DAN KUMMER
720-206-6776
Strong leadership skills and unsurpassed customer service; dedicated, positive, team-oriented attitude. Proven leadership and success in highly visible roles for various sized organizations. Demonstrated abilities in: enterprise wide system design and administration, network integration, information security, software implementation, project management, current hardware and software management technologies.
Active Directory |
Apache/IIS |
AWS |
Citrix |
Cisco routers/switches |
DNS/DHCP |
F5 Load Balancers |
Firewalls |
Intel Servers |
Information Security |
ITIL |
Linux |
Microsoft networking |
Microsoft Office |
NAS/SAN |
Network design |
Network security |
Project Management |
SSH/SFTP/SSL |
Windows (All Versions) |
KBM Group Data Services (I-Behavior) March 2008 – Present
VP, IT & Security – January 2013 - Present
· Designed and implemented a globally distributed web infrastructure supporting over 20 billion web requests/month.
· Created and implemented a formal security role within the organization.
· Achieved GIAC Global Security Essentials Certification November 2012.
· Implemented IDS/IPS solution using a Managed Service Security Provider.
· Responsible for configuration and management of 10 Cisco ASA firewalls.
· Respond to internal, external, and security audits and questionnaires as well as preparing for SOX audits.
· Charged with creating initial Business Impact Analysis as a foundation for formal DR/BCP program.
· Served as Release and Change Manager adding stability and accountability to the IT and Engineering organizations.
· Manage high performance cross functional team of system/network/database administrators.
· Designed and implemented multi-location AWS infrastructure to improve latency for on-line advertising tracking.
IT Director – October 2009 – January 2013
· Architect and implement IT infrastructure for maximum performance of multi-terabyte Oracle databases and SAS datasets.
· Manage multi-vendor SAN and NAS storage infrastructure totaling over 450 Terabytes.
· Implemented NAND based PCI storage resulting in a 35% performance increase in key Oracle processes.
· Perform analysis of storage system performance to identify and eliminate bottlenecks to improve system performance.
· Migrated SAS infrastructure from Windows servers to Linux servers improving overall performance by 25%.
· Design and implement companywide monitoring and alerting of 250+ hosts and 5000+ services and devices.
· Planned and performed multiple datacenter migrations.
IT Manager/Senior System Administrator – March 2008 – October 2009
· Architect and implement IT infrastructure for maximum performance of multi-terabyte Oracle databases.
· Manage technical support and system administration staff.
· Implement multi-site network utilizing T1, DS3, Metro Area Ethernet and VPN.
· Seamless migration of production operations from New York datacenter to Colorado datacenter.
· Platform LSF configuration and administration.
· EMC Clariion CX3 and CX4 administration, management and performance analysis.
Sigma-Aldrich Acquired Proligo, LLC April 2005
Global Manager IT Service Desk - December 2006 – February 2008
· Identified as a key contributor in global IT re-organization; selected to implement Global Service Desk.
· Implementing 24x7 Global Service Desk following ITIL and ITSMF methodologies combining multiple national and international support organizations into a single Service Desk.
· Designed Incident and Problem Management processes for Global Services organization using ITIL best practices.
· Manage operations staff responsible for legacy and SAP operations including job scheduling and administration, user management and hardware maintenance.
Manager, PC Support -August 2005 – December 2006
· One of five people retained and offered relocation to Sigma-Aldrich headquarters after acquisition for Proligo.
· Implemented CA Unicenter Asset Management and Software Delivery to replace Novell Zenworks.
· Responsible for managing and prioritizing day to day and long-term activities for 8 Desktop Support Engineers supporting over 2,000 employees worldwide.
· Lead and mentor 4 Senior System Administrators responsible for over 150 Wintel servers worldwide.
· Improved relations and communications between the Server Administration group and Network group to increase quality of customer service provided to the user community.
· Responsible for software and hardware asset management programs.
Senior Manager, Global IT Services - Proligo, LLC - August 2004 – August 2005
· Combined three different IT departments into a Global organization consisting of 15 people in 5 different countries to increase customer service and reduce single points of knowledge.
