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Mark A. Brewster CNA - CNE - CCA Los Angeles, Ca 90027 323-664-2437 mb13ab71e@westpost.

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Summary of Qualifications: Experienced in the telecommunications field with know ledge spanning 10 years of site engineering adhering to all standards pertinent to my task for untroubled communication. I assume cost projection and managemen t as well as resource allocation for my projects. Built and managed Novell, Citr ix and NT networks and documented the process including 21 Data Centers of varyi ng sizes for the last 10 years. I have built 21 Data Centers of varying sizes. I have a large amount of Citrix e xperience ranging up to over 100 servers and 3000 users. This includes approx. 100 apps of various utilizations. I have migrated 3 data centers. I toured the country for Equifax when they acquired companies and wanted them me rged into their AD Forest from Novell.

My goal is to work in a challenging environment that utilizes my knowledge and s kills to further the goals of the company for which I work. Experience: Independent Consulting 4/09 - Present I have upgraded the LANs (Server and PC's) of Dentists offices and Business Offi ces including anti-virus solutions and maleware solutions with backups. I Installed/upgraded 2 offices with Citrix. This work has ranged from malware r escues to complete office overhauls included submitting business proposals with rack drawings and floor layouts and power & A/C requirements. Infrastructure design of equipment. Cable design and pull. My major clients are those companies who lack the resources to maintain a full-t ime IT department. ANALYSTS INTERNATIONAL (AT&T) 1/08 - 3/09 TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER for the Network, Planning & Engineering gr oup for the Mermaid project. In charge of developing processes for the selection and their execution of the o rdering of equipment and generating POs for each individual project (each store was a project) to install WiFi equipment in 7400 Starbucks Stores. Ensuring that all POs were issued consistent with the install schedule and correcting that wh en they were not. Making sure that all the equipment that is needed for each order is on hand incl uding returns and spares. Ensuring that all paperwork including invoices are received in a timely manner s o that the projects can be closed and taken off the books. Stay under budget and accomplish an 80% install within the calendar year. RED BULL NORTH AMERICA 11/06 11/07 REGIONAL NETWORKS and SYSTEMS ENGINEER Responsible for the installation of new offices and upgrades to existing offices of Novell, W2K3 Servers in VMWare for the Americas. Project Management for the entire process from Site Survey to final implementation and build. Ensured that all installations aligned with the corporate standard. Projects included: WiFi,

new office openings, the setup for VMWare upgrade from 2.5 to 3.0. Maintained st andard setup for entire region. Developed implementation plans and process. Developed OS/IOS levels and necessa ry upgrades. Developed configuration templates. Lead the correcting of the existing Citrix environment connecting to various US and international locations. Structured MPLS and bringing in Novell v10 as the Defacto OS. Independent Consulting 2/06 11/06 I have installed various systems for clients ranging from weekends to 4 day inst alls. This includes Citrix installs of 4.0 and upgrades from 1.0 to 4.0. Initial site surveys, Project Management, testing, installation and implementati on. New Server builds and site specific implementations covering single to multi server farms, Data Centers and LAN/WAN builds. MERCURY COMPANIES SR. NETWORK ENGINEER - Glendale, Ca. 7/03 - 2/06 Built and managed 2 Data Centers in S. Cal and 2 employees. Built Citrix Farm for Ca. Offices for over 3000 users. Installed and maintained 100 offices in S. Ca. Built network infrastructure with Cisco Routers:1721, 1841, 7206 and Netscreen F irewall. Built 100 offices in S.Cal. with P2P and Frame Relay. Provided technical designs, develop configuration templates, determine OS/IOS le vels and planned upgrades. Developed implementation process documents and test plans. Whats up, Solarwinds and Observer used. Implementing AD with Citrix 4.0 and Windows 2003 Server. Administer Exchange 5.5 and 2000 GENERAL NETWORKS - CONSULTANT - Glendale, Ca. 9/01 - 6/03 Worked for VAR providing Design and Implementation of Citrix Farms, NT/Windows 2000 Servers with Active Directory and Novell Servers (NDS) for Custo mers, separately and combined,. Am also performing Break-Fix for Customers on th eir site for Novell (3.11 thru 6.0), NT (3.51 thru Win2K and AD), Citrix (1.8 th ru XP-FR2) and Routers (linksys, netscreen, Cisco (2500 & 2600) sonic wall, IEG) . All industry Servers. (Compaq, Dell, IBM) RITZ-CARLTON Sr. Systems Engineer- Atlanta, GA. 10/00 - 5/01 Worked as Project Lead of 30 Hotel Computer System upgrades, which consist of working with each of the 30 System Managers for each hotel, doing a s ite survey and planning for those resources needed to upgrade the cabling to IEE E standards and the Servers, Switches and Software to leading edge technology in a cost effective manner. Upgrades were to Novell, NT and Citrix and configurati ons with Zenworks, NAL, Citrix XP, etc. Travel to all existing Hotels for site s urveys. Order and install new servers for system upgrades. Troubleshoot any prob lems arising from the upgrade usually from legacy software. Go onsite to new hot els as needed for new installs. Liaison with Contractors concerning connectivity and Design issues in existing and new hotels. Design and build infrastructure a s well as oversee WAN connectivity. Troubleshoot any problems that arise. Mainta in communication with resident System Manager to assist them through any system/ user problems that arise after the upgrade. Education: Onondaga Community College - Liberal Arts University of Buffalo - Engineering ATC - Bflo., Electronics Roger Williams College - Advanced Business Courses 1993 - 1994 Economic Computer - CNE #6220681 1995 - 1997 Knowledge Alliance - Advanced Novell Courses 1996 Knowledge Alliance - MCSE crses (3.51)

1997 Astron Training - MCSE crses (4.0) 2002 GTC Citrix and Advanced Citrix 2002 NACC - CCNA Class A license Other Competencies: MSOffice MS Project Visio Autocad Cobol Assembler Fortran Pascal C TCP/IP NFS Netware Connect SQL Skills Pcanywhere Norton AntiVirus Corp. Edition SYSTEM ADMIN: NOVELL 2.2 - 6.5 HARDWARE:IBM PC & COMPATIBLES NT 3.51/4.0 SERVER COMPAQ, HP, DELL SERVERS BANYAN VINES 5.53 HP LASER PRINTERS MS SQL Server 6 HP SWITCHES - 4000M WIN2K SERVER CISCO ROUTERS - 2600/2500/5000 Dell Certified 3COM ROUTERS, EMC SAN BAY ROUTERS & HUBS LATTICENET HUBS SOFTWARE: DOS 3.3 TO 6.2, OS/2 ADV. WINDOWS 3.1,WIN95, WIN98, WIN2K, WIN XP MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE CCMail NT 3.51/4.0 WORKSTATION BORDERMANAGER EXCHANGE Personal: Self-starter, can work both independently and/or as a team member. Excellent communication skills. High work ethic Logical problem solving skills. Easily convert highly technical information into layman terms. Member of NPA (formerly CNEPA) Consulting work on PC software and hardware and LAN installs and continual support for those systems Received 9 various team and individual awards for 1997 and 2 for 1998 Security Clearance: SSBI, DOD References available upon request

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