manage scope control, perform risk management, and drive
compliance with various methodologies.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE

IT Infrastructure Design
Technology Strategy
Network Security
Project Management
Deployment and Migration
Process Improvement
Risk Management
Relationship Development
Process Improvement
Technology Support
Technology Writing

EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS

ITIL 3 Certified: In Foundation, Continual Service Improvement, Planning Protection & Optimization,
Service Operation, and Operational Support & Analysis.
Technologies: Cisco, F5, Juniper, Checkpoint, Silverpeak, Riverbed, LAN, WAN, WLAN, MAN, SAN, EPN & VPN
LANDIS+GYR (TOSHIBA), LENEXA, KS

2011 to July 2015

Publicly traded account management / utility billing Software Company with 5,000 employees and $1.3B in annual revenue.

SUPERVISOR NETWORK ENGINEERING TEAM ARCHITECT 2013 TO PRESENT

Supervised six member production and corporate network team. Serve as North American lead in for international MPLS network to 27
locations on corporate network, and 50,000 plus locations on the production network. Charged with design of both local and wide area
network for coming move from current internal data centers into Colocation Data Centers located on the East and West coast. Extensive use
of Riverbed devices throughout the corporate network worldwide. Architected the migration from two pair of Cisco ASA firewalls into a
single pair with 40+ virtual interfaces.
LEAD NETWORK ENGINEER/ARCHITECT 2011 to 2013
Charged with improving and supporting company production network. Provide strategic technical direction on complex network systems
including recommending design approach and optimal technology. Write Requests for Proposals (RFP) for contacts covering wired and
wireless telecommunications, hardware, software, and maintenance. Provide documentation and responses for all external compliance audits.
Provide on call support escalation for all production related network, firewall and security issues. Lead team of 4 to ensure successful
completion of multiple simultaneous projects.

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BUSINESS IMPACT:

Lead network engineer for company wired and wireless production network supporting in excess of 40 Million connections. Provide
technical leadership to more junior team members.

Design data center improvement plan to bring the existing data center to world class level over the next 36-months.

Replace existing Frame Relay network with MPLS saving the company over $200,000 in the first year.

Replace managed Internet circuits with company managed solution.

Lead in Business Continuity planning team.

Manage multiple telecom, hardware, and software vendor contracts.

Designed and installed WAN optimizer solution between two data centers to better use available WAN bandwidth.

Saved the company in excess of $2 million working with telecommunication analyst identifying circuits the company no longer
required.
Technologies: Cisco, F5, Juniper, Checkpoint, Silverpeak, Riverbed, LAN, WAN, WLAN, MAN, SAN, EPN & VPN
CSG SYSTEMS, INC., OMAHA, NE

1999 to 2011

A publicly traded account management and billing Software Company with 3,600 employees and $531M in annual revenue.

Riverbed Certified: 2010

F/5 Certified: 2010
SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER/ARCHITECT
Charged with supporting the company Wide Area Network with 48 locations in 25 countries. Provided assistance in the negotiation
telecommunications and network maintenance contracts with a $13M budget. Performed circuit capacity planning for all locations, which
included providing backup on all support for QAN related issues. Directed teams of up to 30 to ensure the successful completion of various
projects. Maintained a $10M annual budget.
BUSINESS IMPACT:

Led all WAN network connectivity planning for over 100 locations throughout the globe during acquisitions of various companies.
Efforts included working with more than 15 Telco providers worldwide, creating the Request for Comments (RFC) through ordering
and turning up circuits which included VPN tunnels, ATM, P2P, and MPLS.

Facilitated a 24-month data center relocation from Colorado to Nebraska, which included the installation of WAS and Internet circuits
and working with local data center staff on power copper and fiber data cabling. Managed a migration budget of more than $18M.

Spearheaded the migration of 22 remote offices from ATM to MPLS network which included all project management, circuit ordering,
and working with Telco and local contracts to ensure the site readiness.

Saved the company $5M over eight years through expert contract negotiations.
Technologies: Cisco, F5, Silverpeak, Riverbed, LAN, WAN, WLAN, MAN, SAN, PAN, EPN & VPN
TRIPLE I CONSULTING

1997 to 1999

A technology consulting firm

NETWORK ENGINEER CONSULTANT, DST Systems Inc. THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Provided daily network support to ensure connectivity with more that 80% of all daily stock transactions over 1,800 remote location for the
New York Stock Exchange.
BUSINESS IMPACT:

Implemented a city-wide Sonet ring to support connectivity between five offices located throughout the Kansas City area.

Led the design and installation of iPv6-based LAB for network testing.
Technologies: Cisco, F5, Riverbed, LAN, WAN, WLAN, MAN, EPN & VPN