· Four million dollar annual budgetary responsibilities.
· Senior administration of Microsoft Windows NT/2000/2003 servers in a multi-site multi-domain configuration.
· Senior administrator for over 20 Linux systems worldwide providing infrastructure services.
· Implemented a global project management framework for all IT tasks and projects.
Enterprise System Administrator – Proligo, LLC - February 2003 – August 2004
· Responsible for global network consisting of multiple VPN links to worldwide offices using Sonicwall firewalls.
· Administration of over 20 local and remote Linux and Solaris infrastructure and production servers.
· Senior level administration of Microsoft Windows NT/2000 servers in a multi-site multi-domain configuration.
· Created a secure SSL web infrastructure using both public and private certificates.
· Implemented global system and network monitoring with open source tools including Nagios and MRTG.
Business Network Consultants September 2002 to January 2003
Senior Network Engineer
· Provide senior level network design and implementation for local and wide-area networks.
· Setup, install and maintain Windows NT/2000 servers and workstations.
· Provide end user support to companies without internal IT departments on a weekly, monthly or as needed basis.
· Provide system and network documentation to customers including systems configurations and network diagrams.
Impact Ideal Solutions/Eteriors September 2001 to February 2002 (Company closed February 2002)
It Manager/Systems Engineer
· Responsible for administration of ecommerce website running Apache 1.3.x and Tomcat 3.2.3 on RedHat Linux.
· Performed seamless conversion of high traffic web site from NT4 to RedHat Linux.
· Implemented SSL and Verisign certificates to allow secure online transactions.
· Installation, design and configuration of production environment to provide maximum uptime and scalability.
· Responsible for corporate infrastructure including Window NT4/2000, Exchange 5.5, VPN, DNS, Sendmail, data security.
Ip|SEAL, Inc. March 2001 to August 2001 (Company closed August 2001)
Senior System Engineer
· Designed and implemented Cisco network for new corporate office.
· Implemented network heterogeneous Linux, Unix and Windows infrastructure and email services.
· Migrated NT4 network to full Active Directory enabled Windows 2000 domain.
· Install and manage multiple platforms including Solaris8, FreeBSD 4.x, Network Appliance.
Requisite Technology, Inc. October 1999 to March 2001
Lead System Administrator – Promoted July 2000
· Responsible for Unix infrastructure including DNS, Sendmail, NFS, NIS, NTP, SSH, SiteScope and backups.
· Complete design and implementation Cisco network for corporate headquarters of 250 users.
· Coordinated IT functions during move of corporate headquarters.
IT Manager/Senior System Administrator – October 1999 – July 2000
· Managed staff of 4 administrators.
DiviCom a subsidiary of C-Cube Microsystems February 1999 to October 1999
System Administrator II
Information + Graphics Systems, Inc. March 1996 to February 1999
CIS Manager/Systems Engineer
Contract Engagements
Crosswalk - 2005
ADVANCED TRAINING:
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Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices |
Solaris 2.x System Administration Essentials |
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Administering Windows NT 4.0 |
Solaris 2.x System Administration |
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Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Core Technologies |
Fundamentals of UNIX administration |
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Internetworking with Microsoft TCP/IP on Windows NT 4.0 |
Shell scripting |
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Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Technologies |
Internet Information Server 4.0 |
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Updating Support Skills from Windows NT 4.0 to Server 2003 |
CA – Unicenter Asset Management |
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IAITAM – Certified Software Asset Manager ITIL version 3 Foundations Certification |
IAITAM – Certified Hardware Asset Manager GIAC – Security Essentials |
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ITU – CISSP training ITU – CISM training |
Agile Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
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LANGUAGES/ENVIRONMENTS:
Perl, shell scripting, HTML
Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/200x Server/Workstation, Solaris, FreeBSD, Linux,
Dell, Compaq, IBM, HP, SUN
EDUCATION:
BS, Information Systems Management and Accounting 1995
University of Colorado, Denver
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Salary requirements and references available upon request.