My name is Ashley Wilson.

I have over ten years of tech experience.

 

I have experience with enterprise network design, implementation, and support as well as Windows and Linux server support


Strengths:

Crisis mitigation and resolution, fast learner, reliable, deadline-obsessed

Ashley Wilson



Email:
Homepage: http://ash-wilson.com
Blog: http://ashwilson.typepad.com
Tel. (423) 961-8047

Recent Employment History

    TereNine
  • 1516 Riverside Drive
    Chattanooga, TN 37406
  • (866) 379-3581
    Global Network Services Manager
    March 2010 to present
  • Serve as Network Tower Lead, representing Network Operations in architecture and development planning meetings
  • Lead the Network Operations team in the timely execution of deliverables
  • Re-architecting the network foundation for affiliate businesses in the financial services sector, with a focus on security and scalability
  • Scoping projects, with a focus on ROI and value to the customer
  • Negotiating with vendors to get the best value for the Company
    Network Engineer
    November 2009 to March 2010
  • Design and implement solutions to meet affiliate and external customer needs, in regards to network infrastructure
  • Design and implement resilient, scaleable solutions utilizing F5's LTM and Riverbed WAN acceleration, alongside other purpose-built appliances
  • Implemented a fully-meshed network infrastructure, enabling automatic fail-around for all critical network components- even a complete failover to a disaster recovery bunker
    Network Administrator
    April 2009 to Present
  • Engineer and implement network design changes at the direction of the Network Architect
  • Assembled a thorough monitoring and change management system to offer transparency into availability and efficiency metrics
    Network Administrator
    September 2006 to March 2009
  • Ensure maximum availability of all corporate intranet services and public e-commerce web sites
  • Provide help desk services for end users; including desktop, network, and mobile device support
  • Assist creative and developer teams with various aspects of UI design, layout, and testing
  • Implemented a robust NOC to monitor all important aspects of server, application, and network health.
  • Built a stable, robust network infrastructure from scratch during a period of rapid growth, using a mixture of Linux and Windows servers and Cisco network hardware.
  • Selected, installed, and configured network equipment, servers, and network cabling.
  • Used Cisco ASA and PIX products to build a VPN to allow seamless access to company resources from different geographic locations.
  • Evaluate, select, and negotiate the purchase of all IT infrastructure and end-user equipment.
  • Used VMware ESX to rapidly deploy development and production virtual machines.
  • Centralized user account management and provisioning, as well as user access control policies using Microsoft Active Directory and other Microsoft products.
  • Brought all production infrastructure from a commodity hosting environment to machines owned and operated by Smart Furniture's IT department in a local hosting facility,substantially increasing web site speed and reliability in the process.
  • Developed, implemented, and maintained a social network marketing plan to increase sales through brand awareness
  • Responsible for managing all IT and telecommunications bills
    Computer Technician
    February 2003 to December 2006
  • Network infrastructure design and implementation
  • Helpdesk operator
  • Manage Windows Server Active Directory domain, Group Policy
  • Built VPN infrastructure to provide access to client database for more than 56 locations in and around Chattanooga, TN using OpenVPN
  • Implemented secured WiFi hotspots in various locations across main campus
  • Built proof-of-concept and presented proposal for total multimedia presentation system integrating digital whiteboard and touchscreen technology, along with a bunch of other features in one enclosure

Familiar Technologies


    Microsoft

  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows 2000 Server and Professional
  • Group Policy
  • Windows XP
  • Microsoft Office 95-2007
  • IIS
  • RAS/RADIUS
  • DFS
  • NT File Replication System

    *nix Flavors

  • CentOS (RHEL5)
  • Open SuSE
  • Debian
  • Solaris 10
  • VMware ESX Server

    Software Packages

  • MRTG
  • Nmap
  • Openfire XMPP Server
  • Apache HTTP Server
  • Tomcat Servlet Container
  • BIND
  • Alterpoint Network Authority Inventory
  • Shorewall
  • Fishbowl Inventory
  • Subversion
  • Eclipse IDE
  • Dreamweaver
  • Symantec AV Corporate
  • VMware Workstation
  • MySQL
  • OpenOffice
  • Scribus
  • Gimp
  • Inkscape

    Language Familiarity

  • XHTML/DHTML, CSS
  • Shell scripting
  • Javascript
  • Perl
  • Java
  • Flex
  • ASP


    Conceptual Proficiency

  • IPSEC and SSL VPN
  • Routing and Switching
  • VRRP
  • ACLs
  • Policy-based routing
  • WAN Acceleration
  • Network engineering/capacity planning
  • DR/COB planning
  • Virtualization (hypervisor/hardware)
  • SEO
  • Web layout (HTML from concept)

Published Work