Todd N. Ellis

 

11453 Porterville Road, East Aurora, NY 14052 Cell: +1 (716) 390-6213 email: zcmconsulting@yahoo.com

 

Senior Architect specializing in all areas of information technology and security, concentrating in network, security and business facing communications with technical teams as well as executive level management. Successful legacy includes experience working with Fortune 500 companies as an acknowledged subject matter expert in the architecture, design and deployment of cloud-based and server hosted enterprise solutions and security across multiple industries. Business acumen includes strong understanding of Service Level Agreements from setting expectation through delivery, vendor relations and partnering, and the ability to lead gain consensus among stakeholders with varying agendas. SME with experience building a business case based on intuitive recommendations after thorough analysis. Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

 

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS:                           

 

Canisius College, Buffalo, NY Bachelor of Science in Accounting May ‘94

EDS Top Gun –Cisco inaugural graduate 2006 Cisco VoIP design/integration, Tasman Dr, San Jose California

Cisco Certified Voice/Design/Network Professional (CCVP) 12/2006(CCDP) 6/2005 (CCNP) 2/2004

Payment Card Industry Qualified Security Assessor (PCI QSA) 3/2008-2011

Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) 04/2014

 

SKILLS & EXPERTISE:

 

Hardware              • Cisco, Juniper, EMC, Linux, Solaris, Checkpoint, E1/T1, ISDN, PSTN, SIP Trunk

 

Network              • VPN, IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, Frame, DNS/WINS, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, QoS, IDS/IPS, Mars,

• Rapid7, Palo Alto, Splunk, InfoBlox, Nexus5000/7000, Cisco ASR, Cisco ISR

 

Compliance              • ISO 27001, Payment Card Industry (PCI), HIPAA, NIST, Sarbanes- Oxley (SOX), COBIT

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

ZCM Consulting/Protiviti- Buffalo, NY             

Senior Security Architect/Consultant 1099 contractor                                                                      May 2012- Present

May 2012 – Oct 2012 Baker Hughes/ Landry’s (6 month Contract)

• VoIP staging, site build documentation, and implementation for Baker Hughes Co, Cisco ISR 3800 routers

• Sip Trunking Design, Implementation including turn-up and testing corporate wide for Landry’s

Oct2012 –March 2013 Boston College ( 6 month Contract)

•Boston College Campus IPv6 Design/Architecture including Implementation Matrix and address allocation

• Network Architecture review and design for IPV4-IPV6 coversion, Implementation and Datacenter migration

• Cisco 6500 Core, Nexus 7K migration plan, 1GB to 10 GB upgrade integration

March 2013- March 2014 Coopervision (1 yr contract)

• ISO 27001 / NIST Gap Assessments, Report on Compliance and Executive Summary presentations

• Cisco Nexus 5k/7K migration Datacenter core upgrade, redundancy F5 integration

• Riverbed Cascade Wan optimization design and implementation

• Network Architecture/Design and Compliance Remediation for CooperVision

• Security Assessment and recommended compliance Gap issues for Coopervision (PCI, HIPAA SOX)
• Rapid7, Palo Alto, Firewall Rule redesign, IBM Turnover, FW, IDS & Bluecoats for Coopervision

• Cloud Computing Design for Coopervision Disaster Recovery and DataCenter Consolidation Projects

 

Vaspian, LLC- Buffalo, NY             

Sr. Technical Architect/Engineer                                                                                                  July 2011 – May 2012

• Define/Aligned IT objectives and programs to enterprise objectives and strategies
• Established strategic service providers, suppliers and vendor partnerships & private VPN connections
• Optimized and designed enterprise processes and procedures to leverage IT efficiently and effectively
• Defined and created IT standards and technologies in a chaotic non standard environment
• Designed/Implemented 500 device network including router refresh/configuration standardization

• Saved 10K monthly in dead Circuit fees and 25K monthly in renegotiation of existing circuit charges

• Documented and detailed drawings for Datacenter and customer connections including Core infrastructure

 

Arsenal Security Group- McLean, Virginia             

Sr. Security/Network Consultant/ Architect/Engineer                                                                      March 2008 – July 2011

                • Cloud Architecture design and implementation for multiple enterprise customers for resiliency and cost savings

• Network PCI remediation for multiple clients across varying industries, DNC, Tween Brands, DSW

              • PCI Assessment, Report on Compliance and Executive Summary presentations, including QSA assessments

              • Design, implement and turnover to support multiple enterprise network segmentations including cloud architecture

              • Train and mentor junior-level engineers CCNA/NP, provide quality assurance reviews and project oversight

              • Manage ongoing and new customer client relationships, financials, forecasting and annual IT planning

              • Penetration testing, external /internal vulnerability scans with technical and executive deliverables Frontier Airlines

              • IDS/IPS design, implementation & event correlation, router refresh project (over 1800 devices Tween Brands)

              • DNC PCI Gap Assessment and implementation plan for PCI Compliance

              • DNC PCI Implementation plan – Hired, managed team of 7 Employees to remediate & achieve PCI Compliance

 

Electronic Data Systems- Amherst, New York             

Senior Network Infrastructure Convergence Engineer/Architect                                          September 04 – March 2008

              • Enterprise VoIP template creation, design, engineering & Octel integration

              • Designed, installed and tested EDS South America Cisco VoIP Cluster in Sao Paulo Brazil

              • Implemented EDS SA VoIP cluster servicing Brazil, Argentina, Chili and Columbia

              • Realized extreme cost savings by Least cost routing EDS VoiP HQ (TX) with EDS South America Cluster

              • Global Dial plan integration and planning using gatekeepers and intercluster trunks

              • Designed and implemented Xerox VoIP proof of concept cluster which became production service

              • Instruct CCNP/DP/VP classes to peers, provide quality assurance reviews and project oversight

              • Pioneered EDS Top Gun Cisco Program for elite EDS staff to interface on Cisco Campus in breaking technologies

Network Infrastructure Convergence Engineer                                                                      May 00 – September 04

              • Founding team member of NE LAN Design Cell & Americas Firewall Design Cell

              • Documented process and policy for Jr engineers to follow, interviewed 1000’s of candidates

              • Design, Implement & Troubleshoot Enterprise Firewall, IDS/IPS, Network (LANS & WANS) solutions

              • Lead engineer for many large datacenter migrations and network upgrade projects (Nasd, Nextel, BoA)

              • Leveraged resource for multiple managed /monitored services, with often various roles & responsibilities

Security Administrator/Business Associate - Delphi Thermal-Harrison                             July 95- May 00

              • Designed, installed & trained users on 1400/2600 desktops with GM standards for COe

              • Supervised teams of College/High School co-op students

              • Designed, installed, and supported Unicenter and Firewall Campus Security policies

              • Security administrator for 75 seats, diverse platform UNIX workstations

 

 

REFERENCES:

 

Daniel J. Zimmer

Vice President, Corporate Finance and Development

Delaware North Companies, Inc. | 40 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14202
dzimmer@dncinc.com | office (716) 858-5208 | cell (716) 553-2741| www.delawarenorth.com

 

Arik Miller

PreSales Engineer, Consultant

EMC, Inc. | Washington, DC
Arik.miller@gmail.com | cell (571) 262-9147| www.emc.com

 

Dale LLewellyn

Sr Network Engineer, Consultant

HSBC, Inc. | Buffalo, NY
dlsrlanet@gmail.com | cell (260) 341-9054| www.hsbc.com