Sales Engineer, Systems Engineer Network Engineer

Donald A. Dancaster Contact 5009 Highlands Dr. McKinney, TX 75070 (972) 562-4134 or (972) 562-2206 Education 1981-1984 DeVry Institute of Technology Irving, TX * B.S.E.E.T., Bachelor of Science, Electronic Engineering Technology. Experience 1997-Present General DataComm, Inc. Dallas, TX District Engineering Group Leader Over 12 years pre/post sales experience in support and presentation of technolo gy and products including MPLS, ATM, routers and switches, VoIP, xDSL, T1/E1 mul tiplexing, Frame Relay access, CSU/DSUs, analog modems and OEM security software including data governance, profiling and disk encryption. I currently hold seve ral vendor certifications. My experience spans many verticals and customer types including channel sales, enterprise, government, ILEC, CLEC, and ASP and have p articipated in deals ranging from hundreds to multi-million dollars. Proven abil ity to communicate at all levels and relate business drivers to the underlying t echnology. I am a self-motivated individual and can work independently, as part of a coordinated sales team or I can multitask among sales teams. I have consist ently met or exceeded communicated goals. 1985-1997 Experian Information Systems (formerly TRW Info Systems) Allen, TX Technical Manager Over 12 years performing duties from network operations staff to managing staff of 13 in a network operations environment with 99.9% availability. I also partic ipated in high level meetings coordinating network operations and engineering ef forts which affected data center operations to ensure minimal disruption to busi ness processes. I participated in one of the largest projects in TRW Information Systems history including site selection, project management and coordination of telecomm facil ities to a new data center facility to consolidate 3 existing centers and ultima tely the actual cutover which was completed in record time. I was also responsib le for interviews and had responsibility for ensuring adequate training and deve lopment for both existing and new network staff. Nominated for TRW Chairman's Aw ard for Innovation for the development of customer information and ticketing dat abase. Skills Computer-Related Skills * Microsoft XP, Server 2003 and Windows 7 OS * Active Directory * Microsoft SQL/Reporting Services 2000 and 2005 * Microsoft Office * Some Linux and Unix Other Skills Certified for Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Firewall and Varonis Systems Da tAdvantage Studying for Associate ISC2/CISSP