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A Network Architect with advanced technical knowledge, sound business vision and project management skills. Exceptional customer service, teamwork, leadership, problem solving, communication and presentation skills. Adept at design and implementation of successful business solutions with a proven track record delivering large, complex, long duration technical projects successfully. Expert in voice and data network design, implementation and support, using a variety of systems in corporate, industrial, retail and academic environments.

Network Architect @ Collaborating with IT and Business leaders on strategy for innovative global network solutions in the Enterprise. Exceptional Performance Award - Recognized for my leadership, vision and strategy with Future Branch Technology Program. The program leverages Next Generation WAN to completely transform technology at the point of sale. Wireless Mobility - Solution delivers security and regulatory compliance by providing secure transports to mobility clients, while permitting the business to roam from the counter adding convenience and improving the customer experience. Connected Car – Secure wireless communication of vehicle telemetry in for various car sharing and rental programs. Future Payment Service – Solution leverages Future Branch Technology, Europay, MasterCard, Visa (EMV) and Payment as a Service to improve payment security and customer experience while reducing Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) scope. Experience with: • Hierarchical DMVPN WAN Design with advanced IPSec and BGPv4 routing. • DMVPN Testing at Cisco CPOC Labs • Cisco ASR and GSR Routers • F5 Big IP LTM TMSH load balancing IPSEC • ASA Firewalls • Palo Alto Next Gen Firewalls • Cisco IOS Zone Based Firewall • Cisco IOS Intrusion Detection (IDS) • Cradle Point 4G Router • Cisco AP802 Integrated WiFi AP, EAP-TLS • Cisco Flex 7500 WiFi Controllers • Cisco NAC, ISE, Prime Infrastructure • Shell, EEM, TMSH, TCL, Perl, Python, SQL. • Internet Access over LTE, U-Verse, Cable, ADSL, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, T1, PPP Mlink. • MPLS, IPSEC and SSL VPN's. From July 2013 to Present (2 years 4 months) Saint Louis, Missouri, USALead Network Engineer @ Concept, Design, Testing and Integration of Network Solutions in a Global Enterprise WAN. Providing leadership, mentoring and coaching to the Enterprise Global Network Engineering and Operations team. Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network (DMVPN) for Enterprise WAN. The solution supports business operations at more than 8,000 locations worldwide. International MPLS WAN and Data Center Network. Utilizing multiple Carrier VPN Networks and local Service Providers, the solution supports European branch offices in six countries including four Contact Centers and three Data Centers. Spanish and French IP Network Integration to support business acquisitions. The solution securely integrated three business entities on a short timeline to support the business objectives. Experience with: • Cisco Catalyst 6509e in VSS and Standalone Mode • Cisco 4500 and 3750 Switches • Cisco ASR and ISR Routers • Cisco ASA Firewalls • F5 BigIP LTM and GTM • Juniper Routers • Ixia Network, IXLoad and Spirent Test Center • Linux and Unix • VMWare, VirtualBox, Xen, KVM and OpenStack. • Premises and Hosted VoIP • Multi-VRF MPLS with advanced BGPv4 Routing. From July 2011 to July 2013 (2 years 1 month) Clayton, Mo.Senior Network Engineer @ Concept, design, testing and implementation of enterprise class network solutions. From 2009 to July 2011 (2 years) Product Support Manager @ • Provide IT Program Level Support to Business Solutions for the Fleet Management, Risk Management, Vehicle Management, Re-Marketing and Referral Car Sales Business Lines. • Responsible for Open Architecture Roadmap, Product Life Cycles, Versions, Change Management and Continual Improvement • Partner with Application Development and Infrastructure management teams to continuously improve service levels of Business Solutions • Facilitate restoration of services, isolation of root cause and documentation of lessons learned from production issues that can not be resolved by support services. • Plan and execute large infrastructure maintenance deployments. Coordinating with IT teams to ensure projects and production operations are not impacted. • Sought after as subject matter expert by Project Managers for infrastructure knowledge. From May 2007 to December 2008 (1 year 8 months) Network Administration Manager @ • Manage Network Administration team responsible for Network Operations in three Data Centers, European Co-located Data Center, Corporate Campus, E-Commerce Campus, Field Support Center, National Reservations Center, Internet sites, Business and Trading Partners. • Forge relationships with infrastructure and application teams, constantly striving to improve service delivery, quality assurance and customer satisfaction. • Manage employee performance and development by providing leadership, mentoring, and motivation. • Manage network support planning and documentation. Create escalation procedures for timely resolution of issues, providing communications with customers, IT teams and management. • Manage purchasing, installation and maintenance of network switches, routers and cable plant. • Manage implementation of intrusive network moves, adds, changes and maintenance to mitigate risk and reduce impact to business operations, increasing the availability of business solutions. From June 2004 to June 2007 (3 years 1 month) Network Operations Center Supervisor @ • Manage a NOC team supporting over 7,500 US and International WAN branch offices. • Collaborate with North American and European vendors to constantly improve network installation and support processes. Facilitate monthly vendor meetings to review SLA to improve customer service. • Manage NOC projects by delegating project tasks to technicians, coordinating tasks with IT peer departments and vendors, and tracking project milestones to completion. • NOC Team lead during re point of 3,150 remote VSAT's for Hughes Network Systems T4 Disaster Recovery. 2900 VSAT's were re pointed in 72 hours, the entire network was recovered in 5 days. • Coordinate after hours intrusive circuit testing, maintenance, network change implementation. European network support, circuit and CPE installs. From February 2003 to June 2004 (1 year 5 months) Network Operations Center Senior Technician @ • Tier III network problem escalation to quickly resolve major network outages. • Create network base lining and performance monitoring reports. • Evaluate trouble tickets to assure correct and timely actions are taken to speed problem resolution. • Network Services Change Board, developed NOC processes for base lining, implementation, acceptance testing and quality control of network changes. • Install and support co-located European Hosting Centers for highly available redundant WAN connectivity. • Developed, tested and deployed into production asynchronous dial on demand backup connectivity that enabled the business to operate from new locations immediately, avoiding terrestrial circuit order lead times. From August 2002 to February 2003 (7 months)

Computer Science @ University of Missouri-Saint Louis Brian Chostner is skilled in: Cisco Technologies, Data Center, VoIP, VPN, DMVPN, IPSec, Network Security, Firewalls, WAN, Troubleshooting, Integration, Networking, Cisco IOS, Linux, Unix, BGP, Project Management, Network Administration, MPLS, IP, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Problem Solving, Team Leadership, Security, SIP Trunking, IP PBX, Asterisk, Call Routing, Call Center Architecture, Routing Protocols, Testing, Cisco, F5 BigIP, Mentoring, Project Execution, IPv6