210 GANTHONY C. SMITH

Email: acsmit45@gmail.com

ustav Court, North Augusta, SC 29860

Cell: 706-627-3148

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Conscientious minded worker with the ability to effectively coordinate activities, troubleshoot and problem solve. Seventeen years of

professional experience as a network communications technician and instructor. Extensive experience installing, maintaining and

troubleshooting IP telecommunications networks capable of secure and non-secure data, telephone and teleconferencing. Provided

project management ability by troubleshooting and documenting network incidents; providing recommendations for correction or

prevention. US Army CECOM Technical Writer and Instructor for routing, switching, and IT industry certification courses.

Experience with Windows and UNIX operating systems. Very knowledgeable of OSI/RM, LAN/WAN protocols, and TCPIP.

Received Cisco Certified Network Professional Certification. Currently hold a Department of Defense TOP SECRET clearance.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

• Team Lead /Field Support Representative for C5ISR JWICS to Battalion Initiative, Afghanistan, 2011-2013

• CECOM Training Development Branch course Developer and Instructor, 2009-2011

• Army Battle Command Systems Instructor, 2002-2009

• Instructor/Technical Writer, United States Army, 1997-2002

• Network Communications Technician, United States Army, 1991-1997

CERTIFICATION

• CISCO Certified Network Professional (CCNP R&S) December 2016

• CISCO Certified Network Associate Security (CCNA Sec) December 2016

• CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA) December 2016

• CompTIA Security+

• CompTIA Network+

• CompTIA A+

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Level/Type of Investigation/Date: Top Secret/ CCF /20 August 2011

Date of SCI Adjudication: June 2011

Polygraph Date and Type: NA

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Bachelors of Science, IT Security, Western Governors University, March 2016

• Assoc. of Applied Technology, Networking, Augusta Technical College, Sept. 2002

• Certificate, Cisco Networking Academy Program, ATC, 2001

• Certificate, Local Area Network Concepts and Configuration, Department of Defense, 2000

• Certificate, Information System Operator/Analyst, United States Army, 1999

• Certificate, System Administrator COE Solaris Unix, Department of Defense, 1999

• Certificate, Instructor Training, United States Army, 1997

• Telecommunications Operations Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course (ANCOC), United States Army, 2000

• Certificate, Network Switching Systems Operator/Maintainer, United States Army, 1992

• Certificate, Communications Security Custodian, United States A

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sep 11 – Dec 13, (Special assignment), EPS Field Services, JWICS Field Support Representative/Team Lead

Provided C5ISR TS/SCI tunneling for JWICS down to the battalion project initiative. Responsible for

theater project oversight to include the planning of deployment, installation, and maintenance of the node

systems as well as maintenance and remote network monitoring of the hub and nodal units. Needed to be

familiar with WIN-T INC1 network architecture and be able to install, configure and support CISCO 3825

router, CISCO 3560 switch, TACLANE, IP phone, SNMPc WAN manager, GEM-X suite, and CISCO

Unified Call Manager registration procedures.

Sep 09 – Jun 14, EPS Field Services, Senior Training Specialist, Fort Gordon, GA

Served as the training specialist in areas relevant to current information technology projects for U.S. Army

CECOM LRC TSD. Conducted analysis and developed solutions for the application of IT technology.

Required to produce and review technical documentation for all required training, recommend measures to

improve performance and quality of products and service, and to suggest changes to increase efficiency of

the IT project. Provided formal classroom instruction for routing, switching, SNMPc network management

suite, as well as CISCO and CompTIA certifications.

Mar 04-Sep 2009, SYTEX, Inc. /Lockheed Martin Information Technology (LMIT), Senior Associate II

Army Battlefield Command Systems (ABCS) Systems Integrator/Instructor US Army Signal Center,

Fort Gordon, GA. Provided support to the Directorate of Training (DOT) at Fort Gordon with

integration and instruction of ABCS systems in support of the Army Digital Training Strategy. Duties

included, network and systems administration of military networked computer systems, course

management, lab installation, instruction, and training development; as well as technical

assistance to the DOT training management program. Tactical networked systems included Force XXI

Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2), Battle Command Server (BCS) and Maneuver Control

System (MCS). Operated and maintained three computer labs with 93 networked systems.

Sep 03-Feb 04, SYTEX, Inc., Augusta, GA, Training Developer (WIN-T Project team)

Member of project team responsible for development of training initiatives for the Warfighter

Information Network / Tactical (WIN-T), in support of primary contractor Lockheed-Martin. Primary

duties included parsing of technical documents for input into training strategy and estimation of life

cycle costs.

Sep 02-Aug 03, SYTEX, Inc., Augusta, GA, Instructor

Developed and implemented CISCO router and data networking training course for a Mobile Training

Team (MTT) in support of Army Stryker Brigades COHORT training. Designed and configured mobile

routing lab. Provided routing and networking instruction to Stryker COHORT 3.

Feb 02 – Aug 02, Augusta Technical College, Augusta, GA, Student

Hands-on experience installing and configuring MS 2000 Server, Active Directory, Infrastructure and

Security products as part of degree completion requirements. Completed CISCO CCNP Networking

Academy.

Jun 00 – Feb 02, US Army, Fort Gordon, GA, Training Developer/Technical Writer

Supervised a team responsible for development and revision of training material, qualification

standards, review of CDRL’s and contractor deliverable resources. Performed as Subject-Matter-Expert

(SME) for Network Switching Systems providing system expertise to outside agencies and government

contractors.

Sep 99 – May 00, US Army, Stabilization Forces, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Communications Chief

Provided General Staff (O9) level communications as team leader for the Commander, Stabilization

Forces in Bosnia and abroad. Responsible for coordinating and executing Command and Control (C2)

communications for the Commanding General, using PSC-5 and COMSAT (IMMARSAT) satellite

systems, NERA world-phone, STU-III secure phone, UH-60A and C-35 aerial communication

platforms.