Kevin L Baxter
Areas Of Specialty
Design, integration, and project management of IT Infrastructure systems and programs. Enterprise Data Center network design engineering and management. Field implementation of Enterprise Technology projects.
Skills Outline
24+ years Networking & Consulting experience in the following areas:
Network Design & Convergence of Voice, Video, and Data for Government and Health Care.
Clinical LAN/WAN & Wireless / RF infrastructure design, integration, and deployment.
Enterprise level Data Center network engineering, integration, and deployment.
Large scale Medical and Industrial PLC / SCADA / Medical Robotic systems
12 years Project/Team management
Enterprise Network Operating & Management System Skills:
Windows Server 2000 - 2008 NOS Enterprise Linux Core Server OS
Novell Netware & IntraNetware NOS Novell GroupWise & ManageWise Suites
Cisco UCMS “CallManager” 3.2 – 7.0 Cisco Unity Unified Messaging 3.1 – 4.1
CiscoSecure & CiscoWorks2000 Cisco Secure ACS ( TACACS )
NetScout nGenius HP OpenView NMM / OVO for Windows
Lucent VitalQIP IP Management Symantec Enterprise Security ( Raptor )
Visio Network Design Suite 2.0 to 2013 Veritas Enterprise Backup and SAN Technology
Etherpeek & Aeropeek Analyzer NAI Sniffer Pro Enterprise Analysis Software
Citrix / VMWare Cloud Design Enterprise Data Center Virtualization
Enterprise Networking Hardware Based Skills
Cisco Enterprise Routing & Switching Cisco WAN, & ATM Routing Technologies
Cisco Wired & Wireless IP Phones Cisco ASA/PIX & VPN Security Products
Alcatel Core and Convergence Systems Alcatel OmniPCX IP VoIP System
Alcatel MDR8000 Mircowave Systems Western MultiPlex Microwave Products
Brocade “Foundry” Enterprise Switches Nortel ‘BayStack /Alteon’ Enterprise Switches
FireBerd 6000 Network Analyzer Network General Sniffer
802.11a-n Enterprise Wireless Technology 802.16 Uni Band Microwave P2P / P2M / Mesh
F5 Load Balance Equipment BlueCoat Proxy systems
Campus Plant Infrastructure Based Skills
Lucent ATT spec CAT6 Integration Panduit Copper and Fiber Data Networking Systems
Lucent Inside Plant Fiber Installation Network General Sniffer Advanced Field Study
802.11&16 based Wireless/RF LAN P2P & P2M LoS Microwave Network Integration
Fluke FiberOptic Transmission Analyzer Penta Scanner Cable Analyzer
APC Data Center Design Large scale Gig & ATM MPLS WAN
SONET / DWDM Implementation Enterprise/WAN Routing (eBGP/iBGP,OSPG,EIGRP)
Education & Technical Certifications
1990 to 1998 Texas A&I University
Kingsville, Texas Marketing BA
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas HVAC Engineering
UT Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas Clinical Technology AS
1997 – 2012 Technical Study & Training
Member IEEE / BICSI Organizations Cisco CCDA Certification
Novell CNA & CNE 4.11 Certification ITiL Ver2 Certified
McAfee Enterprise Security Certified Alcatel MDR8000 Microwave Certificate
Lucent / AT&T CAT5i & LCF Certified Panduit Copper and Fiber Certified
Network General Sniffer Certified NAI Sniffer Pro Certification
2013 Certified Data Center Professional – CDCP Data Center Institute
Expected Completion ITiL Ver3 and PMI PMP re-certifications.
Expected Completion BICSI RCDD LAN and Cisco CCDP certifications.
Professional Summary & Scope of Work
( Real World Experience Addendum )
Real world experience addendum is a list of “Key Projects“ displaying my experience over the past years. This list is not all inclusive nor is it meant to be a full chronological list per say. As a Senior Level Technology Consultant I have gained a vast amount of real world knowledge of the past years. This is a depiction of those experiences I think are key to my past performance level and what has made me the Lead Engineer that I am today. A very Senior Consultant I worked for early on always said “It’s not what you learn or do but what you take with you and hand down to those who are learning from you that make you a great Engineer!”
Healthcare Technical Engineering & Project Management Jul. '97 to Pres.
US DoD Technical Contract Engineering Consultant
US DoD wide network design, engineering, and consultancy in the role of US Military Contractor. Tasked with enterprise network infrastructure design of US DoD Healthcare networks using multi-vendor and multi technology platforms to provide best of bread communications for the customer. Multiple Data Center design and integration projects performed with the end goal of sustainable uptime for the end user and overall cost savings for the Government as a whole. Primary function of design and implementation of new emerging technologies used to integrate and consolidate the DoD Healthcare networks and associated resources into resilient and secure environment. Designed secure transport solutions for critical patient monitoring and patient care systems and devices. Implemented the conversion of these critical systems and devices into the common Healthcare Enterprise Network. Worked to make the daily job of the Doctors and Clinicians easier though the use of technology there for improving patient care and work efficiencies. Tasked as Lead Engineer / Systems Architect Consultant managing teams of deployment Engineers around the globe in Healthcare Network and Data Center Implementation and Upgrade projects. Charged with design, EBOM/IBOM build outs, Subcontractor / Vendor management, and scope of work project management. Have a long history providing first class customer support to the key stake holders of every project I was task with managing. Migration of existing data and applications systems to a unified cloud based infrastructure is the key component to lowering the cost of current DoD Medical environmental ongoing efforts. Integration of Robotic, Medical Modality, SCADA systems into Enterprise Networking. Global Voice / Video Conferencing technology integration. Outlined below are several of these key projects performed over a vast period detailing past experiences and key accomplishments.
Key Projects:
US DoD Technical Contract Engineering Consultant
United States, Office of Secretary of Defense ( OSD )
Military Health System Cyber Infrastructure Services ( McIS )
DoD Contracting Co. MedPro Technologies LLC
US Military Health System FDCCI Inventory Analysis & Data Center Consulting.
US wide Healthcare Infrastructure and Data Center inventory project mandated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Key task was serving as the Sr. Data Center Consolidation Consultant to manage a global team of Systems and Network Engineers involved in the on ground survey of upwards to 200 Medical Treatment Facilities. The main overarching goal of the Federal Government is to consolidate all Data Centers down to a small number of facilities through the use of virtualization, cloud, and other consolidation effo...
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